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The Wheatsheaf stood on Regents Street (now part of Rowley Drive) at the bottom of Icewell Hill, with Chelsea Terrace on the opposite corner. In those days Regents Street ended at the Council Depot a bit further along. Horses reaching the end detoured around the Depot Field to join The Rows at the end of Black Bear Lane The end for the Wheatsheaf, as with the Victory, came when the whole of Icewell Hill was razed to the ground in order to build what are now Icewell Hill flats. Instead of compensation for the loss of licence, the licence was transferred to the newly built Palomino in Valley Way From Mike Petty's Newmarket Scrapbook :- "3rd February 1964 - The Victory, one of Newmarket's oldest public houses, was officially closed on New Year's Day. Now demolition workers are pulling down what has been a fami liar landmark for over 100 years. The pub is the second to be demolished under Newmarket Council's Icewell Hill re -development scheme. The Wheatsheaf was the first. Under an agreement with the owners, Tollemache and Cobbold Ltd, they have been replaced by a new building, The Palomino on the Houldsworth Valley estate." |
| Year | Licensee | Owner | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1789 | Robert Bones (sale) | Bury & Norwich Post | |
| 1798 | John White | 1839 | Samuel Speechley | Charles Phillips |
| 1859 | from John Armstead to James Rayner | Charles Phillips | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1861 | Charles Dunn | census | |
| 1865 | Charles Dunn | sold by Phillips £430 | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1865 Nov | Charles Dunn to Charles Shafe | Bury Norwich Post | |
| 1871 | James Mockford (died Jan.1879) | census | |
| 1881 | Sarah Mockford (Mrs) (widow of previous) | census | |
| 1887 | Nathan "Tom" Hall | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1891 | Nathaniel Hall (died July 1892) | census | |
| 1892 August | Mrs Hall widow of above | N | |
| 1893 Nov | Mrs Hall.. distress for rent sale of fittings | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1894 | R. Eagle to Henry Stannard | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1901 | Henry Stannard | census | |
| 1911 | Henry Stannard | census | |
| 1916 | Frank Helps (died 17-11-1926) | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1927 Jan 11 | Herbert Helps (son of above) | Newmarket Journal | |
| 1928 Aug 7 | Arthur George Curl | came from the Victory | Newmaket Journal |
| 1933 Sep 12 | Frank Carrington Bullock | Newmaeket Journal | |
| 1935 Jul 16 | Henry Walter Rodman | " " | |
| 1941 Aug | " " | fined £20 receiving stolen goods | " " |
| 1941 Sep 16 | Harry Kempton | " " | |
| 1941 Oct 28 | Harry Kempton | " " | |
| 1941 Oct 28 | Harry Oscar Lack | " " | |
| 1943 Aug 3 | Mrs Flora (widow of above) | " " | |
| 1946 | Leslie Haffenden | " " | |
| 1949 Jul 11 | Leslie Haffenden (to Black Bear) | ||
| 1949 Jul 11 | William Garnham | ||
| 1961 Dec 11 | William Garnham | closed.licence transferred to Palomino | |
undated map, probably late 1880-s c1890s c1900s with Icewell Hill late 1930s, with Henry Rodman Bill Smith relates that Bill Garnham, being a close friend of Tom Stonham, the organist at St Mary's
when the pub was closed, took the sign and gave it to Tom and that same bracket is still attached to the corner of the Turner Hall (2020)
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