Market Street 2014 |
Market Street is the only 'Shambles' street that's left of the
old Rookery and many of the original buildings are still present
today.
Although never officially referred to as the 'Shambles' (this is the
name of a famous street in York
and also a few other towns), the name is entirely appropriate as the
word is an obsolete term for an open-air slaughterhouse and meat
market and this area has been host to many butchers over the years,
even being referred to as 'the Butchery' in some documents - a
few of the those known are detailed below:-
- Co-operative Stores
- Musk's Butchers
- Holloway's Butchers
- Bocock & Sons (1896)
- Harry Jeffery (& jun.) (1896/1901/1904)
- C. Redgrave (1901)
Originally Market Street extended from the High Street all the
way past the Bushel,
into the heart of the old Rookery
up to Albion Street
... this far end is now the Guineas Shopping Centre.
Map details for the shops in Market Street can be found on the
1901 map on the page for the
old Rookery.
Market Street c.1970 Photo by kind permission of the Newmarket Journal and the Newmarket Memories Facebook page. |
Milpets 2014 |
Co-operative Stores 1899 - many thanks to 'Old Newmarket' for the above photo. |
No.25 Market Street 2014 |
Market Street c. 1887 Many thanks to Peter Norman for the above photo (click on the picture for a larger image) |
Market Street 2014 |
Market Street February 1903 - many thanks to Roger Newman for the above photo |
Market Street 1920s - many thanks to 'Old Newmarket' for the above photo |
Also first appearing in Kelly's 1925 Directory, William George Mace,
fried fish dealer, had his shop at this location.
Reginald Mace's father was William George Mace, but then his brother was
George William Mace - knowing that many swap their Christian names it's
not known if the fish shop was owned by his father or brother - if
anyone can answer this detail please E-MAIL
me.
Reginald's brother George William Mace was born in Freckenham on 8th August
1896, in 1911 he was a Apprentice Stable lad ... he died in Newmarket in
December 1981. Also initially a Stableman, their father William George
Mace, also from Freckenham, died in Newmarket in 1953.
Central Fish Bar 2014 |
Harry Ramsden's 21st May 2016 |
1904 | Pinn, Emily (Mrs.), Three Tuns P.H., Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1901 | Three Tuns, High Street | Eastern Counties Directory |
1901 | Three Tuns: Raymond Jeffery, publican's manager, Market Street | Census |
1896 | Gardiner, John, Three Tuns P.H., Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1892 | Jeffery, William, Three Tuns P.H., Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1891 | William Jeffery, licensed victualler, Three Tuns Hotel, Market Street | Census |
1886 | Clemency Double - on the death of her husband | Newmarket Journal |
1885 | Charles Double | White's Directory |
1883 | Double, Charles, Three Tuns, Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1881 | Charles Double, Hotel Keeper, Three Tuns, Market Street | Census |
1879 | Double, Charles, Three Tuns, Market Street | Post Office Directory |
1874 | Deeks, Charles, coachbuilder & victualler, Three Tuns, Market Street | White's Directory |
1871 | Charles Deeks, innkeeper, 3 Tuns, Market Square | Census |
1869 | Wellam, James, Three Tuns, Market Place | Post Office Directory |
1868 | James Wellam | Morris' Directory |
1865 | Stephen Benfield | Post Office Directory |
1861 | Stephen Bennefield, publican, Three Tuns, Market Square | Census |
1855 | James Clark, Three Tuns, Market Place | White's Directory |
1851 | James Clark, Three Tuns, Market Place | Gardner's Directory |
1844 | James Clark | White's Directory |
1841 | John Tilbrook, publican | Census |
1839 | John Tilbrook, Three Tuns | Robson's Directory |
1830 | John Tilbrook, Three Tuns | Pigot's Directory |
Referring to the details about Market
Street above, it seems the Three Tuns was part of the tradition
of butchers in this area:-
- Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch
Records of Messrs Ennions, Solicitors, Newmarket
The Three Tuns inn [Market Street], part copyhold held of the manor of Newmarket HB 517/A/60 (1703)-1878
Contents:
30a, Exning, (1703)
Shop (formerly butcher's shop) in the Butchery, copyhold held of the manor of Newmarket, 1830
Evidences of title for purchase by Charles Deeks of Newmarket (Cambs), coachbuilder from Mary Bottom of Newmarket (Cambs), widow, 11 Feb 1868 [conveyance not present]
Includes:
- abstracts of title (2): (1680-1775), [?1785]; (1868-1878), 1878
- will of Thomas Bedingfeld of Docking (Surrey), gent (made 1739)
- will of Jonathan Tillbrook of Newmarket, innkeeper, 1829
In 1841 there were two John Tilbrooks in Newmarket - the slightly
older of the two being this one in the Three Tuns ... the other
lived in Mill Hill. It's not known how or if they were related, but
from the above will record Three Tuns John must have been the son of
Jonathan Tilbrook.
Shown in Kelly's Directory of 1904 with Mrs. Emily Pinn as the
proprietor, by 1911 the building seems to
have ceased trading as an inn and was a private house - sold
unlicensed in the 1913 Newmarket Journal (see late 1960s picture
below). Emily and her husband Francis had moved to Orby House in
Albion Street by the 1911 census.
Although shown on the 1901 map of the
Rookery within the outline of the Three Tuns, it's believed that
the
small annex to the right of the Inn was run as a separate business
- Wine Vaults Inn (you can read the word 'Wines' on the window in
the above photo).
You can just see the front door of this shop on the far right on the
above photo - Ridley Hooper's was a leather merchants run by Alfred Ridley
Hooper. Born in Bury St. Edmunds in 1888, Alfred's father was John
Ridley Hooper, also a leather merchant, who was Mayor of Bury St.
Edmunds from 9th November 1910 to 8th November 1911, and also in
1920 and 1922.
Following his retirement Alfred lived in 41 St. Philips Road, where
he died on 19th December 1960. His son Noel Ridley Hooper was a well
known resident of Woodditton where he lived for many years [Note
from webmaster - near my Nan & Granddad].
During the Second World War he served with the RAF’s 75 Squadron,
flying 33 operations over Germany, after which he worked as a
telephone engineer for the British Postal Service in Cambridge.
He only recently passed-away on 14th August 2013 aged 93 and his
obituary in the Newmarket Journal has a long list of mourners at his
funeral.
the former Three Tuns late 1960s - many thanks to 'Old Newmarket' for the above photo |
No.1-2 The Rookery - The Guineas Shopping Centre 2014 |
1936 | Newmarket Hotel: Langley, Arthur F. | Newmarket Directory |
1926 | Newmarket Temperance Commercial Hotel: L.A. Walters | Newmarket Street Directory |
1925 | Newmarket Temperance Hotel: L.A. Walters, proprietor, Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1916 | Newmarket Temperance Hotel: Edward Langley, proprietor, Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1911 | Newmarket Temperance Hotel: Herbert Shepherd, manager, Market Street | Census |
1901 | Deer's Temperance, Albion Street | Eastern Counties Directory |
1901 | Lucy Deer (widow), Market Street | Census |
1896 | Deer, Henry, Temperance Hotel & dining rooms, Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1892 | Deer, Henry, Temperance Hotel & dining rooms, Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
1891 | Henry Deer, Temperance Hotel proprietor, Market Street | Census |
1883 | Deer, Henry, coffee & dining rooms, Market Street | Kelly's Directory |
Temperance Hotel Market Street 1960s Many thanks to Peter Norman for the above photo (click on the picture for a larger image) |