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The Hatchet Inn

12 Market Place, Newbury, RG14 5BD

Grade II listed Market Place coaching inn; reopened as J D Wetherspoon The Hatchet Inn in July 2011.

Status

Open

Location

12 Market Place, Newbury, RG14 5BD

Type

Pub

Known period

First recorded 1830 · Still open

Photographs

Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire - in the 1980s
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The Hatchet Inn, 12 Market Place, Newbury - in 2015
Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire
The Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury

History

Opened
2011
Previous use
Berkshire Tavern

Reopened 2011

  1. 2011Berkshire Tavern closes
  2. 2011The Hatchet Inn reopened
  3. Laterrenamed to Berkshire Tavern
  4. LaterClosed Pubs: Berkshire Tavern at 12 Market Place; pub reopened under its previous name of The Hatchet (Phil Wood, October 2012).
  5. 2026The Hatchet Inn still open

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Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire - in the 1980s
The Hatchet Inn, 12 Market Place, Newbury - in 2015
Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire
The Hatchet, Market Place, Newbury

Evidence

2026

OSM lists The Hatchet Inn as current pub

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2011

J D Wetherspoon The Hatchet / Hatchet Inn opened to the public on Tuesday 19 July 2011 at the former Berkshire Tavern (Newbury Today, 18 Jul 2011).

Newbury Today — New Wetherspoon to open in Newbury (18 Jul 2011)

Name history

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  1. Hatchet
    First recorded 1830 · documented through 1980
  2. Berkshire Tavern
    First recorded 2006 · Closed 2011
  3. The Hatchet Inn
    Opened 2011 · Still open

Full place record

Key dates

Opening

2011

Closing

Still operating

Evidence years

First recorded 1830 · Still open

Recorded span about 15 years

Earlier & later

Nearby in 2011

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