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Details of pub: George Borrow, Ponterwyd
Other names: Gogerddan Arms, The Hotel
Address/Location:
OS Grid Ref: SN7466580548
Opened: before 1853
Closed: open 2017 Type: Pub
Summary: This was one of the inns built on the main road between Aberystwyth and England. It was originally called the Gogerddan Arms but was renamed after the famous author of 'Wild Wales', published in 1862, following his tour of Wales in 1854. (see chapter 82). It was the meeting place of the Oddfellows, Gogerddan Lodge, established or first registered: 1874
(JD Pratt’s list, addition no. 124, date of approval by Pratt 3.1.1874)
Photograph shows it was sometimes just called 'The Hotel, Ponterwyd'
Notes: 1860
Advertisment - Thomas Holmes landlord 'for seven years' - see att
1864
Gogerddan Arms Hotel, Lester, James, hotel proprietor, Ponterwyd, (Morgan, T.O., (1864), New Guide to Aberystwyth and its Environs, (4th edition), p. 146, (1864), advert)
1868
Licensee: Lester, James
Slater’s Directory, 1868
1869
Gogerddan Arms Hotel, Lester, James, Aberystwyth, Ponterwyd, (Morgan, T.O., (1869), Guide to Aberystwyth and its Environs (5th edition), p. 166, (1869), advert)
1874
Gogerddan Arms Hotel, Corbett, James, hotel proprietor, Devil's Bridge, (Anon, (1874), Morgan's New Guide to Aberystwyth, p. c, (1874)
1875
licensee: James Corbett (Worrall’s Directory, 1875)
1882
Seven day's licence granted to James Corbett.
Llanbadarn Fawr Petty Sessions, The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard, 1st September 1882
1885
Summons fro drinking on Good Friday - see att
1894
C P Hill prop.
1896
Mr. John James, Goginan, applied for the transfer of the Gogerddan Arms, Ponterwyd, from Mrs. Amelia Corbett, to himself CN 1 Jan 1896
1896 advert, Thomas J Michell, prop.
1905
Licence transferred from William Davies to E. Santall.
1905
Petty Sessions: Llanbadarn Fawr; number on list: 5; name of premises: Gogerddan Arms Hotel; Parish / Place: Ponterwyd; Licensee: Santall, E.; owner or tenant : tenant; registered owner : City Brewery, Litchfield; free or tied: tied; tied to: City Brewery; type of licence: full; on or off licence: on; number of licenced days per week: 7. (1905 list)
1905
Licensing. An application by Mr Ivor Evans for the transfer of the licence of the Gogerddan Arms Hotel, Ponterwyd, from Mr E Santall, to Miss Justina M Morgan, Ponterwyd, was granted" CN 8 Sept 1905
Additional information
Pub sign:
Pub sign, 2006
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Photograph:
George Borrow, Ponterwyd
Date: 2010 (approx)
Map:
Gogerddan Arms, Pontwerwyd, 6 inch map, 1904
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Map:
Ponterwyd, Gogerddan Arms and Dyffryn Castell, 1 inch map, 1897
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Map:
Gogerddan Arms Hotel, Ponterwyd, 25 inch, 1905
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Newspaper:
Advert for Gogerddan Arms
Date: 1906
Newspaper:
Advert for the hotel
Date: 1894
Newspaper:
Summons for drinking on Good Friday
Date: 1885
Newspaper:
Advert for the hotel
Date: 1896
Postcard:
'The Hotel' and falls
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Postcard:
The Hotel and falls
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Postcard:
George Borrow Hotel
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Advertisment:
Advertisment for the Gogerddan Arms
Date: 1860
