Three Compasses, 17 Thomas Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
c18351910COMPASSES / THREE COMPASSES
Thomas St VE Day
Thomas Street on VE Day, 8th May 1945.
In the directories the name continually changes between Compasses, Three Compasses and Compass. In 1856 the pub was used for an inquest. In 1858 it was To Let, and in 1865 the pub was up for sale. On 6th March 1868 William Newbold was fined for keeping his house open for the sale of beer during divine service on a Sunday. The Three Compasses closed on 14th July 1910 and became a lodging house.


This is usually a reference to the compass or compasses that appear on the Arms of the Masons (one), the Joiners (two), or the Carpenters (three), or the pub may interpret the name as the kind of compass used by mariners to guide their ships.

LICENSEES:

1835 - 1841 Edwin Bradshaw 1841 - 1850 William Ellis (died 1850) 1850 - 1851 Sarah Ellis (widow of William) 1851 Thomas Allen 1855 John Aspinall 1855 William West 1861 Elizabeth Hassall 1864 John Rose 1864 Thomas Hassall 1865 John Hassall 1865 - 1888 William Newbold 1890 - 1894 J. or T. Arch or Archer. There seems to be some confusion here ! 1896 Laurence Newbold 1898 - 1901 Thomas Gould 1903 - 1904 William Ballard 1905 Mrs. Theresa Sarah Phipps 1907 - 1909 Robert Harris
Three Compasses
Street plan of 1851
Google map location
(Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)
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