Explore the database

The database currently contains details of 1002 pubs and other premises, 256 places and 209 people. There are also 329 photos and postcards, 80 pub signs, 672 newspaper articles, 253 maps and 104 documents. About 134 pubs are still open.

Use the options below to search the database.

N.B. Some pubs do not appear on the maps as we do not have a definite location for them.

Quick search

Browse the database Advanced search

Something not right? Got extra information? Please contact us and tell us more!

Details of pub: Gambia Inn, Aberaeron

Other names:
Address/Location: 2 Ship Street
OS Grid Ref: SN4560963044
Opened: c.
Closed: 1908 Type: Pub
Summary: Named after a schooner built in Aberaeron. Ceredigion map 2017 2 Ship Street is called Gambia.
Shown as 'Inn' on 1888 map

Notes: 1861 open

1894
"O ABERAERON I LANBEDR.-Penderfynodd eglwys fechan Aberaeron roddi pleserdaith i blant yr ysgol Sabbothol dydd Mawrth, Hydref 30ain. Cludwyd hwy yn rhad ac am ddim gan y brawd da Abraham Jones, Gambia Inn, Aberaeron, 26 mewn nifer. Cawsant lawnder o bob danteithion angenrheidiol ar y ffordd ac yn Llanbedr. Mwynhasant eu hunain yn y modd goreu. Cariwyd pob peth yn mlaen yn llwyddianus dan arweiniad y Parch John Davies. Credwn y bydd yr orymdaith yn foddion i'w clymu gyda'r gwaith da, a hefyd i chwanegu eu rhifedi." Seren Cymru 16 Nov 1894
1905 Petty Sessions: Aberaeron; number on list: 5; name of premises: Gambia Inn; Parish / Place: Aberaeron; Licensee: Evans, Sarah; owner or tenant : owner ; registered owner : Sarah Evans, Gambia, Aberaeron; 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)
1908 Closed, Compensation £151 (County Licencing Committee, 1905-1938 Ceredigion Archives, Cards/QS/L/1)

See also Mair Lloyd Evans and Mair Harrison, The Ins and Outs of the Inns of Aberayron, (2013), p. 14, 17

Additional information

Newspaper:

Compensation claim notice 1908

Date: 1908