Brewery or Owner:- Greene, King
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These premises were The Rose 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 present unknown. 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 |
click here to go to the Newmarket Shops website for more details
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click here to go to the Waggon & Horses website for more details
| Year | Licensee | Owner | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1768 | The Rose | Chapman's map | |
| 1787 | Waggon & Horses | Chapman's map | |
| 1789 | for sale | Robert Jones | 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 Smith (widow of above) | Bury Free Press | |
| 1922 | S Smith (Mrs) | ||
| 1925 June | Sarah Barber (Mrs) | Bury Free Press | |
| 1925 June | Herbert Sheppard | Bury Free Press | |
| 1939 | Herbert Sheppard | 1939 register | |
| 1940 | Herbert Sheppard (died May 1940 | Bury Free Press | |
| 1968 | Jose Torres | Whitbread | |
| 3-12-1970 | Ronald Frank Cowell | " " | |
| 24-11-1977 | " " | plus Whitbread Area manager Alan Jacobs | |
| 12-2-1981 | Terence Edward Taylor | " " | |
| 3-2-1983 | Mark Douglas Strachan | plus Adrian Bowers | |
| 9-6-1983 | Michael Richard Cowan | plus Kevin Atkins | |
| 1991 | Colin Whiley | Whitbread | local knowledge |
| 2002 | Dan Heath | ? | Newmarket Journal 15 May |
| 24-11-2005 | Francis O'Brien | Greene, King | licensing register |
| 20-6-2011 | Ian Edward Pearson | " " | " " |
| 18-2-2014 | Brett Leacy | " " | " " |
| 3-12-2014 | 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 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 2019
