Newbury - Hidden Treasures - Murals currently covered up in Kennet Shopping

[Administrator]

Newbury - Hidden Treasures - Murals currently covered up in Kennet Shopping

There are nine murals on three panels, currently covered by cinema posters and depict the history of Newbury from Roman Times through to the Industrial Age. The murals were specially created for Kennet Shopping back in the late eighties when the extension to the original Sainsbury's Supermarket was completed.

Romans arrive and found Newbury

The Saxon settlement of Ulvritone

Newbury and the Normans

Jack O'Newbury with Henry Vlll and Queen Catherine

Tudor Cloth Fair and Market

1643 and 1644 The Civil War Battles of Newbury

Old Newbury with the canal

The London Coach by the Cloth Museum

Newbury's Industrial Heritage - Foundry

[chrisbrit]

Is the artist/designer known of these panels? They must have been commissioned and likely by a local artist.