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Bury St Edmunds pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Bury St Edmunds - Suffolk. The Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
My pub, the
Dove was missing from
your list; and is not a Dead pub, but a great little real ale house.
Probably dating from the late 1830’s, the Dove was licensed to sell only beer
until as late as 1929 when Greene King transferred the liquor license from the
Hunted Stag in St. Johns Street to George Cole of the Dove. The house appears in
White’s 1844 Directory as an unnamed beerhouse in Union Terrace, the name given
to the new row of terraced houses which were taken down in 1960 and which have
since been replaced by modern housing. This terrace was named after the nearby
Union Workhouse, which was situated just round the corner from the Dove.
The Dove will be remembered by many of its older customers as one of the last
“basic” pubs in Bury, with two small and uncarpeted rooms and an atmosphere
which reflected its beerhouse origins. This has, of course, all changed in
recent years and the Dove has expanded to double its old bar size with the
acquisition of an empty property adjoining it. ***
Dove, 36 Hospital Road - in October 2013
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1844/Robert Edwards – Union Terrace – beerhouse/../../../Whites Directory 1844
***
1851/Edward Garrard – 28 Union Terrace – beerhouse/../../../Whites Directory
1855 **
1855/Robert Hennels – 26 Union Terrace – beerhouse/../../../Whites Directory
1855 ***
1865/Henry Edwards – 28 Hospital Road – beerhouse/../../../Post Office Directory
1865 ***
1868 – first recorded as the name “The Dove”
1869/Henry Edwards/Beer Retailer/../../../Kellys directory **
1874/Henry Edwards/Beer Retailer/../../../Kellys directory **
1888/James Capp/Beer Retailer/../../../Kellys directory **
1892/Charles Boggis – 36 Hospital Road – beerhouse/../../../Kelly’s Directory
1892 ***
1900/Isaac H. Russell – 36 Hospital Road – beer retailer/../../../Kelly’s
Directory 1900 ***
1912/Isaac Henry Russell/Beer Retailer/../../../Kellys directory **
1916/Alfred Russell – 36 Hospital Road – beerhouse/../../../Kelly’s Directory
1916 ***
1922/Alfred Russell/Beer Retailer/../../../Kellys directory **
1925/Alfred Russell/licensee of the inn - deceased committed suicide by hanging
himself - 04 November/../../../Bury & Norwich Post **
1925/George A. Cole – 36 Hospital Road – beerhouse/../../../Suffolk Record
Office (SRO) – licence transfer date – 2nd December 1925 ***
Kelly’s Directory from 1936 ~ index reads - “The Dove” ***
1929/Edith May Game – 36 Hospital Road/../../../S.R.O. - transfer - – 29th June
1929 ***
1942/Oliver Ralph Gibbs – 36 Hospital Road/../../../S.R.O. - transfer – 3rd July
1941 ***
1943/Eliza Gibbs/../../../S.R.O. - transfer- – 1st July 1943 ***
1949/Thomas Harry Hall/../../../S.R.O. - transfer – 3rd March 1949 ***
1954/Alfred John Speck/../../../S.R.O. - transfer- – 7th January 1954 ***
1955/Ernest. H. Reeve – 68 Hospital Road/../../../S.R.O. - transfer- – 7th April
1955 ***
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1968/T. (Tommy) Leslie Reach – The Dove, Hospital Road/../../../S.R.O. -
transfer – 4th April 1968 - GPO Telephone Directory 1972 (Bury St Eds 5680) ***
Major structural and bar layout alterations to Dove 1986
** Provided By Colin Ager
*** Provided By Roger Waters [& Old Inns and Beerhouses of Bury St. Edmunds by
Gerry Nixon]