12 Market Place, Newbury, RG14 5BD

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Wetherspoon pub history: property known as Hatchet Hotel then Hatchet Restaurant / Steakhouse / public house and Berkshire Tavern (named by Scottish and Newcastle). Exact rename year not stated.

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Closed Pubs: Berkshire Tavern at 12 Market Place; pub reopened under its previous name of The Hatchet (Phil Wood, October 2012).

Wetherspoon pub history: a May 1725 manuscript at St George's Chapel, Windsor, names the Hatchet in the Market Place. Earliest named record — not a confirmed opening. 1761 is given for the name Hatchet Inn.

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Use Market Place as the historical address.

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Recorded in 1847.

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Recorded in 1851.

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Recorded in 1931.

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Kelly's 1960 lists Hatchet Hotel at 12 Market Place (same site as today's Hatchet Inn). The 1965 “22 Market Place” listing was a directory numbering error — joined onto this place.

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Kelly's 1960 lists Hatchet Hotel at 12 Market Place (same site as today's Hatchet Inn). The 1965 “22 Market Place” listing was a directory numbering error — joined onto this place.

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PubWiki photograph captioned “Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury — in the 1980s” (still Hatchet, not yet Berkshire Tavern).

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Newbury Today archive captions World Cup 2006 England supporters at the Berkshire Tavern, Newbury.

Newbury Today (18 Jul 2011) reports The Hatchet opening the next day after redeveloping the former Berkshire Tavern at 12 Market Place.

Newbury Today, 18 July 2011: The Hatchet Inn opens the next day after refurbishment of the former Berkshire Tavern.

OSM lists The Hatchet Inn as current pub

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