Board, 14 Market Place
| Alternative Addresses: | Market Street | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1829 | 1874 | BOARD | |
| 1874 | 1883 | STAR VAULTS / BODEGA | |
| 1886 | 1929 | BOADICEA | |
On the 10th September 1829 Thomas Grimes was granted a new license for his pub, The Board, Market Street (actually Market Place).
When Edward Wallen took the license in 1874 he renamed these premises STAR VAULTS.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:1829 Thomas Grimes 1868 John Roe 1868 - 1874 David Sidwell 1874 - 1875 Edward Wallen | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||