Board, 60 Cross Cheaping
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1868 | 1874 | BOARD VAULTS | |
| 1868 | ? | BOARD | |
| 1874 | 1881 | SPIRIT VAULTS | |
| 1881 | 1896 | ROYAL HOTEL | |
| 1896 | 1936 | ROYAL VAULTS, ROYAL WINE AND SPIRITS VAULTS | |
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'.
In the 1860s these premises were Alexander Importers, and from 1874 it was the SPIRIT VAULTS, also known as the BOARD VAULTS.
 Cross Cheaping viewed from Broadgate in 1908 at the time of W. F. Lane's tenure. The Royal Hotel can be seen in the middle distance. Below left as Royal Vaults c1920s. | |||
LICENSEES:1861 - 1868 Charles Sumner wine & spirit merchant 1874 C. Sumner 1896 - 1898 W. F. Lane 1903 - 1913 Mrs. Emily V. Lane 1913 F. H. Wells 1919 William Thomas Peakman 1921 - 1924 T. Varley 1926 - 1929 F. Dingley 1931 - 1932 H. E. King 1933 - 1936 W. V. Castle | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||