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30 Market Place – Rose Hotel

The landlord of the original Rose inn moved his premises to the current site in 1844 in order
to provide ‘better accommodation and comfort for the nobility, gentry and public’, and took
the name of his inn with him. The building started life as two 15thC houses and had not
previously been used as an inn. From about 1856 it was referred to as the Rose Hotel, this
name continuing until it was changed to Ye Olde Rose Hotel in 1946, later becoming Ye
Olde Rose Inne. It is unfortunate that serious fires in 1946 and in the 1970s and 1980s
destroyed much of the original building and its interior, although considerable effort was
made to reconstruct it in its 16thC style.
32 & 33 Market Place – Edwin Ifourd, butcher & fishmonger who started his business in
1860.

35 Market Place – Charles Foy, grocer who had been there since the 1880’s. He lived at the
property with his wife and seven children, until his death in 1909.

37 Market Place – Bush Hotel where James Herring was publican in 1881. The timber-
framed 15th and 16th century buildings that make up much of present-day Bush Walk were
previously part of the Bush Inn. After being a stagecoach inn for 100 years, by 1901 it had
become a hotel. The Bush Hotel closed in 1986.

Bush Hotel c 1901

The Bee Hive public house in Emmbrook was last mentioned this year.
1901

William Chambers, the baker and confectioner, was fined 2s 6d with 7s 6d costs for selling
bread other than by weight.
There was the Cricketers public house at 29 Rose Street.

The Brewery Tap at 13 Broad Street was last mentioned this year.

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