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New Inn
Prancing Horse Close / Chapel Street, Thatcham
New Inn at Chapel Street (later Prancing Horse Close) until rename to Prancing Horse in 1968; open c.1580.
Opening
First recorded c. 1580
Closing
1968
Recorded span
About 388 years
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History
- Opened
- c. 1580
- Closed
- 1968
- c. 1580New Inn opens
- 1968renamed to Prancing Horse
- 1997Prancing Horse closes
- c. 1997Prancing Horse closes
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Facts
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Listed as New Inn at Chapel Street, Thatcham on source index (https://pubwiki.co.uk/Berkshire/Thatcham/index.shtml).
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PubWiki
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User research: New Inn, Chapel Street — headquarters for the Thatcham and Midgham Friendly Society.
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User research — Thatcham closed pubs history + coords (2026-09-19)
User research: New Inn hosted a famous 1872 assembly of 2,000 agricultural union workers. Museum exhibition dates a 2,000-worker National Agricultural Labourers’ Union meeting at the New Inn to 1875 — see museum observation.
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User research — Thatcham closed pubs history + coords (2026-09-19)
User research: New Inn (later Prancing Horse), Chapel Street, Thatcham — estimated opening c.1580. Modelled as start_year=1580 with start_qualifier=circa.
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User research — Thatcham closed pubs history + coords (2026-09-19)
West Berkshire Museum Focus on Thatcham: in 1875, 2,000 Thatcham farm workers attended a National Agricultural Labourers’ Union meeting at the New Inn in Chapel Street.
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West Berkshire Museum — Focus on Thatcham
West Berkshire Museum Focus on Thatcham: Chapel Street photo c.1955 of The Prancing Horse, formerly the New Inn; timber frame dates from the 1500s; later converted to residential. Building age is corroborative context for the c.1580 estimated opening, not a separate invented open year.
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West Berkshire Museum — Focus on Thatcham
Other names
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Earlier & later
Prancing Horse →
Operating 1968–1997
Nearby in 1580
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Sources
User research — Thatcham closed pubs history + coords (2026-09-19)
PubExplorer contributor research
- West Berkshire Museum — Focus on Thatcham
West Berkshire Museum