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Topic: Newtown Road Newbury - No address. (Read 2372 times)
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newburychap
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That is so strange why there is a big gap in the directory for Newtown Road. It's almost like hardly anyone lived there!
The gaps indicate empty plots - the southern end (south of St John's Road & Andover Road) was sparsely populated. The directories list ALL the houses, there was no suggestion of paying to be in it and hence people being missed. No 99 did not exist in 1924.
Looking at No 99 (http://maps.live.com) it looks like a 1950s build (I would need to go through the directories to be sure). Its the one to the north of Grove Court (built on the site of the Rokeby Arms) with the new bungalow built in its back garden. The plots obviously didn't turn out the way they envisioned - I suspect that bigger, higher prestige houses were built than anticipated. So the Rokeby, originally 143, ended up as 101. Nowadays the plots are being split and houses built in gardens, perhaps we will eventually end up with the number of plots they orginally contemplated.
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newburychap
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Would you like any lookups?
Very kind of you to offer. I am currently compiling a database of Newbury pubs - and hence am interested in all their directory entries, However, it is a bit much to ask you to look them all up. If it is okay I will put together the list from 1928 (Blacket's directory) for you to modify (there will be a few changes of landlord, perhaps a pub name change).
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newburychap
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I've been looking for where my late grandad was born. On his Birth Cert it says 99 Newtown Road.
Came across a reference to 99 Newtown Road today - in Vera Garlick's The Newbury Scrapbook. p54. She gives it as the address of the workhouse ...
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choccobaby
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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99 newtown road, Does exist, live 6 doors down from it.
20/11/2003 £472,500 Det. F No Map 99, Newtown Road, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 7DD
Sadley though it is a reletively new house built within last 20 years.
The original 99 newtown road, was infact part of the workhouse, and none of this is left.
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berkslass
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi berkslass,
Here is are the entries I have extracted from the 1928 Blacket's directory:
Old Bell Andover Road 167 inn Spencer J
Wellington Arms Andover Road 4 Lewis S C
Andover Road 142 Cox C Mrs
Derby Arms Andover Road Cook F H
Bartholomew Street Brewery House, 11 Burton Wm
Brewery Tap Bartholomew Street 17 & 18+ South Berks Brewery Co Ltd Hobbs A H
The Tiger Bartholomew Street 24 common lodging house Franklin H
Coopers' Arms Bartholomew Street 39 Whyman _ Mrs
Black Boys Bartholomew Street 62 Brown E Mrs
The Globe Bartholomew Street 148 inn Taylor C
Bricklayers' Arms Bartholomew Street 137 Dewe T Mrs
Falkland Arms Bartholomew Street 124 Callow A C
The Dolphin Bartholomew Street 113 Booth B J Mrs
Eight Bells Bartholomew Street p h Pratley O
Nag's Head Bartholomew Street 91 p h Spencer A
Broadway 1 & 2 Fergusons Ltd, wine merchants & licensed house Wicks F J manager
Hunt's Bar Broadway 24 Garratt W J
Queen's Arms Broadway 15 Brown W
King Charles Tavern Cheap Street 54 Morris J
Sun Cheap Street 68 hotel Evans E Mrs
Axe & Compass Cheap Street 73 Tanner E A Mrs
The Pigeons Cheap Street 5 Spracklen J
Weaver's Arms Cheap Street 17 Nunns A
Newmarket Cheap Street 21 inn Ledger J P
The Catherine Wheel Cheap Street 35 Cambridge F J
Lamb Enborne Road 5 inn Pinchin E Mrs
The Plough Inn The Folly 1 Woodley G
Gloucester Road 93 Hopgood C
Gloucester Arms Gloucester Road 94
Blue Ball Greenham Road 25 inn Taylor R Mrs
Railway Junction Greenham Road 2 hotel Hill F
Adam & Eve Greenham Road 28 inn Harris _ Mrs
Red House Hampton Road 12 inn Seymour T
Cross Keys London Road 8 hotel Rummins H Major
The Star London Road 20 inn Purton A F
The Greyhound London Road 100 Johnson F
The Robin Hood London Road 104 Cox W G
The White House London Road Heath T
The Black Bear Market Place 2 Fabry W
Queen's Hotel Market Place 8 hotel Kinkead E L
The Hatchet Market Place 12 hotel & restaurant Allin H J
Market Place 14 wine & spirit merchants Wells, Job & Son
White Hart Market Place 24 hotel Butt W H
Waggon & Horses Market Place Cook Mrs R
London Apprentice Newtown road Odell R
Rokeby Arms Newtown road 143 Kinch G
Castle Northbrook Street 25 licensed h Harris T
Anchor Northbrook Street 101 p h Alexander G T
Northbrook Street 67 licensed victualler Woods C H
The Monument Northbrook Street 57 licensed house Humphries A
George & Dragon Northbrook Street 52 licensed house Mathews C
Rose & Crown Northcroft Lane 28 Smith E G
Drummer Northcroft Lane 18 inn Parker J
The Rising Sun Oxford Road 2 Williams H
Chequers Hotel Oxford Street Stride A A manager
Bacon Arms Oxford Street hotel Evans J R
The Wheatsheaf Shaw Road 89 Smith J
The Old Dog Shaw Road 112 inn Dawe H
The Cock Shaw Road 108 inn Shelton A G
Two Brewers West Mills 2 Stockley F E Mrs
The Lion West Street 39 Miles W J
Borough Arms Wharf Road 1 Cloke F W
Rising Sun Wharf Road 11 inn Wilder S Mrs
The formatting is dodgy - I can't see how to set tabs in this message editor. If you cut and paste the listing lines from here into Excel or similar and it should sort itself out.
Don't worry if you can't find the Tiger or Weaver's Arms - they closed down at about this time, their last entries would be in 1928 or 1929. Any changes, notably of landlord, are of interest.
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Newburykeith
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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On the 1928 Blacket's Pub directory, at the Globe Inn Newbury a C Taylor was identified, is any information available about when he arrived at this Inn and how long the family remained. Could be a distant relative.
Thanks
Newburykeith
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Newburykeith
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Thankyou for that information, the information that I have is that the C stands for Charles Taylor, who could be a great-grandfather long deceased, I don't know even a rough date of birth or a estimate of his age or any other family names of individuals that lived in the Globe at that time, I would hate to have to wait until the 1921 census becomes available!
Thanks Newburykeith
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