Blue Ball
25 Greenham Road, Newbury, RG14 7HY
Former Blue Ball at 25 Greenham Road; documented from 1830 (Closed Pubs / PubWiki); closed 2011 and later demolished for housing.
Opening
First recorded 1830
Closing
2011
Recorded span
Not known
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History
- First recorded
- 1830
- Closed
- 2011
- 2011Blue Ball closes
- 2011Blue Ball closes
- 2015Closed Pubs: demolished following a successful application to replace it with housing in 2015. Year refers to the housing application / redevelopment context.
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Facts
Blue Ball at 25 Greenham Road recorded in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1899 (Henry Farmer Taylor). — PubWiki secondary transcription. Same address later listed under Newbury by the 1901 census.
probable fact
PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1899
Undated
Closed Pubs: The Blue Ball was situated at 25 Greenham Road.
Closed Pubs - Blue Ball, Newbury
Closed Pubs: the Blue Ball closed in 2011. Corroborates CAMRA's exact closed date of 1 March 2011 (already recorded).
Closed Pubs - Blue Ball, Newbury
Closed Pubs: demolished following a successful application to replace it with housing in 2015. Year refers to the housing application / redevelopment context.
Closed Pubs - Blue Ball, Newbury
The Blue Ball closed on 1 March 2011. (Explicit end boundary bridges continuity from 1970.)
CAMRA - Blue Ball, Newbury
Blue Ball recorded in 1830 with John Rivers (Pigot's Directory). — PubWiki secondary transcription.
PubWiki - Blue Ball, Greenham / Newbury
Blue Ball Inn at Greenham Road recorded in PubWiki's Newbury 1911 census summary (Harry Herbert Taylor).
probable fact
PubWiki transcription citing 1911 Census
The former Blue Ball became permanently closed/demolished for housing on 1 March 2012.
CAMRA - Blue Ball, Newbury
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Sources
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