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This inn is actually owned by the Town & Manor of Hungerford. Property on this site has been in the Town & Manor's
ownership since the feoffment of 1617. It was Hungerford's first workhouse, but when a larger workhouse was required, the paupers were moved to the "High House" (now Charnham Close) in Charnham Street.
Click here for more information on workhouses, or here for information on Charnham Close.
It is unclear exaactly when it became an inn, but it is clearly marked as "John of Gaunt" on the
Enclosure Award map of 1819. It has remained an inn every since, although between 1847 and 1891 it was called "The Lancaster Arms", and even (in 1864) the "Duke of Lancaster's Arms".
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