A TIMELINE OF NEWBURY HISTORY
By Tim Lambert
Late 11th Century The town of Newbury is founded. The little town has about 1,500 inhabitants.
1393 Donnington Hospital is founded
1518 Christopher Shoemaker is burned in Newbury for heresy
1556 3 more Protestants are martyred in Newbury
1596 Queen Elizabeth grants Newbury a charter
1604 Newbury suffers an outbreak of plague
1611 A guildhall is built in Newbury
1640 The first Baptist Church is founded in Newbury
1643 The first battle of Newbury is fought
1644 The second battle of Newbury is fought
1665 Plague strikes again
1723 The river Kennet is made navigable as far as Reading
1793 Kimbers Almshouses are built
1801 The population of Newbury is 4,725
1825 The streets of Newbury are lit by gas
1847 The railway reaches Newbury
1867 Newbury gains its first newspaper
1872 The stocks are last used in Newbury
1885 Newbury Hospital is built
1889 The Clock Tower is built
1904 A museum opens in Newbury
1906 The first public library opens in Newbury
1910 The first cinema in Newbury opens
1944 15 people are killed by a bombing raid
1948 Newbury is given a coat of arms
1959 A relief road is built
1965 A new police station is built
1967 The Watermill Theatre opens
1980 A Leisure Centre opens
1984 The Community Theatre opens
1998 Newbury by-pass is built
2004 A new Community Hospital opens in Newbury
2011 The Parkway Centre opens