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1819 (EA) Shows Neale in this position or 24 HS; Churchwardens to north (now Town Hall) 1831 (CS) In the 1831 census it is termed The Angel public house, consisting of a shop and garden, occupier Edward Collins (on the south side of the Churchwardens House) 1836 (NH) Will of Edward Collins left the reside of his estate to his grand-daughter Emily Reeves, who appointed Richard Lye and John Tanner as her trustees, eventually selling in
1846 to James Keen, on whose death in 1849 it passed to Benjamin Keen and in 1850 to Crown Brewery. 1846 (NH) Purchase by James Keen (of Garlick Hill, London, mustard manufacturer). Uncle to William Alexander, who was living in No 24 HS. Died 1849. 1846 (NH) No. 23HS, formerly the Angel, (like The Greyhound) had also been converted into a dwelling house and shop and had been late in the occupation of Thomas Batson Reeves,
painter and glazier. 1850 (NH) The will of James Keen provided for the property to be sold by his executors, and it was accordingly put up for auction at the Bear on 11th November 1850. The highest bidder was Benjamin Keen, the local chemist, who purchased it for the use of Henry Brookes Marriott of Hungerford brewer, the property already during James Keen's lifetime having been converted into a brewery and spirit shop called The Crown Brewery. 1849/50 (NH) Purchase by Benjamin Keen (of Hungerford, chemist). Died 1858. Property: Now converted into a Brewery and Spirit Shop "The Crown Brewery". 1851 (CS) ?Henry Marriott (51), brewer 1851/57 (NH) Benjamin Keen raised further mortgages on the property in 1851 and 1857. When he died in 1858 he left his estate to two trustees Thomas Wooldridge and Thomas Hutchins to hold
on behalf of his wife Jane Elizabeth and his children. 1869 (NH) Benjamin Keen 1869 (Kelly) Thomas Frankland 1876 (NH) On Jane's death in 1876 the property descended to the three children of her first husband Benjamin Keen – Anne, Clara and Benjamin Henry. Benjamin, however, died on board the U.S. ship "Pensacola" in 1880 without issue and the two daughters Anne and Clara, having married, sold the brewery mortgage to the sitting tenant Elisha Love (1890), together with a plot which had been added to it at the rear between the then new Corn Exchange and Church Street. 1876 (NH) Property as above and plot of ground bordering Church Street three children of Benjamin and Jane Keen: 1881 (CS) Elisha Love, wine and spirit merchant 1903 Approximate date of re-fronting 1914 (NH) Capital and Counties Bank Ltd. 1914 (CL) Mr & Mrs Frank Edward Love 1915 (Kelly Dir) Mrs Margaret Love & Son, Crown Brewery 1917 (NH) Joseph N. Day (of Newbury, auctioneer) 1917 (NH) J. Mason, accountant, and Francis Mason Adnams, brewer, both of Newbury. 1917-36 (NH) Owned by South Berks Brewery Company (?Adnams?) 1924 (Kelly) Frederick Isley c.1920-30 (NH) QR item no. 155: Permission granted to build on bay windows to Crown Brewery premises on west side of High Street, late Elisha Love". 1931 (Kelly) Geo F R James 1932 (QR) Adnams (The Crown) "Alehouse formerly called The Angel formerly Collins afterwards Reeves then James Keen". 1939 (Blacket's) Co. V.R. Cotter, Crown House 1949 (NH) In 1949 the ground floor, together with the first floor of a farmhouse at the rear of Crown House was let to an upholsterer. 1948 (NH) The insurance policy of 1948 describes the building as being brick or stone built, roofed with slates or tiles, and a small part timber. c. 1945-1970s Mr Charles May, jeweller, clock repairs In flat above: Col. & Mrs. Cotter Behind: Mattheson – surgical shoe maker. Later embroidery shop. 1947 (CL) Col. Vere Rogerson Cotter 1952 (CL) Thomas Smith 1955 (NH) Property: Crown House devided into 3 flats. 1956 (CL) Thomas Smith 1963 (CL) Annie Emily Cotter 1968 (CL) Charles Caleb May (Watchsmith) 1970 (CL) Charles Caleb May (Watchsmith) 1970s Roberts, estate agents 1976 (CL) Albert John West (deleted) David ..?.. (Estate Agents) 1978 Swifts Dry Cleaners From Norman Hidden papers: The Crown Brewery, formerly The Angel Inn (now No. 23HS) In 1793 Richard Townsend sold the property to Edward Collins. Townsend had been left the property in the will of George Jones. The property was then described as lying between the [town and] church property on the north (occupied by Richard Fulbrook) and the Greyhound Inn on the south (owner Thomas Hawkesworth, occupier William Watts). The property was "formerly in the occupation of Henry Clements (*1), since of Thomas Poffley, and now of late of Robert York" and was "for many years