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Details of pub: Prince of Wales, Cardigan / Aberteifi

Other names:
Address/Location: 31 High Street
OS Grid Ref: SN1775346036
Opened: c.      
Closed: 1905       Type: Pub
Summary: In existence 1850-1905 (Glen Johnson's list from Trade Directories, Census returns etc.)

Meeting place of the Loyal Alfred Friendly Society, established or first registered: 1846
(JD Pratt’s list, printed, no. 73, date of approval by Pratt 17.7.1846)


Notes: 1875
licensee: James Owen (Worrall’s Directory, 1875)

1877
"A transfer of license of the "Prince of Wales," High-street, was granted to Mary Rees from John Myers." AO 10 Nov 1877

1882
"The lots and prices were: In Cardigan—Prince of Wales Inn, £480 dwelling-house, &c., adjoining, dwelling houses, &c., adjoining the Ivy Bush Inn, £430 (value ;£180), Castle Arms Inn, &c., £190, Half-Moon Inn, &c., £320, Royal Oak Inn and 2 houses adjoining, £ 500, 2 houses opposite the last lot, £ 180 and storehouses and quay behind the Royal Oak £520" S Wales Daily News, 5 July 1882

1893
"INFRINGEMENT OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ACT.—Mr D. Williams, superintendent of police, charged Elizabeth Rees, Prince of Wales Inn, Cardigan, before the Borough Magistrates, on Monday," last with selling gin adulterated by water to the extent of over 45 degrees.—Fined £1 and costs." CN 1 Dec 1893

1905
Petty Sessions: Cardigan; number on list: 16; name of premises: Prince of Wales; Parish / Place: Cardigan; Licensee: Evans, John; owner or tenant : tenant; registered owner : Trustee, D Williams, Taff Vale Brewery, Merthyr Dydfil; 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)


1905
Dormant licence, renewal refused Welshman 24 March 1905

Additional information

Postcard:

Cardigan High Street c.1905

Date: 1905 (approx)