The 1905 list
Return of public houses in each Petty Sessional Division of the county of Cardigan. January 1905. (Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth, TPS/1/1 printed).
This is probably a complete list of all premises licenced to sell alcohol in the county, compiled to aid the County Licencing Committee in deciding which pubs should be closed under the 1904 act. It consists of 305 entries, 14 of which are off-licences.
It records:
● Name of premises
● Parish / place
● Name of Licensee and whether owner or tenant
● Name and address of owner
● Free or tied [to a brewery], if so, name of brewery
● Full licence or beer only (only the Farmer’s Llanfihangel y Creuddyn was beer only); or wine and spirit (normally shops and off licences)
● Number of days for which the licence was granted – 6 (excepting Sundays) or 7
Other columns (many of which are blank) include:
● Transfers [of licences] number during last five years
| ● Transfers | Date of last transfer |
| ● accommodation | number of rooms downstairs |
| ● accommodation | number of bedrooms |
| ● accommodation | stabling for horses |
● number of entrances
● distance from nearest public house
| ● assessments | poor law (in £ S D) |
| ● assessments | annual value of premises as per schedule 1 of licensing act, 1904 |
● nature of offence
● date of hearing
● result
● Sanitary arrangements
● Is an Unrinal provided ?
● Is a closet provided ?
● Is the structure, external and external, suitable for licenced premises?
● Offences
● selling adulterated whisky
● selling drink to drunken person
● suffering card playing for money
● selling on Sunday
● selling during prohibited hours
● selling beer to a child under 14 years of age
