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RISING SUN
at times THE SUN and since 1980's CONNEMARA, then SWEATY SADDLE - LIME TREE - LT'S
TEMPLE BAR - UNIQUE


Location:- Sun Lane



In earliest days known sometimes as the SUN INN., but for many years it was the Rising Sun. Then in it began a succession of name changes as it transitioned into a venue for the younger element. Not 100% sure of the time line, but it seems to have been from Rising Sun, to Connemara, to Sweaty Saddle, to Lime Tree, to LT's, then Temple Bar and now, in 2019, Unique
KNOWN LICENSING HISTORY
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Year Licensee Owner source
1773 Jonathan Spooner CRO licensing records
1776 Philip Rosborn " "
1779 John Ware " "
1787 Chapman's map
1798 Edward Porter directory
1823 John Hammond Pigot
1830 George Gregory Pigot
1839 John Snell Pigot and Robson directories
1841 John Snell census
1844 John Ashford White
1851 Matthew Witham Matthew Witham census & Gardiner
1861 Mathew Witham " " census
1871 Matthew Witham (died 1879) " " census
1881 William Witham William Witham census
1884 Sarah Witham ( William died 1884) " " White
1888 William Harley (Sarah Witham died 1888) " " White
1889 William Harley to William Varrow sold 1889 Bury & Norwich Post
1891 William Varrow census
1896 William Varrow Kelly
1900 William Varrow Cambridge Daily News
1900 William Harvey Kelly
1901 Francis Albert Pinn census
1904 Charles W.Gilbert Kelly
1908 Charles W.Gilbert Kelly
1911 Henry James Merriman Census
1916 Alexander Pennington Kelly
1922 Francis William King Kelly
1925 Francis William King Kelly
1937 Horace Edward Saywell (died July 1937) Kelly
1939 Ida Saywell (Mrs) (widow of above) 1939 register
1945 Dec Herbert Henry Smith Newmarket Jurnal
1948 Jil 27 Norman "Jack" Parry) Newmarket Journal
1975 Nov Norman 'Jack' Parry Whitbread licensing records
1975 Nov temp closed, licence for John Lermitte refused " " " "
Aug 1976 vacant possession, no tie for sale by Watney Mann Newmarket Journal
1977 Apr 21 Robert Deeks Deeks - free house " "
1977 Jul re-opened Robert Deeks Newmarket Journal
1978 Sep 7 Pamela Mary Cullen " " " "
1979 Sep 27 Kenneth Tye " " " "
1983 Dec 1 George Ed Jas Butcher " "
1987 Feb 2 David Makeham Bill Guerin Newmarket Journal
1992 Oct 12 re-opened as Connemara John Dunphy Newmarket Journal
1993 Apr as Sweaty Saddle Kevin Moorcroft and John and Alan Davison Newmarket Journal
1994 Jul re-opened as Lime TreeTerry Scott and Paul Bell Newmarket Journal
1995 changed to LT's Gary Turner Newmarket Journal
2003 Temple Bar
2005 Seamus McConalogue (at Unique) Seamus McConalogue licensing register
2007 Apr 11 Daniel Potter Punch Taverns licensing register
2009 Jan 7 Julian Cunnington " " licensing register
2009 Apr 9 Stephen Ron Harker " " licensing register
2009 Jul 6 Donna Elizabeth Woollard (Miss) " " licensing register
2016 Nov 10 " " Unique 2 Leisure Ltd licensing register
The various re-incarnations since the demise of the Rising Sun have all concentrated on live music, culminating in 2023 with Unique being a weekend only night club.




as Rising Sun in 1990




rear of pub 1990




rear of pub 2019




as LT's in 1999




as Temple Bar c 2006




as Unique 2016



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