Rising Sun

Undated

Closed Pubs: The Rising Sun was situated at 11 Wharf Road, Newbury. User pin lat 51.40064105329139, lng -1.3213523605567272 (location_confidence=exact) for the demolished site now occupied by KFC (RG14 5QP). Distinct from the separate Closed Pubs Oxford Road Rising Sun page.

Closed Pubs - Rising Sun, 11 Wharf Road, Newbury

Rising Sun, Wharf Street recorded in 1911 with Sarah Wilder, beer house keeper, widow (census). — PubWiki secondary transcription for the Wharf Street Rising Sun page.

PubWiki - Rising Sun, Wharf Street, Newbury

Simonds Family brewery estate archive index labels a Newbury Rising Sun as demolished in 1950; West Berkshire Historic Character Study identifies the Rising Sun PH site as Bear Lane/11 Wharf Road. This 1950 demolition label CONFLICTS with later Kelly's / Pub History listings (1960, 1965, 1970), a 1989 photograph on Closed Pubs, and archaeological evaluation in 2001 that found foundations of the old public house. Keep as a conflicting claim.

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Simonds Family brewery estate archive index

Closed Pubs hosts a photograph of the Rising Sun dated 1989 (picture source: Jonathan Sayers).

Closed Pubs - Rising Sun, 11 Wharf Road, Newbury

Rising Sun at 11 Wharf Road listed in the Newbury 1965 Pub History / Kelly's directory (PubWiki). The 1970 snapshot lists Bear Lane for the same physical place — address-history wording, not a move to a different site.

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Newbury 1965 Pub History Directory

Rising Sun, Wharf Street recorded in 1854 with Judith Bowles, beer retailer (Billings Directory). — PubWiki secondary transcription. Distinct from Oxford Road Rising Sun.

PubWiki - Rising Sun, Wharf Street, Newbury

Rising Sun at 11 Wharf Road is listed in the Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory transcription (PubWiki). Same place as Closed Pubs 11 Wharf Road Rising Sun.

PubWiki - Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory

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Closed Pubs: The Rising Sun at 11 Wharf Road has been demolished with a KFC built on the site. No demolition year on that page.

Closed Pubs - Rising Sun, 11 Wharf Road, Newbury

The Rising Sun is listed as operating in 1970; a Closed Pubs photograph shows the building in 1989; archaeological evaluation began in 2001 and the 2002 watching brief identified foundations of the old public house. Closed Pubs confirms the site is now a KFC.

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AOC Archaeology / Archaeological Investigations Project - Rising Sun PH

Rising Sun at Bear Lane is listed in the Newbury 1970 Kelly's directory transcription (PubWiki). Bear Lane / 11 Wharf Road are the same physical Rising Sun site (Historic Character Study / archaeology), not a relocation.

PubWiki - Newbury 1970 Kelly's directory