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Details of pub: Hope and Anchor, Aberystwyth

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Address/Location: Little Darkgate Street (now East Gate)
OS Grid Ref: SN5830881772
Opened: c.      
Closed: NOT KNOWN       Type: Pub
Notes: On the list of premises which were provided with water by the Aberystwyth Improvement Commissioners, 1837. Occupier / Landlord: John Morris, 17 Little Darkgate Street (Ceredigion Archives)
1868
Licensee: Lloyd, Mary
Slater’s Directory, 1868
1871
licensee: Mary Lloyd, 22 Little Darkgate Street
source: Post Office directory, 1871
1875
Hope and Anchor, David Jenkins, Inn and Public House, Little Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, (Worrall’s Directory, 1875)
1877
New licence granted to Mr Hughes, after Jenkins lost it due to drunkenness. see att
1882
The Bench granted a temporary transfer of the Hope and Anchor Inn from Evan Morgan to Thomas Breese.
Cambrian News 5.5.1882
1884
Albert Fear, Hope and Anchor, 1 Little Darkgate Street
Kelly's trade directory, 1884

1885
An application for the transfer of the license of the Hope and Anchor, Little Darkgate-street, to Mr Frank Fear from his son, was adjourned for a week. Some difficulty seems to have arisen in the matter owing to the fact that Mr Fear held a game license, and it is not legal for these two licenses to be vested in one person. AO 7 Feb 1885

1905
not on 1905 list


Additional information

Map:

Hope and Anchor, 50 inch, 1887

Date:

Newspaper:

Replacement new licence 1877

Date: 1877 (approx)