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In earliest days sometimes as the Black Bull.
Comparing maps there is apparently little change here, the rear entrance used to lead to the Market Place opposite the Bushel and still does, except it is now to the service area behind the Rookery precinct. Internally quite different but the outbuildings would be recognisable to time travellers from the past. Any number of businesses have operated from the yard, but it is now solely used by the pub, boasting an extensive beer garden (since 2008).
There was a serious fire in the roof over the kitchen on 2nd February 2005.Six fire engines, from Newmarket, Bury and Soham attended . It was closed for 2 weeks in October 2017 for renovations, re-opening on 27th October.
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| Year | Licensee | Owner | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 | Chapman's map | ||
| 1798 | Mansfield Chambers | directory | |
| 1812 | ? Granger | unknown | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1823 | Vincent Finton | unknown | Pigot |
| 1836 | Vincent Finton but advertised for rent | unknown | Bury & Norwich Post |
| 1839 | Thomas Smith | unknown | Pigot and Robson directories |
| 1851 | Thomas Smith (died 1853) | unknown | Gardener |
| 1855 | Ann Smith (widow of above) | unknown | White |
| 1865 | Ann Smith | unknown | Post Office |
| 1868 | Georgiana Berry | unknown | Morris |
| 1869 | Robert Moody (Jun) | unknown | Post Office |
| 1871 | Harriet Simpkin | unknown | census |
| 1873 | George Kerry | unknown | Harrods |
| 1874 | George Kerry | unknown | White |
| 1879 | Robert Jacob | unknown | Kelly |
| 1891 | Robert Jacob | Moody | census |
| 1892 | Robert Jacob | Moody | Tindall's and Kelly's |
| 1896 | Oswald Poole | Greene, King | Kelly's |
| 1900 | William Charles Stephenson | " " | Kelly's |
| 1901 | William Charles Stephenson | " " | Census |
| 1916 | William Charles Stephenson (to Army) | " " | Kelly's |
| 1916 | Ethel Maud Stephenson (wife of above) | " " | |
| Aug.1917 | Florence Brown | " " | Cambridge Daily News |
| 1917 | Charles James Christopher Stephenson (died 1919) (father of William Charles Stephenson) | " " | |
| 1919 | Emily Cass Stephenson (widow of above) | " " | |
| 1932 | J A Scanlan (died Apr 1932) | " " | BFP |
| 1932 | Mrs Norah Leek (daughter of above) | " " | BFP |
| 1937 | Edward Jason Andrews | " " | Kelly's |
| 1937 | Edward Jason Andrews | " " | Kelly's |
| 1939 | Edward J Andrews | " " | 1939 register |
| 1945 | Reginald Frederick Craig (son-in-law of above) | " " | |
| 14-2-74 | Paul Francis Patrick Conlon | " " | licensing records |
| 19-12-74 | Russell Stewart Wells | " " | " " |
| 18-12-75 | Derek Charles Birkett | " " | " " |
| 12-7-79 | William Stoneham | " " | " " |
| 1991 | James Moore | " " | local knowledge |
| 2002 | Colette McKiernan | " " | Newmarket Journal Feb 2005 |
| 2019 | currently an error in licensing register on line |
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circa 1906 circa 1918 Newmarket Cycling Club 1950's R1980s? The Corn Exchange, at rear of Bull yard 1987 2005 2020
used for many years in its latter days to store the market stalls
In the back ground is Alma House, for many years Holloway's Butchers and now (2019) R.S.P.C.A shop
