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Bricklayers Arms

137 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5HB

Trading as Bricklayer's / Bricklayers Arms under Taste The World (from mid-2026).

Status

Open

Location

137 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5HB

Type

Pub

Known period

First recorded 1851 · Still open

Photographs

Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury
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Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury
Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury
Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury

History

Opened
Est. c.1895
Previous use
William the Fourth

Estimated dates — why we think this

  1. 2012renamed to Bricklayers Arms
  2. 2026Bricklayers Arms still open

Memories

Stories and pictures people have shared about this place. Contributions are reviewed before they appear publicly.

Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury
Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury
Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury
Bricklayers Arms, Bartholomew Street, Newbury

Evidence

1965

Straightforward historical place-matching case.

probable evidence

Newbury 1965 Pub History Directory

1899

1899 existence observation only. Do not infer opening or closing date.

probable evidence

PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1899

1911

Recorded in PubWiki's Newbury 1911 census summary. Treat as a 1911 existence observation; do not infer an opening date.

probable evidence

PubWiki transcription citing 1911 Census

1960

Bricklayers Arms is listed in the Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory transcription.

PubWiki - Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory

1970

Bricklayers Arms is listed in the Newbury 1970 Kelly's directory transcription.

PubWiki - Newbury 1970 Kelly's directory

1999

Historic England has an archive image of the Bricklayers Arms dated 6 October 1999. (Strong late-1990s anchor.)

Historic England - Bricklayers Arms

2012

CAMRA states the town-centre gastropub was launched in 2012; previous names include Bricklayers Arms and Newbury Pub & The Terrace. (Model identity transition, do not erase historic Bricklayers period.)

CAMRA - Bricklayers Arms, Newbury

Name history

Names this site has had over time — tap one to open that record.

  1. William the Fourth
    First recorded 1851 · documented through 1891
  2. Bricklayers Arms
    First recorded 1899 · Still open
  3. The Newbury
    First recorded 2026 · Closed c.2026

Full place record

Key dates

Opening

First recorded 1899

Closing

Still operating

Evidence years

First recorded 1851 · Still open

Earlier & later

Nearby in 1965

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