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Details of pub: Coopers Arms, Aberystwyth

Other names: y Cwps; Coopers Hotel
Address/Location: Llanbadarn Road / Northgate SY23 2JT
OS Grid Ref: SN5876981808
Opened: before 1861
Closed: open 2019 Type: Pub
Summary: Closed 2018, re-opened 2019

Notes: 1861
lease with plan and elevation of house
from: Corporation to: Evans, John, (cooper)
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 40.4
1862
lease from: Evans, John, to: Davies, John,
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 40.4
1867
lease? from: Davies, John, & Evans, John, (cooper) to: Thomas, John, (Lodge Park gate, yeoman)
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 40.4
1868
Licensee: John Evans
Slater’s Directory, 1868
1871
licensee: John Evans
source: Post Office directory, 1871
1871 Census Northgate (No 1?)
John Evans, 47, Cooper (no mention of Innkeeper)
wife Maria 46

1875
Coopers Arms, Evans, John, Inn and Public House, Northgate Street, Aberystwyth, (Worrall's Directory, 1875)
1876
assignment from: Thomas, John, & Evans, John, to: Roberts, David,
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 40.4
1893
M. MORGAN, COOPERS' ARMS, ABERYSTWYTH. ROBERTS' CELEBRATED ALES on Draught and in Cask. PRIVATE FAMILIES SUPPLIED WITH 4½, 9, AND 18 GALLON CASKS AT WHOLESALE PRICES. Bass's Ales ann. Guinness’s Stout in Bottle. Hennessy's and Martell's Brandies, and all the best brands of Wines and Spirits.
AO 31.8.1893
1895
Leased by Aberystwyth Corporation to David Roberts and Son [Brewers]
Abstract of deeds, Ceredigion Archives, SMB/A 40
1895
Listed as licenced premises on Corporate Property, 16 July 1895
Aberystwyth Town Council Minutes, Ceredigion Archives, ABM/SE/1/4
1905
Petty Sessions: Aberystwyth; number on list: 11; name of premises: Cooper's Hotel; Parish / Place: Aberystwyth; Licensee: Morgans, Morgan; owner or tenant : tenant; registered owner : David Roberts and Sons; free or tied: tied; tied to: Aberystwyth Brewery; type of licence: full; on or off licence: on; number of licenced days per week: 7. (1905 list)
1926
Among the many freehold properties owned by David Roberts and Sons, 31.3.1926
NLW, Roberts and Evans, David Roberts of Trefechan; CB7/7

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