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Newmarket Victoria
also traded as Boar's Head, Victoria Bars?, Greyhound, Carlton, Maiden Head (or Maid's Head), Jarvis's Hotel
South East, 52.2441,0.40617
closed 1977
opened pre-1667
last owner/operator: Lacon's Brewery
High St
grid reference TL 643 633
It's shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
According to the Newmarket Shops website, the Greyhound Inn was bought by King Charles II from the Piches family in 1667. It was rebuilt in 1986 as the Hotel Victoria and Renamed the Carlton between 1936 and 1946.
The Greyhound is listed as a Posting Inn in 1844
The pub was demolished in May 1977; the site is now occupied by Boots chemist shop.
The Newmarket Pubs website has an extensive history of this establishment. A rough timeline from that site shows the following sequence of names:
- 1682: Maid's Head
- 1698: Boar's Head
- 1787: Greyhound
- 1897: Victoria Hotel
- 1908: Victoria Bars
- between 1936 and 1948: renamed Carlton Hotel
Bull 0.03 mile
Bushel 0.05 mile
Golden Lion 0.07 mile
Waggon & Horses 0.10 mile
White Hart 0.11 mile
Yard 0.19 mileHistorical interest
The Newmarket Greyhound Hotel, for so many years in the hands of the JARVIS family, has been sold to a well-known Cricklewood hotel keeper.Bury & Norfolk Post & Suffolk Herald, August 7th 1883**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
