Traditionally regarded as the oldest inn in Newmarket, although probably a close run thing with the Horseshoes. Since the fire of 1683
destroyed practically all on the St.Mary's side of the High Street, were the Bushel there then the current building must be a re-build.
On the otherhand the Horseshoes and Black Horse, had they been in existence, would have survived, since the All Saints side of town was untouched. Reputedly has the remains of a cock fighting pit in the cellar. Central in the Rookery area, more correctly the Dukeries, an area built for the nobility to stay when racing in Newmarket. The Rookery was actually to the right of the building, on a line from the Bull to New Astley Club. It is the sole survivor of the 22 hostelries listed in this area in 1757. Original address was Drapery Row, at the junction of Market Street and Eagle Lane..
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and click here to go to the The Bushel's own website for more details
KNOWN LICENSING HISTORY
| Year | Licensee | Owner | source |
| 1787 | | | Chapman's map |
| 1798 | John Waters | | directory |
| 1823 | William Sparkes | unknown | Pigot |
| 1830 | George Merchant | unknown | Pigot |
| 1833 | for sale by George Merchant | unknown | Bury and Norwich Post |
| 1839 | John Frost | unknown | Pigot and Robson directories |
| 1841 | John Mainprice | unknown | census |
| 1855 | John Mainprice | unknown | White |
| 1861 | Charles Double | unknown | census |
| 1868 | Charles Double (maybe also Three Tuns) | unknown | Morris |
| 1869 | Charles Double (died Mar.1869) | unknown | Post Office |
| 1869 | Sophia Double (widow of above) | unknown | |
| 1871 | Sophia Double | unknown | census |
| 1874 | Sophie Double | unknown | White |
| 1878 | Robert Reid Middleton | unknown | Cambridge Independent Press |
| 1881 | Mary Gardiner | unknown | census |
| 1884 Nov | Thomas Nathan Bishop | unknown | Newmarket Journal |
| 1888 | Thomas Nathan Bishop | unknown | Kelly |
| 1888 | Richard Lawrence | unknown | Newmarket Journal |
| 1890 Oct | to let immediate tenancy | Cutlack & Treadway, Soham | Newmarket Journal |
| 1891 Feb | Charles Evans | unknown | census |
| 1896 | Charles Evans | " " | Kelly's |
| 1898 | William Dyson | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1899 | Alfred John Green (of Railway Tavern, Cambridge) | " " | Cambridge Daily News |
| 1900 | James Lindsay | " " | Kelly's |
| 1901 | James Lindsay | " " | census |
| 1908 | James Lindsay | " " | Kelly |
| 1911 | George Willis | " " | census |
| 1915 | Arthur G Careless | " " | Cambridge Independent Press |
| 1915 | William George Johnson | " " | Bury Free Press |
| 1917 | William George Johnson | " " | directory |
| 1926 Mar | Joseph Charles Riches | Hudson Ltd (Pampisford) | Kelly's |
| 1927 Apr | Edward Wilkinson Middleton | Hudson Ltd (Pampisford) | Newmarket Journal |
| 1930 Jan | Stanley Edward Robinson | Wells & Winch (Biggleswade) | Newmarket Journal |
| 1931 May | Terence Taylor | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1932 Oct | John Lampard | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1934 | John Lampard | " " | Newmarket Directory |
| 1939 | John Lampard died 1956 | " " | 1939 register |
| 1957 Feb | Mrs Blanche Lampard (widow) | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1957 Jun | advertised to let | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1957 Sep | Mrs Zillah White (wife of director of Carlton) | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1960 Nov | tied lease (22 yrs tied £50 p.a.) on offer | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1961 Jun | C.L. Reeve | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1962 Dec | Philip McCoy | Greene, King | Newmarket Journal |
| 1973 July | McCoy to George Dragon, Snailwell | closed for major redevelopment | |
| 1973 Oct 4 | Richard Francis Turner | Greene,King | licensing records |
| 1976 Jan 8 | Keith David Pinhorne | " " | " " |
| 1976 Sep 30 | Robert Hopkins | " " | " " |
| 1978 Feb 9 | Stephen Charles Rough | " " | " " |
| 1981 Oct 8 | Bertie William Brightwell | " " | " " |
| 1984 Nov 8 | Mark Roberts | Greene,King | licensing records |
| 1986 | succession of relief managers | " " | |
| 1987 | Jim Coulson | " " | |
| 1987 | Steven Bullock | " " | |
| 1989 Jun | Jonathan Alexander | " " | |
| 1990 Mar | Keith Mitchell | " " | |
| 1991 | John Lowe | " " | " " |
| 1996 | John Lowe | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1998 April | John Lowe | " " | Newmarket Journal |
| 1998 April | Alistair Morrison | Greene,King | |
| 2005 Nov 23 | Christian Wiltshire | " " | licensing records |
| 2005 Dec 6 | Eamonn Thomas O'Neill | " " | " " |
| 2006 Sep 27 | Francis O'Brien | " " | " " |
| 2006 Dec 12 | Martin Jared | " " | " " |
| 2008 Dec 16 | Brian Walker | " " | " " |
| 2009 Jan 5 | Patrick Kirwan | " " | " " |
| 2009 Oct 1 | Ms Jennifer Parramint | " " | " " |
| 2010 Jul 16 | Ms Emma Anstee | " " | " " |
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undated
view along Drapery Row c1890s
sketch by Frank Jennings in 1902 for trade card of Francis Wellsman (painter/decorator)
un dated, but pre 1923
1930's
1950s
1960s
late 1960s
dormer windows gone - 2019
Public Bar entrance 2023
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