Rising Sun

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

probable evidence

Newbury 1965 Pub History Directory

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 1854 with Judith Bowles, beer retailer (Billings Directory). — PubWiki secondary transcription. Existence evidence only; same Wharf Road / Bear Lane physical place as Closed Pubs 11 Wharf Road. Distinct from Oxford Road Rising Sun.

PubWiki - Rising Sun, Wharf Street, Newbury

Undated

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 — do not invent one. Combine with the 1989 photo (building still standing) and the 2001 archaeological evaluation (foundations of the old PH) for a before-2001 demolition window already modelled on the venue period.

Closed Pubs - Rising Sun, 11 Wharf Road, Newbury

Rising Sun at 11 Wharf Road is listed in the Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory transcription (PubWiki). Existence observation only — not an opening or closure date. Same place as Closed Pubs 11 Wharf Road Rising Sun.

PubWiki - Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory

Closed Pubs hosts a photograph of the Rising Sun dated 1989 (picture source: Jonathan Sayers). Treat as year-level photographic evidence that the building still stood in 1989 — not an opening or closure date.

Closed Pubs - Rising Sun, 11 Wharf Road, 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 — do not use 1950 as the venue end bound.

probable evidence

Simonds Family brewery estate archive index

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. Demolition window after 1970/1989 and before/around 2001 — upper bound only, not an invented midpoint. Closed Pubs confirms the site is now a KFC.

probable evidence

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. Existence observation only.

PubWiki - Newbury 1970 Kelly's directory

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. Existence evidence only; do not merge with the separate Oxford Road Rising Sun place.

PubWiki - Rising Sun, Wharf Street, Newbury