Axe & Compasses
73 Cheap Street (site), Newbury
Recorded in 1960 (Newbury 1960 Pub History Directory).
Opening
First recorded 1960
Closing
1960s
Recorded span
Not known
Photographs
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History
- First recorded
- 1960
- Closed
- 1960
- 1851PubWiki lists the earlier spelling Axe & Compass from 1851. Earliest evidence for that spelling, not an opening, and not a reason to change the 1960 close.
- 1960sAxe & Compasses closes
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Facts
Not present in the reviewed 1965 snapshot. Absence is only a research flag, not proof of closure.
probable fact
Newbury 1960 Pub History Directory
Closure is only known to the decade from the reviewed source. Display as 'closed in the 1960s', not 1960. Heritage Gateway separately records demolition of the buildings at this location in the 1960s for the Relief Road.
probable fact
Closed Pubs - Lost Pubs in Newbury
PubWiki lists the earlier spelling Axe & Compass from 1851. Earliest evidence for that spelling, not an opening, and not a reason to change the 1960 close.
probable fact
PubWiki — Axe & Compass, Newbury
Place-level redevelopment/demolition event. The HER says buildings at this location were demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Relief Road and links the site to the Axe & Compass record.
probable fact
West Berkshire Historic Environment Record via Heritage Gateway
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