This building, called "Kimber's Corner" was from 1906 the site of Kimber's Grocers and Provision Merchants, the birthplace and home of
Elsie Lilly Kimber (1889-1954)
the first female Mayor of Newbury since the Council was created in 1596. . . . — — Map (db m234175) HM
These offices were built upon half of the site formerly occupied by the old Town Hall which was erected in the year 1742 and demolished in 1900. The front of the old building was parallel with this wall and stood out a distance of 16 feet beyond . . . — — Map (db m234176) HM