Sun
68 Cheap Street (site), Newbury, RG14 5DJ
Former Sun / Sun Hotel on Cheap Street (PubWiki 68; Closed Pubs lists 73, adjacent to Axe & Compass); documented 1796–1931 directories and remembered in the 1950s; demolished (year unknown). Distinct from East Ilsley Sun and Rising Suns.
Status
Closed
Location
68 Cheap Street (site), Newbury, RG14 5DJ
Type
Pub
Known period
First recorded 1796 · documented through 1955
Photographs
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History
- First recorded
- 1796
- Documented through
- 1955
No named events yet — open Evidence for source snapshots.
Memories
Stories and pictures people have shared about this place. Contributions are reviewed before they appear publicly.
Evidence
Sun at 68 Cheap Street recorded in PubWiki transcription of Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1899 (Francis Evans). Existence observation only — same Cheap Street Sun / Sun Hotel as Closed Pubs. Do not infer opening or closing date.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1899
Sun at 68 Cheap Street recorded in PubWiki's Newbury 1911 census summary (Evans, public house). Treat as a 1911 existence observation; same Cheap Street Sun / Sun Hotel as Closed Pubs. Do not infer an opening date.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing 1911 Census
Undated
Closed Pubs: The Sun Hotel was situated on 73 Cheap Street, Newbury. PubWiki directories index the same Sun at 68 Cheap Street. Closed Pubs / HER also assign 73 Cheap Street to neighbouring Axe & Compass — treat as adjacent places (joint PubWiki photo), not a merge. Keep the PubExplorer place on the PubWiki 68 identity.
Closed Pubs - Sun Hotel, 73 Cheap Street, Newbury
Closed Pubs contact Mark Knapp remembers visiting the Sun Hotel with parents on Saturday mornings in the 1950s (room at the back used by Order of Buffalos; courtyard at the front). Treat as circa-1950s existence evidence only — not an opening or closing date.
probable evidence
Closed Pubs - Sun Hotel, 73 Cheap Street, Newbury
Undated
PubWiki indexes the Sun at 68 Cheap Street, Newbury (also 1869 Kelly's "Sun commercial Inn, St Marys hill, Cheap street"). Primary directory address for this place; Closed Pubs' 73 Cheap Street is recorded as an address variance for the same Sun Hotel identity.
PubWiki - Sun, 68 Cheap Street, Newbury
Sun recorded in 1796 with William Arnold (Berkshire Directory). — PubWiki secondary transcription. Existence evidence only; do not treat as an opening date.
PubWiki - Sun, 68 Cheap Street, Newbury
Undated
Closed Pubs: The Sun Hotel on Cheap Street has now been demolished. No demolition year on that page — do not invent one. Distinct from Axe & Compass demolition in the 1960s for the A339 Relief Road (separate Closed Pubs / HER record).
Closed Pubs - Sun Hotel, 73 Cheap Street, Newbury
Sun commercial Inn, St Marys hill, Cheap street recorded in 1869 with Robert Johnston (Kelly's Directory). — PubWiki secondary transcription. Same Cheap Street / St Mary's Hill Sun as the 68 Cheap Street directory identity.
PubWiki - Sun, 68 Cheap Street, Newbury
Sun recorded in 1931 with Edwd Jas Payne (Kelly's Directory). — PubWiki secondary transcription. Latest directory row on the PubWiki Sun page; not a closing date.
PubWiki - Sun, 68 Cheap Street, Newbury
Undated
Brewery History Society Usher's Wiltshire Brewery pubs-in-Berkshire list includes Sun Hotel, Cheap Street, Newbury. Estate attribution only — no year or street number on that list; corroborates the Sun Hotel aka on Cheap Street.
probable evidence
Brewery History Society - Usher's Wiltshire Brewery pubs in Berkshire (Sun Hotel, Cheap Street, Newbury)
Name history
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Key dates
Opening
First recorded 1796
Closing
Not known from this source
Evidence years
First recorded 1796 · documented through 1955
Nearby in 1899
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Sources
- Closed Pubs - Sun Hotel, 73 Cheap Street, Newbury
Closed Pubs Project