On the west side of Wellington Street, we cannot be sure exactly how much of the frontage was used at any one time by the hotel over the
years, even spreading as far as the High Street. The roofline and 4 dormer windows shows plenty of available space and of the yard at the rear for stabling and cottages. The
sale plan in 1932 suggests that at that time only the centre of the block was the hotel, what is now Pop's Barber Shop (2019)and the Newmarket Journal office.
Indian Takeaway It was the reason for Tony Pringle's grandparents to come to Newmarket in 1931, to view with the intention of taking the hotel on. Seemingly it did not suit Nellie, but Sid said there was another one going a bit further along, the Five Bells. Even that one did not impress Sid but was deemed suitable by Nellie and the family now count themselves as natives, Tony being the first to be born here The street and hotel were renamed from Fox & Goose to Wellington after the battle of Waterloo. One mention in the online newspaper archives when it was the "Fox and Goose", in the Ipswich Journal 1766, the Dolphin Inn, Newmarket was auctioned at the Fox & Goose, Newmarket. Between 1911 and 1913 the magistrates decided to have a clear out of licences in the Rookery area as they realised that with so many licences in St Mary's ward alone they had one beer outlet for every 90 man,woman and child. The Wellington survived that but obviously there were still too many pubs/beer houses in the area and trade was not really sufficient for all of them. Seemingly Greene King, realising at the start of the 1930s that the Ashley Road -Duchess Drive area, rapidly expanding, had no pubs and they seized the chance to purchase the Whitebridge House veterinary practice at that junction. Fair sized house with plenty of storage space with the stable block and so not too much in the way of alterations was needed.
The Wellington in Wellington Street .was sold and the licence removed to the New Wellington in 1932, "Archie" Cornish carrying on as the publican at the new premises. click here to go to the New Wellington |
Year | Licensee | Owner | source | Year | Licensee | Owner | source |
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1787 | as Fox & Goose | Chapman's map | |
1798 | Robert Bridgeman | directory | 1803 | as Fox & Goose | Bury & Norwich Post |
1823 | William Murrells | Pigot | |
1830 | Mary Murrells | Pigot | |
1844 | " " | White | |
1855 | Robert Jacob | Robert Jacob | White |
1861 | " " | " " | census |
1868 | " " | " " | Morris |
1869 | " " (died 1869) | sold | Cambridge Chronicle & Journal |
1869 | Harriet Simpkins | Bury & Norwich Post | |
1870 | Charles Crosier (14 yrs lease) | William Hogg | Cambridge Independent Press |
1871 | " " | census | |
1874 | " " (Died July 1875) | Cambridge Independent Press | |
1876 | Susannah Crosier (Mrs) (widow of previous) | Bury Free Press | |
1877 | Susannah Crosier married Christopher Turner | Bury Free Press | |
1881 | Christopher Turner | census | |
1891. | " " | census | |
1891 | " " | census | |
1892 Apr | Christopher Turner | Newmarket Journal | |
1892 Apr | E. Cash | Newmarket Journal | |
1895 | George Harris | Bury Free Press | |
1900 | " " | Tindall | |
1900 Apr 10 | George Harris took on Golden Lion | Cambridge Chronicle & Journal | |
1901 Sep | John Harris | Greene, King | Bury Free Press |
1905 | John Harris | " " | Cambridge Independent Press |
1909 | Joseph Augustus Scanlan (ex Carpenters Arms) | " " | Newmarket Journal |
1911 | Joseph Augustus Scanlan | " " | census |
1932 Feb | Scanlan moved to The Bull | " " | Newmarket Journal |
1932 Feb | Archibald Emmanuel Cornish | " " | " " |
1932 Mar | Archibald Emmanuel Cornish transferred licence to New Wellington | " " | " " |
c1900 2010 2010