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Martin

Martin Report 6 Oct 2004 12:13

Can anybody tell me if a licence was necessary to be a beer shop keeper in 1851, If so where would I likely find records in the Islington area? Thank you Martin

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 6 Oct 2004 12:29

Hi Martin I don't think you did need a license then. You could run a pub from your own frontroom. Found this on the CAMRA website 1872- The Intoxicating Liquor (Licensing) Bill of 1872 first introduced restrictions on opening hours and was universally reviled. 800,000 people petioned against the Bill. The Bill was eventually passed and became known as the Aberdare Act.The Act sought to put an end to gin palace type premises and was designed to make life difficult for landlords. Jeanette x

Martin

Martin Report 6 Oct 2004 12:33

Thanks! Martin

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 6 Oct 2004 13:11

Blurb for the relevant Gibson Guide: Victuallers' Licences: Records for Family and Local Historians. 1994. 56 pp. Of all widely held occupations, those who ran pubs. are the best recorded. For the 19th and 20th centuries there are voluminous records in local archives, and much in Quarter Sessions for the 18th century and earlier. National archives record the issue of wine and even occasional ale licences from 1552 on, naming the licensee, place and often the inn. Brenda

Unknown

Unknown Report 6 Oct 2004 16:40

Martin Under the Alehouse Act 1552 no-one could sell beer or ale without the consent of the local JPs. The hearings were kept on record at the quarter sessions. The London Metropolitan Archives has some licensing records, but not Islington. You might be lucky with Islington Local History Centre, Finsbury Library, 245 St John Street, London EC1V 4NB. 020 7527 7988 nell