A Pint of History, Please!

Welcome to pint-of-history.wales

What's it all about?

Pint of History is a project about pubs. Pubs in Ceredigion. Old pubs, new pubs, beer houses, ale houses, taverns, inns, hotels, railway waiting rooms and breweries. And, to be fair, the odd Temperance hotel and cocoa house.

The aim of the project is to gather information about the pubs in the county, and to gain a better understanding of the role of the pub in the community. They were far more than drinking dens (well, sometimes). In the past they were centres of the community: inquests, auctions and grand dinners were held there, people paid and collected their rent there and they even organised friendly societies for their regulars.
The project is being co-ordinated by Ceredigion Local History Forum as part of the wider Cynefin project run by Archives and Records Council Wales

For the project to succeed we need lots of help, from YOU! The core of the project is the creation of an on-line database that will contain everything we can find out about all the premises licenced to sell alcoholic drinks in the county, and try to discover any which were unlicenced. There are photographs, documents, stories, maps, newspaper cuttings and lots more about the places and people who make up the history of the Ceredigion pub. The database currently contains details of 1002 pubs and other premises, 256 places and 209 people. There are also 329 photos and postcards, 80 pub signs, 672 newspaper articles, 253 maps and 104 documents. About 134 pubs are still open.


However you want to help, please contact us at

And would you like to find out more? Members of the project team are happy to come and talk to local groups - History societies, social clubs, WIs etc - about the project, in English or in Welsh. Contact us by email if you're interested.