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Newmarket Waggon & Horses
Newmarket Waggon & Horses
formerly Hogshead, Rose
South East, 52.24511,0.408
Real Ale is sold here.
34 High St, CB8 8LB
grid reference TL 644 634
opened pre-1768
owner/operator: Greene King
Busy town centre ale house.
The core of the building dates from the 16th century, it was much extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 0.6 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
To be sold by auction by Thomas Foreman on Thu 15 Jan at 2 o' clock in the afternoon at the White Horse inn in Newmarket the following:
LOT III: That well known and well accustomed freehold PH called the Waggon and Horses, adjoining Lot II and consists of two kitchens, 2 parlours, 5 chambers, 2 cellars that will hold upwards of 50 pipes of beer and stabling for upwards of 30 horses; a stackyard and close adjoining etc.Ipswich Journal, Saturday January 3rd 1789
NOTE: the same sale also included several other pubs including Newmarket White Horse, Wheatsheaf, Croydon, Burwell Anchor, Exning White Horse & Ashley Plough and a Brewery (owned by Robert Bones)
John Jeffre's is removed from the Spread Eagle in Bury St Edmunds to the Rose in Newmarket, opposite the Cock-Pit.Ipswich Journal, November 13…
Landlords
Footnote
Earliest known date from the Newmarket Shops website.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(1830 Pigots Directory supplied by Sandra Easom)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