used as an alehouse called The Angel". [*1: 1781 Sun Fire Ins. Co. Vol 273 Policy No. 444027, 13 June 1781: George Jones of Newbury took insurance on The Angel Alehouse in the tenure of Henry Clements. Brick and timber and tiled. £100.] Collins raised a mortgage on the premises from Cheyney Waldron in 1808, when the neighbouring tenant on the north side (formerly Richard Fulbrook) was now John Church. By his will in 1836 Collins left the reside of his estate to his grand-daughter Emily Reeves, who appointed Richard Lye and John Tanner as her trustees, eventually selling in 1846 to James Keen, on whose death in 1849 it passed to Benjamin Keen and in 1850 to Crown Brewery. [In 1836 the house on the south was occupied by Thomas Magg and that on the north by William Barnes]. James Keen, the London mustard manufacturer, had married ..?.. and was uncle to William Alexander, the owner of no. 24HS next door. On the death of James Keen in 1869 the property was
acquired by his son Benjamin. The will of James Keen provided for the property to be sold by his executors, and it was accordingly put up for auction at the Bear on 11th November 1850. The highest bidder was Benjamin Keen, the local chemist, who purchased it for the use of Henry Brookes Marriott of Hungerford brewer, the property already during James Keen's lifetime having been converted into a brewery and spirit shop called The Crown Brewery. Benjamin Keen raised further mortgages on the property in 1851 and 1857. When he died in 1858 he left his estate to two trustees Thomas Wooldridge and Thomas Hutchins to hold on behalf of his wife Jane Elizabeth and his children. Jane Elizabeth married Henry Edward Astley in 1863, and Astley paid £200 for the residue of a mortgage owingon the premises. On Jane's death in 1876 the property descended to the three children of her first husband Benjamin Keen – Anne, Clara and Benjamin Henry. Benjamin, however, died on board the U.S. ship "Pensacola" in 1880 without issue and the two daughters Anne and Clara, having married, sold the brewery mortgage to the sitting tenant Elisha Love (1890), together with a plot which had been added to it at the rear between the then new Corn Exchange and Church Street. In 1901 Love sold The Crown Brewery to Tom Crook, but Crook, who had raised a mortgage from the capital & Counties Bank (the local forerunner of the …….. bank) went
bankrupt in 1913 and the bank foreclosing , found a buyer in F.M. Adnams, the Newbury brewer. In 1938 the property was known as Crown House and owned by Lt. Col. V.R. Cotter. Cotter leased the premises on a short lease in each case for a variety of businesses – to a butcher with a slaughter-house at the rear (1938), a front room to a chartered accountant (1939), all three rooms on the ground floor to the Berkshire County Council as their surveyor's office (1947). In 1949 the ground floor, together with the first floor of a farmhouse at the rear of Crown House was let to an upholsterer. The insurance policy of 1948 describes the building as being brick or stone built, roofed with slates or tiles, and a small part timber. In 1955 the three ground floor rooms which had been let to Berks CC were now leased to Mr C.C. May, jeweller and clock repairer. Other notes in Norman Hidden papers: The Crown Brewery: (from "Berkshire Breweries of the 19th Century", Kenneth R. Goodley, 1975, a pamphlet held at Berkshire R.O.] ?In 1781 in trust for Sarah Pearse, formerly in possession of Jn. Blisse (D/Ex320/T4) c.1573 (probable, by position) the house of John and Edward Collins In the 1831 census it is termed The Angel public house, consisting of a shop and garden, occupier Edward Collins (on the south side of the Churchwardens House) c.1920-30 QR item no. 155: Permission granted to build on bay windows to Crown Brewery premises on west side of High Street, late Elisha Love". B.R.O: D/EX320T4 (1781) Pearse, property placed in Trust for Sarah Pearse, on the west side of High Street between a messuage formerly of Thomas Baker on north and one formerly of John Grimes on the south, plus backside, barn, stables, gardens adjoining. Which premises were formerly in the possession of John Bisse [site of Angel public house and see 1753 Quit Rent roll, Edward Popham]; plus 2 acres and 2 roods arable in common fields of Sanden Fee i.e. in Breach, 1 acre and 2 roods and 1 acre in Hidden. Also one messuage in Kintbury (Titcombe Green) and pasture ground known as Goddards Green lying on the right hand side of the highway from Titcombe Green to Ballards Heath. See also: Updated: 10.5.2010 |