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Details of pub: Royal Oak Inn, Taliesin

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OS Grid Ref: SN6578591362
Opened: c.
Closed: c. 1975 Type: Pub
Summary: Formerly in Taliesin. Closed in mid-1970s when owners decided to invest in the Wildfowler in Tre'rddôl. Completely demolished. Adjacent cottage is still called 'Royal Oak Cottage'

Notes: 1881
Licence transferred
"license of the Halfway Inn was transferred from Mr John Jones to Mr Robert George Hazaal; and the license of the Royal Oak, Taliesin, from Anne Pierce to John Jones." CN 18 Nov 1881
1905
Petty Sessions: Talybont; number on list: 6; name of premises: Royal Oak Inn; Parish / Place: Taliesin; Licensee: Jones, John; owner or tenant : owner ; registered owner : J Jones, Royal Oak; 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)
1907 Licence transferred from Timothy Jones to David Davies, Cambrian Street, Aberystwyth. AO 6 June 1907
1924 (pre)
Photograph of Taliesin. View down main road, with Temperance House on left and the Royal Oak inn on right. Published by H. D. Pugh, Post Office, Talybont. Posted 1924. Coloured.
Ceredigion Archives ADX/1010/7
1926
The Inn and two cottages were 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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Taliesin, 6 inch map, 1904

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