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Newspaper mention at The Bear, Sheep Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England · 29 November 1773 — Local Past

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Newspaper mention at The Bear, Sheep Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England · 29 November 1773

29 November 1773 · Newspaper mention

Added by Clare Hopkins on 22 Sept 2026

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Newspaper mention

Clare Hopkins · 22 Sept 2026

Newspaper mention

Date: 29 November 1773
Place: The Bear, Sheep Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire
Recorded as Bear Inn, Sheep-Street

This is the oldest newspaper mention I could find for The Bear: Northampton Mercury, Monday 29 November 1773 "Wanted immediately, A Journeyman cutler: Such, that is a good Hand, may have constant Work and good Wages, by applying to F Osborn, at the Bear Inn, In Sheep-Street, Northampton"