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Summary:

50 Church Street. c1872 - December 2009.
Listed:                  No.
Common Rights?   Yes (Sanden Fee).

The earliest known document relating to this property is dated 2nd June 1809 between Charles Thomas Hawkesworth (farmer) and Edward Dismore of Hungerford (carpenter), conveying "all that messuage containing two tenements with gardens situate in Sanden Fee, Hungerford..." - consideration being £96.

A later Conveyance dated 4th November 1874 still refers to dwelling houses in Church Street "heretofore called the Great Church lane" in the Tithing of Sanden Fee.

The first definite mention of the property as a Beer House is within a Conveyance dated 31st January 1876 William Hoare to Francis William Jessett, stating "and are now and for some years past have been used as a Beer House". This was conveyed for the consideration of £500. (The 1841 Census has Charles Bryant, Beer House in Church Street. It is not yet known whether this refers to 50 Church Street).

The property remained in the Jessett family until Ushers Brewery Ltd purchased the freehold on 1st July 1948.

Several Kelly Directories mention beer retailers in Church Street, but not necessarily at this site. These include
1895 Kelly Directory: Francis William Jesset - beer, baker, shopkeeper, Church St,
1911 Kelly Directory: Humphries - beer retailer, Church St

1915 Kelly Directory: Francis Oakes, "beer retailer in Church Street" (possibly here?)
1928 Kelly Directory: Francis Oakes, "beer retailer in Church Street" (possibly here?)
1935 Kelly Directory: Francis Oakes, "beer retailer in Church Street" (possibly here?)

1939 Kelly Directory: Mrs Georgina Oakes
1939 Blackett Directory: Mrs. Georgina Oakes

During the 1980s and 1990s The Angel was known as "Just William's" and "Behind the Green Door".

The Angel closed in December 2009.

See also:
- Letter from Ushers Brewery Ltd regarding their records on The Angel, 1986.

Updated: 24.12.2010

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