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| HER Number | MWB16731 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Site of The Lamb and Flag, Speenhamland - approximate |
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Summary
Former location of a timber framed inn, pulled down well before 1900
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
This old house was the reputed birth place of a Dr Twisse, celebrated in Money's history <1>, and was on the north side of London Road, near the Cross Keys, although its site is not marked on any maps <3><4>. The GIS point is therefore approximate, but the inn would have been in the historic parish of Speen.
Sources and further reading
| <00> | Thatcham Historical Society. July 2007. Journal of Thatcham Historical Society. Volume 1, Number 1. p19-43 Survival and Loss: Buildings of the Coaching Trade in Newbury, Part 1 by Sue Broughton. [Article in serial / SWB147687] |
| <01> | Money, W. 1905 & 1972. A Popular History of Newbury (also Walter Money's History of Newbury). p99. [Monograph / SWB11278] |
| <02> | Unknown - Newbury Museum. ?. Coaching Inns - Speen and Newbury. [Unpublished document / SWB13471] |
| <03> | The Borough Museum, Newbury. 1973. Newbury Buildings Past and Present. p7. [Monograph / SWB12937] |
| <04> | Landmark. 1880-81. Digital OS Mapping Epoch 1, 1:500 - Newbury Town Plan. Digital. 1:500. Not marked. [Map / SWB146990] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3464 | SPEENHAMLAND, Newbury (Place) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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