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Part of the Y plan of Newbury town centre, consisting of some of the earliest elements of the town
CHEAP STREET FORMS PART OF THE Y PLAN OF THE TOWN CENTRE AND CONSISTS OF SOME OF THE EARLIEST ELEMENTS OF THE TOWN, ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT SHAPES OF GROUPS OF TENEMENTS SUGGESTS THE TOWN WAS LAID OUT IN SEVERAL STAGES. PLOTS TO E OF CHEAP ST ALSO EARLY, ALTHOUGH PLOTS ON ST MARY'S HILL MAY BE LATER ADDITION.
A 1917 report <1> describes many yards off Cheap Street in the early 20th century.
Cheap Street to the south of its junction with Market Street (itself a later insertion) was named St Mary's Hill. Many historic buildings in Cheap Street were demolished in the 20th century, including the St Mary's Almshouses. In the 1970s, the west side of Cheap Street from No 21 on the corner of Market Street to No 37 adjacent to the Market Place, was redeveloped as part of the Kennet Centre. All buildings were removed apart from those at 33-35 Cheap Street.
West Berkshire Museum has a photograph showing the southern part of the Market Place and the northern part of Cheap Street in the mid 20th century; the north side of the Market Place at night, in the early 20th century; the east side of the Market Place on market day, in the mid 20th century; and the southern part of Cheap Street in the early 20th century <9>.
| <01> | Fleure, Prof H J et al. 1917. The Newbury Region - Being a report of the result of an Inquiry made at the Regional Survey Conference held at Newbury, Easter 1917. [Monograph / SWB13584] |
| <02> | Newbury Weekly News. 1925. Alderman Edward Gould reminiscences. [Article in serial / SWB13209] |
| <03> | Toomer, J. 1815. Map from Joseph Toomer's Census of Newbury, 1815. [Map / SWB14202] |
| <04> | 1839-40. Plan of the Gas Works, the Old Workhouse Buildings, the New House and the Newbury Improvement Commissioners' Buildings…. [Map / SWB14352]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=N%2fQ%2fA%2f12%2f1&pos=1 (Accessed on 06/03/2024) |
| <05> | Hopson, S. 1988. Newbury Then and Now. Nos 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. [Monograph / SWB13973] |
| <06> | Money, W. 1905 & 1972. A Popular History of Newbury (also Walter Money's History of Newbury). p129. [Monograph / SWB11278] |
| <07> | Mepham, L and Phillpotts, C. 2011. A Quietly Active Community - The History of the Kennet Centre, Newbury. [Monograph / SWB148277] |
| <08> | Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Kennet Centre, Newbury, Berkshire - Archaeological Post-excavation Assessment report. Report ref 64342.03. 2018 WBC Network. 10.5284/1049160. [Unpublished document / SWB148688]
https://doi.org/10.5284/1049160 (Accessed) |
| <09> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:2000.20.9; 2000.20.70; 2000.20.117; 2000.20.145-151; Frith.NBRY.4, 55. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
| MWB3439 | 1-3 Market Place, Newbury (Medieval building) (Monument) |
| MWB10111 | 1-3 Market Place, Newbury (Mesolithic finds) (Find Spot) |
| MWB9894 | 1-3 Market Place, Newbury (Roman finds) (Find Spot) |
| MWB3441 | At 20-22 MARKET PLACE, NEWBURY (Monument) |
| MWB5399 | CHEAP ST - 'pile structures' (Monument) |
| MWB9918 | CHEAP ST- general location (Find Spot) |
| MWB9943 | In CHEAP STREET, NEWBURY (Find Spot) |
| MWB5398 | MARKET PLACE - 'pile structure' (Monument) |
| MWB3474 | Original site of Kimbers Almshouses, Cheap Street, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21253 | Site of building at 1 and 3 Market Place, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB15890 | Site of building at 11 and 13 Market Place, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21257 | Site of building at 17 Market Place, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21269 | Site of building at 25 Cheap Street, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21268 | Site of building at 27 Cheap Street, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21266 | Site of building at 29 and 29A Cheap Street, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21265 | Site of building at 36 and 37 Cheap Street, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21255 | Site of building at 4 and 6 Market Place, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB21254 | Site of building at 5, 7 and 9 Market Place, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB3438 | SITE OF NEWBURY MARKET CROSS (Monument) |
| MWB15898 | Site of The Guildhall, Market Place, Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB15923 | The Corn Exchange, Market Place, Newbury (Building) |
| MWB7078 | The Elephant at the Market, 8 Market Place, Newbury (formerly the Three Tuns and the Queen's Hotel) (Building) |
| MWB15947 | The White Hart Inn, 24 Market Place, Newbury (Building) |
| MWB9948 | Vaults of Town Hall, Newbury (Find Spot) |
| MWB9944 | Well behind Bank, Market Place, Newbury (Find Spot) |
| MWB3424 | NEWBURY (Monument) |
| MWB3437 | NEWBURY OR "NEW MARKET TOWN" (Monument) |
| EWB690 | Proposed Cinema Development, The Kennet Centre, Cheap Street/Market Street, Newbury, Berkshire - Archaeological Desk-based Assessment (Ref: Ref No 56630.01) |
| EWB870 | Newbury Historic Character Study (NHCS) (Ref: NEWHESCO) |
| EWB921 | Cinema Site, Kennet Centre, Newbury, Berkshire - Archaeological Watching Brief (Ref: Ref No 64340.02) |
| EWB940 | Cinema Site, Kennet Centre, Newbury, Berkshire - Archaeological Evaluation (Ref: Ref No 64341.03) |
| EWB1390 | Kennet Centre, Newbury, Berkshire - Archaeological Post-excavation Assessment report (Ref: Site Code 64342.03) |
| EWB136 | Excavations in Cheap Street, Newbury, in 1981 (Ravenseft redevelopment) (Ref: W3) |