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Details of pub: Ivy Bush, Lampeter / Llanbedr Pont Steffan

Other names: Bush
Address/Location: High Street SA48 7BA
OS Grid Ref: SN5776448099
Opened: before 1841      
Closed: open 2016       Type: Pub
Summary: Sarah Davies & her two sisters kept the Bush in 1841, but they had moved to the other side of High St (what is now top end of Bridge St) by 1851, taking the name with them. These premises then became known as the Ivy Bush.
Between 1851 and about 1926, the same family ran The Ivy Bush. Evan and Grace Jones, followed by their daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth Louisa and Tom Jones.
Still open 2016.

Notes: 1851
Evan Jones, Publican
1861
Evan Jones, Publican
1871
Grace Jones, Publican ( widow of Evan Jones)
1875
licensee: Grace Jones (Worrall’s Directory, 1875)
1881
Grace Jones, Innkeeper
1891
Grace Jones, Innkeeper
1901-11
Tom Jones, Innkeeper & tailor
1905
Petty Sessions: Lampeter; number on list: 7; name of premises: Ivy Bush; Parish / Place: Lampeter; Licensee: Jones, Tom; owner or tenant : tenant; registered owner : Trustees of the late W Jones, Glandenys, Lampeter; free or tied: Free; tied to: [blank]; type of licence: full; on or off licence: on; number of licenced days per week: 7. (1905 list)
1925
Sarah Jones
John & Margaret Jones
4.8.1939
Change of Licence:
Full transfer applied for Mrs Elizabeth Eleanor Jones from Mrs A Mahoney. License granted
1.12.1939
Change of Licence: Evan Rowlands, butcher, of Aberayron, was granted the full transfer
1940s: Rowlands
Before 1959
Maj. & Mrs Hatfield
1959 – 68
Tommy & Sally Harrison
1968
Mr Rafferty
John Lloyd
Thomas & Olive Sharp
Bev & Anwen Cole (2015 Bev. Coles died, but Anwen still at the Ivy Bush in 2016)

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Description of the Ivy Bush

Date: 1905