grid reference TM 051 588
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last updated 18/09/2017Stowmarket Railway Tavern
also traded as as: Railway Hotel & Refreshment rooms
historical closure era: late 20th centuryopened 1847
closed 1978 (Aug)
Stowupland St
The pub is now a children's centre.
It may also be listed in Albion Street and Stowupland due to road and boundary changes. It's also listed in Station Rd (in 1912 & 1922).
The pub is shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. larger map
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information from Neil Langridge - and also Brian Southgate - see their book "Stowmarket, Combs and Stowupland Pubs" published by Polstead Press in 2009)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** historical details supplied by Neil Langridge)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
Note
Stowmarket station opened in Dec 1846 with the first train from Ipswich, Colchester and London arriving on 27th Dec before heading to Bury St Edmunds. The station building, designed by Frederick Barnes was not completed until 1849.