The Angel Inn, Bury St Edmunds

[Mercian7]

Hi,

I have just transcribed a deed dated 1661 which describes a messuage situated in Bury St Edmunds. The description of the location is as follows:

scituate lyinge & beinge within the Burgh of Bury St. Edmund aforesaid in a certaine streete there called Mustowe streete That is to say Betweene the messuage or Inne there called the Angell nowe in the tenure or occupacon of Thomas Headage on the north parte And the messuage or tenemt: late of Bridgett Baxter widdowe on the South part the Westhend thereof abutteth upon the streete called Old Baxters streete And the Easthend thereof abutteth upon the aforesaid streete called Mustowe Streete.

Long, long ago I stayed at the Angel Hotel and guess it must have been the Angel Inn in the 1660s. I am interested in whether any history of the Inn may have been written which lists the Innkeepers and Thomas Headage. It would be an interesting read.

Was Old Baxters Streete what later was called Nether Baxter Street ?

many thanks
John

[AlanBoyd]

An item in the 11 July 1958 issue of the Bury Free Press, discussing the site of the first Baptist Chapel states that Lower Baxter Street was previously Nether Baxter Street.

There are, however, no articles using the name before 1923 in the British Newspaper Archives, when it became a topic of historical interest.

[AlanBoyd]

1830 Pigot’s Directory uses Higher and Lower Baxter Street.

[AlanBoyd]

There is a long article about the Angel Inn in a 1929 edition of The Newmarket Journal. It seems to include some text similar to that from your document but earlier. It’s too long to post here.

PM sent

Added: the article states that Old Baxter Street is now Angel Lane.

[maddys52]

A nice description of the Angel Inn in 1703
   March 13, 1753 - March 17, 1753
Publication: London Gazette

Another item mentions that "the vaults underneath are said to have subterraneas communication with those of the abbey, and to have belonged to it formerly."

"Excursions in the County of Suffolk: Comprising a Brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of Every Town and Village; Together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller and Tourist: Illustrated with One Hundred Engravings, Including a Map of the County"
Author Cromwell, Thomas, 1792-1870
Publication Date 1818
https://archive.org/details/excursionsincoun01cromiala/page/22/mode/2up (page 22)