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Details of pub: Railway Station, refreshment rooms, Aberystwyth

Other names: Wetherspoons
Address/Location: Alexandra Road
OS Grid Ref: SN5850481615
Opened: 1870
Closed: NOT KNOWN Type: Pub
Summary: Part of the old Station is now (2018) occupied by (whisper it) Wetherspoons.

Notes: 1870
THE RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOM.—Mr D. Proger, of Towyn, made application on Wednesday for a licence for the new refreshment room at the railway station, which was granted to him notwithstanding the urgent opposition offered against him, by proprietors of alehouses in that vicinity. Mr Proger very probably will soon open the refreshment room for the public
AO 27 Aug 1870

1874
Charged with serving after hours - case dismissed. Mr Mytton, manager. Miss Rees, assistant. see attachment

1875
Railway Station, Mytton, Charles, Inn and Public House, Aberystwyth, (Worrall’s Directory, 1875)

1877 Manager: George Parsons. Barmaid: Miss Morgan. See attachment.

1905 [Presumably the railway station]
Petty Sessions: Aberystwyth; number on list: 34; name of premises: Refreshment Rooms; Parish / Place: Aberystwyth; Licensee: Bugler, Ernest Fred; owner or tenant : managers; registered owner : Cambrian Railway Company; 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)

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Newspaper:

Renewal of licence after move

Date: 1882