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Bear, 12 King Street, Sudbury

at Borehamgate Street in 1839

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Sudbury - Suffolk. The Sudbury, Suffolk listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Bear, 12 King Street, Sudbury

Bear, 12 King Street, Sudbury

Kindly provided by Suffolk CAMRA & Tony Green

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1823/Samuel Sargeant/../../../Pigots irectory ****

1830/Thomas Mills/../../../White's Directory

1839/Thomas Mills/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1844/Thomas Mills Jnr/../../../White's Directory

1855/Thos Mills/../../../White's Directory

Extract from White's Dirctory 1855:
'In 1712, John Jessup left a yearly rent charge of 20s out of the Bear public house, to be distributed one year in Bibles and Common Prayer Books, and the other year in the "Whole Duty of Man" among the poor of Sudbury attending the parish churches.'

1861/Joseph Jefferson/Innkeeper/50/Maryarsbury, Gloucestershire/Census
1861/Ann Jefferson/Wife/50/Aaskleff, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth S Cheney/Servant/18/Edwardstone, Suffolk/Census
1861/William Beer/Servant/14/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census

1874/Mrs Elizabeth Debnam/Victualler/../../White's Directory

1874/Mrs E Denham/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1879/William Walter Roberts/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1900/Mrs Frances Elizabeth Prigg/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1925/Frank Rowe/../../../Post Office Directory ****

** Provided By Colin Ager

**** Provided By Kevan

I get hundreds of emails every day, fortunately most 'spam mails' are deleted by my mail scan settings. The final emails are delivered to various email addresses, and replying to these are not always successful. If you do not hear from me in a timely fashion, please feel free to email again, I do not mind! This is a pure PUBS history site, I doubt if I know where the PUBS are NOW, but try the site for where they were a hundred years ago, again enjoy!
Updated in April 2008 by Kevan.
And Last updated on: Sunday, 06-Jul-2008 15:40:03 PDT