Board, 9 Smithford Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
Beerhouse | |||
Board | |||
1866 | 1879 | Wine and Spirit Vaults | |
1879 | 1892 | City Vaults | |
1892 | 1893 | City Wine and Spirit Vaults | |
1894 | 1912 | Clarence 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'. | |||
![]() Street plan of 1851 | |||