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The earliest known record for the "Malt Shovel" is in the 1830 Pigot's Directory, where it is listed as being in "Hungerford New Town", with Jonathan Miles as landlord. It is not yet known exactly where this tavern was.
1830 (Pigot's Dir) Jonathan Miles.
1854 (Billing's Dir) William Willis.
The land on which Hungerford Newtown School was was built in 1900 was called "Malt Shovel Meadow".
The Canal Wharf, 2011
Hungerford, England, is a market town of about 5,900 people at the Berkshire / Wiltshire border.
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