These premises have been known by different names during their history:
FROM
TO
NAME
1822
1922
STAR AND GARTER
1850
1881
SPIRIT VAULTS, 3 Bishop Street
Bishop Street looking south in 1905. The Star and Garter is the last property on the right, opposite Silver Street.
In 1850, 1874 and 1881 this is the SPIRIT VAULTS, 3 Bishop Street.
A reference to the Most Noble order of the Garter, the highest order of knighthood in Britain. Instituted by Edward III about 1348, with the motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', 'shamed be whoever thinks ill of it'. The order is limited to the sovereign, other members of the royal family, and twenty-five knights. The star forms part of the insignia.
LICENSEES:
1822 - 1823 Joseph Thornicroft
1867 Henry Baily
1867 - 1886 Benjamin Jackson
1890 - 1891 W. Howkins
1893 - 1896 W. Ward
1903 O. L. Lovegrove
1905 E. G. Peach
1909 - 1913 Arthur Farndon
1919 Charles Henry Parker
1921 - 1922 T. Emery
Bishop Street looking south in 1905. The Star and Garter is the last property on the right, opposite Silver Street.
In 1850, 1874 and 1881 this is the SPIRIT VAULTS, 3 Bishop Street.