Queens Arms
15 The Broadway, Newbury
Former identity at this site (split from Clocktower Inn).
Status
Closed
Location
15 The Broadway, Newbury
Type
Pub
Known period
First recorded 1847 · documented through 1990
Photographs
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History
- First recorded
- 1847
- Closed
- Est. c.1955
Estimated dates — why we think this
- c. 1950srenamed to Queens Arms
- 2009Clocktower Inn closes
- 2009Clocktower Inn closes
Memories
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Evidence
This venue became the Clock Tower Inn between 1940 and 1960. Create Queens Arms as the 1899 venue identity at the same physical place, not Clock Tower Inn.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1899
Queens Arms later becomes Clock Tower Inn between 1940 and 1960. Keep separate venue identities at the same place.
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PubWiki transcription citing Post Office Directory 1847
Queens Arms later becomes Clock Tower Inn between 1940 and 1960.
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PubWiki transcription citing 1851 Census
Same physical place later becomes Clock Tower Inn. Keep Queens Arms as the 1871 identity.
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PubWiki transcription of 1871 Census
Same physical place later becomes Clock Tower Inn. Important identity continuity case.
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PubWiki transcription of 1881 Census
This venue later became Clock Tower Inn. Keep Queens Arms as the 1891 identity at the same physical place.
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PubWiki transcription of 1891 Census
This venue later became Clock Tower Inn. Do not merge the 1901 identity directly into Clock Tower Inn.
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PubWiki transcription of 1901 Census
Recorded in PubWiki's Newbury 1911 census summary. Treat as a 1911 existence observation; do not infer an opening date.
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PubWiki transcription citing 1911 Census
This is the pre-Clock Tower Inn identity at the same physical place. Keep venue identities separate.
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PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory 1920
This is the pre-Clock Tower Inn identity at the same physical place. Keep venue identities separate.
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PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory 1924
This is the pre-Clock Tower Inn identity at the same physical place. Keep venue identities separate.
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PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory 1928
This remains the Queens Arms identity in 1931. PubWiki says it became the Clock Tower Inn sometime between 1940 and 1960.
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PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory 1931
Last verified Queens Arms observation in this source sequence. PubWiki states the venue becomes Clock Tower Inn between 1940 and 1960; do not invent an exact rename year.
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PubWiki transcription citing Blackett's Directory 1940
Identity transition window only. Queens Arms is verified in 1940 and Clock Tower Inn is verified in 1960. Do not treat 1950 as the exact rename year. This row exists to model a 1940-1960 transition window until a precise source is found.
probable evidence
PubWiki Queens Arms / Clock Tower Inn history
Name history
Names this site has had over time — tap one to open that record.
Key dates
Opening
First recorded 1847
Closing
Not known from this source
Evidence years
First recorded 1847 · documented through 1990
Earlier & later
Clocktower Inn →
First recorded 1960 · Closed 2009