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Details of pub: Fox Vaults, Aberystwyth

Other names: Fox Inn
Address/Location: North Parade
OS Grid Ref: SN5861781818
Opened: before 1862
Closed: 1908 Type: Pub
Summary: This was built on the site of the theatre on the corner of North Parade and Thespian Street after the theatre was demolished in 1855.
(George Eyre Evans, Aberystwyth and it Court Leet, (1902), p. 124)

Notes: 1862-1908
Abstract of deeds, Ceredigion Archives, SMB/A 26
1864
Fox Inn, Cooper, W., inn keeper, North Parade, Aberystwyth, (Morgan, T.O., New Guide to Aberystwyth and its Environs, (4th edition), p. 163, (1864), advert)
1862
lease from: Jones, Evan, to: Cooper, William,
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 26.7
1865
agreement from: Cooper, William, to: Roberts, David,
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 26.7
1867
"Atransfer was made of the license of the Fox inn, North Parade, to the name of William Lloyd."AO 16 Feb 1867

1867
agreement from: Roberts, David, to: Lloyd, William,
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 26.7
1868
Licensee: William Lloyd
Slater’s Directory, 1868
1871
licensee: William Lloyd
source: Post Office directory, 1871
1875
Fox Inn, Lloyd, William, Inn and Public House, North Parade, Aberystwyth, (Worrall’s Directory, 1875)
1875
David Roberts of the Green, Trefechan applied for the renewal of lease of the Fox Vaults, Thespian Street and building adjacent to it.
Aberystwyth Town Council Minutes, 17.8.1875. Ceredigion Archives, ABM/SE/1/2
1897
Licence transferred to Mrs Rees. Herald Cymraeg 9 Feb 1897

1893-1955
abstract
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 26.7
1903
assignment from: Hughs, Hugh, to: David Roberts and Sons, Ltd.,
Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth Corporation Deeds 26.7

1903
"Mr A. J. Hughes, town clerk, applied for the transfer of the licence of the Fox Vaults to Mr J. Martin, and of the licence of Garner's Tourist Hotel to Mr James Shears. The police offered no objection and the transfers were granted. " Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times 11 June 1903

1905
Petty Sessions: Aberystwyth; number on list: 15; name of premises: Fox Vaults; Parish / Place: Aberystwyth; Licensee: Martin, Joseph; 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: 6. (1905 list)
1908
Closed, Compensation £516
(County Licencing Committee, 1905-1938 Ceredigion Archives, Cards/QS/L/1)

Additional information

Map:

North Parade / Queens Road / North Gate, Aberystwyth, 50 inch, 1887

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