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Details of pub: Britannia, Aberystwyth

Other names:
Address/Location: Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth
OS Grid Ref: SN5834781683
Opened: c.      
Closed: after 1875       Type: Pub
Notes: Location: entries refer to 13 Great Darkgate Street. There was a Britannia Court on the south side of Great Darkgate Street.

1816
Thomas Rees, sawyer, Britannia, Great Darkgate Street, (Aberystwyth Guide, 1816)
1822
Thomas Rees, Britannia, Great Darkgate Street
(Pigot’s directory, 1822)
1823
licensee: Thomas Rees
St Michaels Vestry Rate lists, Ceredigion Archives, CPR/ASTM/123-128
1825
licensee: Thomas Rees
St Michaels Vestry Rate lists, Ceredigion Archives, CPR/ASTM/123-128
1826
licensee: Thomas Rees
St Michaels Vestry Rate lists, Ceredigion Archives, CPR/ASTM/123-128
1830
licensee: Thomas Rees,
source: Pigot and Co, 1830
1837
licensee: Thomas Rees
St Michaels Vestry Rate lists, Ceredigion Archives, CPR/ASTM/123-128
1837
On the list of premises which were provided with water by the Aberystwyth Improvement Commissioners, 1837. Occupier / Landlord: Thomas Rees, 13 Great Darkgate Street (Ceredigion Archives)
1875
Britannia, Thomas, David, Inn and Public House, 13 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, (Worrall's Directory, 1875)


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