The earliest record I have been able to find is 1722 and the latest reference I have been able to find for the Admiral Hawke is 1853, it was renamed the Commercial Inn and later became the Pony & Trap We believe that the Quakers Meeting House was behind it. It is believed that the Quakers burial ground is in a garden to the rear of the pub.
Hawke is the Admiral who defeated the French at Quiberon Bay in 1759 and was a national hero at the time.
Unable to locate on the 1839 Tithe Map.
Timeline for the Admirals Hawke & Blakeney
| Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| 1722 | Release and assignment of demise, Crowgreen in Cullompton | Devon Records Office 5912M/T/1 |
| 1760 | Lease for a year, Exeter Street, Cullompton | Devon Records Office 5912M/T/2 |
| 1765 | Lease for a year, Exeter Street, Cullompton | Devon Records Office 5912M/T/6 |
| 1808 | Lease for a year, Exeter Street, Cullompton – Silas Frost Innkeeper Premises: one dwelling house now and for many years past used as a public inn known by the sign of the Admirals Hawke and Blakeney, in Exeter Street adjoining the north side of the Quakers Meeting House – Consideration £180 | Devon Records Office 5912M/T/9 |
| 1823 | William Frost: Innkeeper | Pigots |
| 1830 | William Teed: Innkeeper | Pigots |
| 1834 | Mortgage by demise, Quakers Meeting House, Cullompton | Devon Records Office 5912M/T/12 |
| 1841 Census | William Teed 45 Innkeeper Rebecca Teed 40 Sarah Teed 2 Sarah Wellington 20 Sarah Gilpin 12 | Exeter Road, between Crow Green and New Street (8 properties listed going from New Street towards Crow Green – this is no, 4 of 8). |
| 1844 | Release Exeter Street, Cullompton | Devon Records Office 5912M/T/13 |
| 1844 | Abstract of title to the Admiral Hawke Inn and Blakeney, 1760-1841 | Devon Records Office 5912M/E/1 |
| 1844 | Requisition and answers by Phillip Mule on the sale of the Admiral Hawke Inn from Graves to Furze | Devon Records Office 5912M/E/3 |
| 1844 | Valuation of fixtures in the Admiral Hawke Inn, and the property of Mr Teed | Devon Records Office 5912M/E/6 |
| 1849 | Conveyance and assignment of demise, Exeter Street, Cullompton | Devon Records Office 5912M/E/15 |
| 1850 | John Luxton | Whites |
| 1852-3 | John Luxton | Kellys |
| 11 Sept 1852 | Mr Luxton, landlord of the Admiral Hawke Inn, Cullompton applied for a licence to a new house, which he was now building on the road to the Cullompton station from the town. Police Constable Ware said that the applicant had always conducted his house creditably, for many years. The BENCH thought that the house in question would be a great accommodation to the public, and granted the application. | Western Times |
| 1853 | Conveyance, Quakers Meeting House, Cullompton | Devon Records Office 5912M/T/16 |
