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Details of pub: Penybont Inn, Llanddewi Aberarth (p) / Llanddewi Aber-arth (p)

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OS Grid Ref: SN4798563789
Opened: c.      
Closed: c. 1920       Type: Pub
Summary: Meeting place of the Aberarth Friendly Society, established or first registered: 1868
(JD Pratt’s list, addition no. 112, date of approval by Pratt 1.1.1868)


Notes: 1836
licensee: Evans, David
Petty Sessions, Aberaeron, NLW 20887, 14.9.1836
1837
licensee: Evans, David
Petty Sessions, Aberaeron, NLW 20887, 30.8.1837
1838
licensee: Evans, David
Petty Sessions, Aberaeron, NLW 20887, 19.9.1838
1839
licensee: Evans, David
Petty Sessions, Aberaeron, NLW 20887, 25.9.1839
1840
no Petty Sessions list
1841-1850
Not listed in Petty Sessions list

1868
Licensee: Lewis, David
Slater’s Directory, 1868 (not in Worrall's directory, 1875)


1879
Sale of Noyadd estate:
" ... the public-house called Penybont Inn, situated in Llanddewi village, with garden, also all that corn grist mill, called Llanddewi Aberarth Mill, with dwelling-house, garden, blacksmith's shop, outhouse, as well as the factory, comprising la. 3r. 10p.. were put up in one lot, and bought by Mr Alban Gwynne. Monachty, for £ 9,500. " S Wales Daily News 14 Aug 1879

1886
"...lot 4, consisting of the full-licensed public house, with garden, situate in the village of Aberarthen, and known as Penybont, was put up .£160 only was offered, and there being no higher bid the lot was withdrawn, the reserve price being .£200." Aber Obs 4 Sep 1886
1905
Petty Sessions: Aberaeron; number on list: 20; name of premises: Penybont Inn; Parish / Place: Llanddewi Aberarth; Licensee: Davies, Anne; owner or tenant : owner ; registered owner : Anne Davies, Penybont, Llanddewi-Aberarth; free or tied: Free; tied to: [blank]; type of licence: full; on or off licence: on; number of licenced days per week: 6. (1905 list)
1919
Listed for closure by the local licencing committee, Valued for compensation at £167. Licence temporary renewed because of lack of compensation funds, but paid (and the pub closed) within a short time.
(County Licencing Committee, 1905-1938 Ceredigion Archives, Cards/QS/L/1)


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