Hatchet
12 Market Place, Newbury, RG14 5BD
Hatchet in the Market Place. Earliest named record May 1725; Hatchet Inn in 1761. Not a confirmed opening year.
Opening
First recorded 1725
Closing
Not known from this source
Recorded span
About 301 years
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History
- Opened
- 1725
- Documented through
- 1980
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Facts
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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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.
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Newbury 1960 Pub History Directory
Use Market Place as the historical address.
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PubWiki transcription citing Pigot's Directory 1830
PubWiki photograph captioned “Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury — in the 1980s” (still Hatchet, not yet Berkshire Tavern).
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PubWiki — Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury
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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J D Wetherspoon — The Hatchet Inn, Newbury (pub history)
Nearby in 1725
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Sources
- J D Wetherspoon — The Hatchet Inn, Newbury (pub history)
J D Wetherspoon