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Brewery or Owner:- Greene, King
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These premises were mentioned in the Ipswich Journal of 1764 as The Rose, also on Chapman's map of 1768, but by 1787 it was the Waggon & Horses. Even Peter May's books on the history of Newmarket from Medieval times to 1760 do not mention the Rose yet the core of the building goes further back into the C17. The significance of the Royal Cypher displayed on the facade in various places over the years and the date 1868 seen on the building is at presumed to be a rebuilding date. The inn is quite a feature on the eastern end of the High Street, but overshadowed perhaps by the Rutland Arms on the other side of the street. Until more recent times the weekly livestock market was held in the capacious yards behind the Inn, but this came to an end and the site was largely given over to the development of the Rookery shopping centre in the early 1970's At present no idea exactly who owns what at rear of Inn which has a very large yard, which over the years has accomodated, until 1967,a livestock market, abattoir, and various other commercial premises. |
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| Year | Licensee | Owner | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1764 | The Rose | Ipswich Journal | |
| 1768 | The Rose | Chapman's map | |
| 1787 | Waggon & Horses | Chapman's map | |
| 1789 | for sale | Robert Bones | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1804 | Daniel Potter | ? | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1815 | William Seeley | Cambridge Chronicle & Journal | |
| 1823 | " " | Pigot | |
| 1830 | John Martin | Pigot | |
| 1835 | John Martin | freehold sold | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1841 | John Martin | census | |
| 1858 | John Martin | offered for sale | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1861 | John Martin | census | |
| 1862 | John Sellwood | Bury & Norwich Post | |
| 1870 | "" " | offered for sale | Cambridge IndependentPress |
| 1871 | "" " | census | |
| 1873- | Edward Mark Mayhew | Harrods | |
| 1877 | " " | Bury & Norwich Post | |
| 1885 | " " (died April) | Bury Free Press | |
| 1885 | Mary Ann Mayhew (Mrs) widow of previous) | Bury Free Press | |
| 1891 | John Smith ( married previous in 1887) | census | |
| 1901 | " " | census | |
| 1904 | Thomas H Sutton | ||
| 1908 | Charles F Lurgley | ||
| 1910 Aug. | Richard Archibald Smith | Cambridge Independent Press | |
| 1910 Aug. | Alfred George Green | " " | |
| 1911 | Alfred George Read | census | |
| 1915 | John Smith (died Dec 1915) | apparently not the earlier John Smith) | |
| 1916 | Mrs Sarah Smith (widow of above) | Bury Free Press | |
| 1922 | Mrs Sarah Smith | ||
| 1925 June | MrsSarah Barber (above remarried) | Bury Free Press | |
| 1925 June | Herbert Sheppard | Bury Free Press | |
| 1939 | Herbert Sheppard | 1939 register | |
| 1940 | Herbert Sheppard (died May 1940) | Bury Free Press | |
| 1940 May | Lionel W.Sheppard (son of above) | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1940 Sep | Lionel W.Sheppard to Guy Dale (military service) | Dales Brewery | Newmarket Journal |
| 1940 Sep | Bertie John Alderton manager | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1955 May 3 | Bertie John Alderton | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1955 May 3 | Kenneth C.Boyd & Archibald Jacks | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1956 Feb | John Eaton-Hall | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1963 Jul 24 | John Eaton-Hall | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1964 to Oct 1966 | Donald Heald | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1966 Oct | Jose Cortez Torres | Whitbread | |
| 1970 | Desmond Roberts | Whitbread | |
| 1970 Dec 3 | Ronald Frank Cowell | " " | |
| 1971 Feb | Roy Henderson | " " | |
| 1975 Jan | Roy Henderson | " " | |
| 1975 Jan | Brian Hallums | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1977 Nov 24 | " " | ||
| 1980 | Alan Jacobs | Newmaket Journal | |
| 1980 | Ray O'Hanlon | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1981 Feb 12 | Terence Edward Taylor | " " | |
| 1982 Jul 5 | John Bowers | " " | |
| 1983 Feb 3 | Mark Douglas Strachan | plus Adrian Bowers | |
| 1983 Jun 9 | Michael Richard Cowan | plus Kevin Atkins | |
| 1987 Jan | Robert John Shearer | plus Kevin Atkins | |
| 1988 | Alan Fox | ||
| 1989-1995 | Colin Whiley | Whitbread | Newmarket Journal |
| 1999 | Paul Hargeaves | Whitbread | Newmarket Journal |
| 2002 | Dan Heath | ? | Newmarket Journal 15 May |
| 2005 Nov 24 | Francis O'Brien | Greene, King | licensing register |
| 2011 Jun 20 | Ian Edward Pearson | " " | " " |
| 2014 Feb 18 | Brett Leacy | " " | " " |
| 2014 Dec 3 | Fraser David Thompson | " " | " " |
between 1908 and August 1910 (landlord's name over door, also note just one door) before 1925, no Woolworths early 1930's Note- no Royal crest and 1868 on facade The Waggon was noted for its ham, above photo was taken in 1938 at time of one of the regular walking/running feats undertaken in Newmarket 1950s 1977 - thanks to Peter Norman 2006 - thanks to Mike Mingay 2023
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