215 Andover Road, Wash Common, Newbury, RG14 6ND
1 nightlife identities recorded at this site
Street
Andover Road
Postcode
RG14 6ND
Identities
1
Latest
Old Bell Inn
Timeline
The Bell/Old Bell at Andover Road is documented in 1854 with Benjamin Chamberlain. PubWiki transcription of Billings Directory. Keep this as a separate physical place from Old Bell, 21 Cheap Street.
The Bell/Old Bell at Andover Road is documented in 1863 with Benjamin Chandler. PubWiki transcription of Duttons Directory. Keep this as a separate physical place from Old Bell, 21 Cheap Street.
The Bell/Old Bell at Andover Road is documented in 1901 with Frederick Sturgeon. PubWiki transcription of Census. Keep this as a separate physical place from Old Bell, 21 Cheap Street.
Address differs from 1960/1965 (157 Andover Road). Requires manual place/history review.
probable fact
CAMRA has a photograph of the Old Bell published on 6 June 2013. Later existence evidence; photo publication date may not equal capture date.
CAMRA records the Old Bell as closed on 7 December 2018. CAMRA later marked it Closed Long Term on 1 June 2021 after change-of-use approval.
Building
Old Bell / Old Bell Inn at 215 Andover Road, Wash Common (RG14 6ND), opposite The Gun at 142 Andover Road. Closed Pubs: situated at 215 Andover Road; present by 1851 (William Stillman); closed 2016. CAMRA: closed 7 Dec 2018; Closed Long Term 1 Jun 2021 (change of use). PubWiki BellWash directories from 1854. Directory addresses 157 (1960/65) and 215 (1970–CAMRA) treated as one place with renumbering — legacy place-h-157 retired. Pin: OSM Nominatim house geocode for 215 Andover Road (lat 51.382499, lng -1.3394864; ~56 m east of The Gun); corrects a prior bad geocode ~9.4 km NW outside the Newbury map zone. Sources: https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/berkshire/newbury_oldbell.html ; https://camra.org.uk/pubs/old-bell-newbury-119124 ; https://pubwiki.co.uk/Berkshire/Newbury/BellWash.shtml