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Details of pub: Red Lion, Aberystwyth
Other names:
Address/Location: Mill Street
OS Grid Ref: SN5836981493
Opened: c.
Closed: NOT KNOWN Type: Pub
Summary: 1881 census has Red Lion next door to Cross Foxes, 1871 it's next-door-but-one. Probably renamed to Plough Inn in mid 1880s
Notes: 1871
Innkeeper: William Brent, head, age 43, born in Cornwall
Elizabeth Brent, wife, age 38, born in Ruthin.
Sarah A. Brent, daughter, age 6, born in Borth.
Margaret I. Brent, daughter, age 3, born in Ynyslas.
Census, 1871
1871
'Transfer of licence - Application of licence taken out by Mr James Benbow for the Red Lion public house, was transferred to William Brent, late of the Neptune Inn'
Cambrian News 25.3.1871
1875
Landlord: Richard Davies.
Worrall's Directory 1875
1879
"PUBLIC HOUSE To Let, with early possession, the Red Lion Inn, Mill-street; within two minutes' walk of the railway station. Apply to John Richards, on the premises" AO 21 June 1879
1880
Red Lion, John Richards, Mill Street.
Slater's Directory of North and South Wales 1880
1881
24 Mill Street
David Evans, head, age 30, born in Llangurig, innkeeper and gas stoker.
Census, 1881
1905
Not on 1905 list
Additional information
Newspaper:
Domestic amenities
Date: 1876
People associated with this establishment
Brent, William [1828-]
