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Details of pub: Australian Vaults, Aberystwyth

Other names: Australia Vaults
Address/Location: Princess Street
OS Grid Ref: SN5820881559 approx
Opened: before 1870      
Closed: after 1876       Type: Pub
Notes: 1870
"Warning to Publicans.—John Richards, proprietor of the Australian Vaults, Princess-street, was summoned for keeping his house open during prohibited hours, and for permitting drunkenness on the premises.—P.C. D. Thomas said that he was on duty in Princess-street, last Sunday morning, about two o'clock, and heard a great noise in the Australian Vaults public-house. The door through the passage was open; he went in and walked into the back kitchen; he found there seven men and one woman, and there were some glasses on the table with beer in them. As soon as he went in, the defendant's wife asked him to turn them out. Some of the men were very drunk and creating a great noise. Four of the men were not lodgers in the house.—P.C. Jones also gave evidence and said he visited the Australian Vaults at about twenty minutes to one o'clock on Sunday morning. There were several people in the bar, and three or four in the kitchen. The people all left except one, who said he was a lodger in the house. The defendant's wife appeared, and expressed her regret at having done what was wrong.—The defendant was fined 10s. for keeping open during prohibited hours, and 10s. for permitting drunkenness on the premises." CN 31 Dec 1870

1873
29 March: Notice of sale - see att.
4th April: John Richards, Australia Vaults, Princess St. Petition for bankruptcy.
5th April: Notice of sale - postponed
15th August: in list of visitors
1874
8th August. Death of John Richards
1875
Australia Vaults, Cath Richards, Inn and Public House, Princess Street, Aberystwyth,
Worrall's Directory, 1875
1876
8 Jan: Licence transferred from Catherine Richards to Daniel Morgan
May: "Mrs. Catherine Richards deposed to keeping the Australian Vaults, where Pugh was a frequent visitor. He stayed there between the 11th and 16th May, and was usually drunk. He used to have a glass of brandy before breakfast, and he carried spirits in his pocket. He was usually muddled when he came down in the morning. Other evidence was given as to the dissipated habits of the plaintiff about this period, and the whole of (he witnesses concurred in their testimony that in the months of April and May last the plaintiff was very seldom sober. " AO 1 July 1876
1905
Not listed, (1905 List)


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