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'.
Lucas, Arkwright & Co; Lucas, Blackwell & Arkwight and the Leamington Brewery are the same business.
This was a brewery depot that used the outbuildings attached to the SYDENHAM PALACE
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