Board Vaults, 37 Cross Cheaping
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| BOARD VAULTS | |||
| WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS | |||
| CROSS CHEAPING VAULTS | |||
37 Cross Cheaping.
In March 1877 the Coventry Standard advertised Benjamin Oldfield's Wine and Spirit merchant's as being established over half a century.
The directory entries for 1931 to 1934 proclaim 'Ernest Hall, late of Coventry City F.C., noted for the best in ales, wines and spirits'.
These premises closed in c1936.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:1850 - 1861 William Moon 1868 - 1871 Thomas H. Spencer 1871 - 1876 Mrs. M. H. Spencer 1876 - 1886 Benjamin Oldfield 1890 - 1891 George Howard Laxton 1893 W. Owen 1894 Mrs F. L. Chatland 1903 - 1908 Matthew G. Davis 1908 - 1909 Thomas J. Kelly 1909 - 1912 Thomas Essex (died 6th Jan 1912) 1912 - 1913 Ann Essex (widow of Thomas) 1919 William Henry Yates 1921 - 1924 D. Marlow 1926 - 1927 T. L. Silvester 1929 - 1934 Ernest Hall 1935 - 1936 H. R. Rollins | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||
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