Board, 35 Smithford Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
1829 | 1835 | BATH HOTEL | |
1835 | 1867 | DELL'S WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS | |
1861 | 1871 | BEERHOUSE | |
1867 | 1882 | BOARD | |
1882 | 1886 | OLD BATHS WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS | |
1886 | 1888 | OLD BATHS VAULTS | |
1888 | 1951 | OLD BATHS HOTEL | |
![]() Board means 'to board intoxicating liquor'. In some instances the need for a premises to have 'a board', that is a sign board, suggested this name, as they did in fact display a blank board. However, generally the board identified a person selling beer from their home; in other words a beer-house under the 1839 Beerhouse Act, the real origin of the 'public house'. | |||
LICENSEES:1867 Henry Bailey, Maltster, Wine & Spirit merchant (Sep to Dec) 1867 - 1868 Joseph & Henry Suffolk, Wine & Spirit merchants 1871 - 1880 Henry Suffolk 1880 - 1882 Charles Mattocks 1882 Thomas Ball | |||
![]() Street plan of 1851 | |||