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Sudbury Ship & Star
Sudbury Ship & Star
also traded as Hole in the Wall
Closed between 1970 and 2000
opened 15th Century
59 & 61 Friars St
grid reference TL 870 410
According to "Sudbury through the ages" (by Barry L. Wall, approximately 1984)*** this is traditionally supposed to have been an ale house run by the Friars. It was constructed against the Friary wall and parts may certainly date back to the fifteenth century so it could possibly have once claimed to be the towns oldest Inn. It once had a gable fronting the street but this was removed in the 17th century when the western extension was annexed to it.
The inn has some associations with Sudbury’s wicked electoral past and there are tales of human bones being found in the walls after a fire last century (1800’s). A more pleasant memory is that Julian Tennyson wrote much of “Suffolk Scene” while staying here.…
Gallery
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
Listed at 32 & 33 Friars Street, from at least 1871 until at least 1922.
Listed in Last Orders**** as a free house in March 1981 - with Ridleys beers.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** report reproduced with kind permission from Foxearth & District Local History Society)
(*** information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA memers since 1978)
