City Wine and Spirit Vaults, 9 Smithford Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
BEERHOUSE
18661879WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS
18791892CITY VAULTS
18921893CITY WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS
18941912CLARENCE HOTEL
Clarence Smithford St Until 1865 this was a ladies and gents clothes shop, but on the 26th January 1866 Andrew Sumner opened a Wholesale Wine and Spirit establishment, passing this on to James Colley in 1870. From 1879 Thomas Ball began to advertise it as the CITY VAULTS, but for just 6 months from July 1892 until early 1993 Hugh Thomas Gregory advertised constantly in the Midland Daily Telegraph his CITY WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS. When William Hadfield took the reins in September 1894 it became the CLARENCE HOTEL until closure in 1912.

LICENSEES:

1892 - 1893 Hugh Thomas Gregory 1893 Charles Henry Wells
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