CM20

Collection

The first mention of the Maidenhead by name is the Bargain & Sale of 1679. It continued as a pub for a further 250 years with only one change of name, in 1909 when it became Eign Gate Hotel. For all of the 18th century it was in the hands of the Cox family. When it was bequeathed to the 7 children of William Price, Thomas Hoddell was the tenant working the pub. He then spent several years gathering in all the shares to finally become sole owner/occupier. The last documents in this collection show when it was purchased by the Watkins family and became part of their Imperial Brewery company. It failed to survive the recession after the First World War and closed as a pub in 1925. By the beginning of the Second World War it was Jesson’s Army and Navy Stores, and is now Trekitt Mountain Sports.