Author Topic: Abingdon Public houses (Read 17195 times)

jamajo · « **Reply #18 on:** Tuesday 28 August 07 17:57 BST (UK) »

Bath Street is more or less the same as years ago but Bury Street is the shopping precinct now with only a small road entrance. As for Bury Lane i havent heard of it. Its very possible that there was 2 Crown pubs here Trees as Abingdon had a lot of pubs years ago. Has Williams children stayed in Abingdon all did they scatter as there are a few men named Young who was on the roll of honour list for Abingdon. Just a thought.

Sue

ricky1 · « **Reply #19 on:** Tuesday 28 August 07 18:13 BST (UK) »

1871 on Bury Lane

ricky1 · « **Reply #20 on:** Tuesday 28 August 07 18:13 BST (UK) »

Trees · « **Reply #21 on:** Tuesday 28 August 07 18:21 BST (UK) »

Good question Sue I have started this trail with John Young keeping the Bell at H.P. and worked back getting more and more engossed with these butcher Publicans worth a look though.
Thanks for posting the image ricky.
Trses

ricky1 · « **Reply #22 on:** Tuesday 28 August 07 18:24 BST (UK) »

hi Trees

your welcome, it was begining to get to me so thought I would post the images

ricky

newburychap · « **Reply #23 on:** Tuesday 28 August 07 19:09 BST (UK) »

A lot of streets, lanes etc changed name in the 1870s. The first good national street mapping (the first 25 inch OS series) was being surveyed and published at this time and local councils were faced with giving permament names to lanes that previously changed names at the whim of the public.

In Newbury there were a lot of houses in courts and yards off the main streets - often known by the name of the owner and changing with the ownership - many got quite grand names despite being nothing more than slums.

Trees · « **Reply #24 on:** Tuesday 28 August 07 19:12 BST (UK) »

Now that is interesting and explains a situation I found in Wantage too many thanks.

stucol

Hi Trees,
I've got an old map of Abingdon c1910, by then Bury Lane was called Bury St, but on the corner where Bury St turns into Bath St there was a pub, probably only 30 metres or so from the Black Swan, sadly this map dosen't give the name of the pub, but it does seem to fit in with what you've said about it, sadly Bury St was turned into a shopping precinct some years ago and the pub is long gone.
Hope this helps.
Stuart.

Trees

Well done detective Stuart that is very helpful I think I'll ask if there are any photographs in the Oxford photo archieve you never know might be lucky I'll also try old maps on line then if I don't get a photo I'll havesomething pictorial to break the writng up Many thanks for pin pointing the premises Is your map i copyrigt? If not would you be able to scan the section showing the two pubs? sorry if I'm being too cheeky

Trees

RootsChat.Com