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The Railway Tavern stands at the entrance to the railway station. The original station was opened at Hungerford (as a terminus) in 1847, and it is likely that The Railway Tavern was opened at ariound the same time.
The first reference to the Tavern was in the 1851 census:
1851 (CS) Benjamin Stone (41), Innkeeper; Elizabeth Stone (30) and son (1); George Fernell (55) Ostler.
Benjamin Stone stayed, with added responsibilities variously as "victualler; licensed to let horses", "publican & railway goods agent", and "agent to G.W.R." through 1869 (Kelly's) until c1877 - the last reference being in the Kelly's Directory.
Later landlords included:
1895 Kelly's: Charles Strutt "Railway Tavern"
1900 Cosburn: W. Giles
1903 Kelly's: Henry Walter Garrett (for the Railway Hotel)
1911 Kelly's: Alfred Smallbone (again the Railway Hotel)
1915 Kelly's: Alfred Smallbone, "Railway Hotel"
1920-24 Kelly's: Henry Ring "Railway Hotel"
1928 Kelly's: James T. Cope
1931 Kelly's: Mrs. Agnes Lilley
1935 Kelly's: H. George Cook
1936 Kelly's: Harold Cosh "Railway Hotel"
1939 Kelly's: Albert John Sealy (now the Railway Tavern)
1960s: Peter Eeles (assisted by daughter Stella Troke and her husband, parents of Terry Troke).
Sep 2001: David & Katie Jones.
See "Glasses and hooves raised at re-opened pub", NWN 20 September 2001.
Photo Gallery:
Railway Tavern, Aug 2001.
The Railway Tavern garden and barn, Feb 2019.
- Railway Tavern, August 2001
- The Railway Tavern garden and barn, February 2019.
- The Railway Tavern and barn, January 2023.
- "Platform 3" sign, January 2023.
The Canal Wharf, 2011