Board, 52 Cross Cheaping
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1828 | 1868 | BOARD | |
| 1881 | 1910 | CRITERION VAULTS | |
 Cross Cheaping 1892. The Criterion can be seen on the right.
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'. It is interesting that a number of Boards in Cross Cheaping operated as wine & spirits merchants. | |||
LICENSEES:1861 Charles J. Nutt wine & spirit merchant (52 Cross Cheaping - premises not named) 1868 J. Clarke | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||