Hatchet
12 Market Place, Newbury, RG14 5BD
Market Place coaching inn recorded as Hatchet / Hatchet Hotel before the Berkshire Tavern rename.
Status
Closed
Location
12 Market Place, Newbury, RG14 5BD
Type
Pub
Known period
First recorded 1830 · Still open
Photographs
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History
- First recorded
- 1830
- Closed
- Est. c.1993
Estimated dates — why we think this
- 2011Berkshire Tavern closes
- 2011The Hatchet Inn reopened
- Laterrenamed to Berkshire Tavern
- LaterClosed Pubs: Berkshire Tavern at 12 Market Place; pub reopened under its previous name of The Hatchet (Phil Wood, October 2012).
Memories
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Evidence
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.
probable evidence
Newbury 1965 Pub History Directory
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.
probable evidence
Newbury 1960 Pub History Directory
Use Market Place as the historical address. Do not force later street number evidence onto 1830.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing Pigot's Directory 1830
Existence observation only. Do not infer opening or closing date.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing 1851 Census
Existence observation only. Do not infer opening or closing date.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing Post Office Directory 1847
PubWiki photograph captioned “Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury — in the 1980s” (still Hatchet, not yet Berkshire Tavern).
probable evidence
PubWiki — Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury
Existence observation only. Do not force the later 12 Market Place numbering onto this record unless place review supports it.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory 1931
Name history
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Key dates
Opening
First recorded 1830
Closing
Not known from this source
Evidence years
First recorded 1830 · Still open
Earlier & later
Berkshire Tavern →
First recorded 2006 · Closed 2011