City, 17 Smithford Street (Morris)

Address:	17 Smithford Street
Became:
Board means 'to board intoxicating liquor'. In some cases the need for a premises to have 'a board' , that is a sign board, suggested this name as some places did in fact display a blank board. However, in this case, the Board identified a person sellling beer from their home; in other words a beerhouse under the 1839 Beerhouse Act, the real origin of the 'public house'. To 1850 and from 1874 see SPIRIT VAULTS
LICENSEES: 1861 - 1868 William Morris Liquor merchant

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The Definitive Guide to the History of Pubsand Beerhouses in the City of Coventry