Board Vaults, 20 Hales Street
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1858 | ? | HALES STREET STORES | |
| 1896 | 1911 | BOARD VAULTS | |
| 1911 | 1998 | SWANSWELL HOTEL, SWANSWELL STORES, DOWSE'S PUB | |
| 1998 | 1999 | INN PLACE | |
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 selling beer from their home; in other words a beerhouse under the 1839 Beerhouse Act, the real origin of the 'public house'.
These premises are first known as the Hales Street Stores, an off-license. From 1895 to 1909 it is the Board public house and then from 1911 the SWANSWELL HOTEL. | |||
LICENSEES:1896 - 1909 J. Dowse 1911 - 1919 John Dowse 1921 - 1927 Arthur J. Dowse 1927 Philip Weston 1929 A. E. Williams 1930 - 1940 Lester Mark Tarrant 1947 Thomas Boag Downing 1958 John Henry Edward Maun 1961 William George Ling 1963 onwards Les Court (see clipping above) | |||
OWNERS:to 1926 Charringtons | |||
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