The Livery Rooms

At the end of the 19th century, 'first-class, sprung carriages pulled by grays or bays' were available for hire from the livery stables which stood next to and partly on the site of this Wetherspoon pub.

North Street was laid out in 1786, but was not developed until the 1880s, when it was widened and the first of the large imposing buildings were constructed. In the 1890s, this site was owned by the Corporation, and partly occupied by a cabman's shelter at the front and the town hall livery stables at the rear. The stables' offices were converted into the Regent cinema in 1920, later to become a bingo hall.