A beerhouse was a type of public house created in the United Kingdom by the Beerhouse Act 1830 ( 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 64), legally defined as a place "where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises". [1] They were also known as "small" or "Tom and Jerry" shops [2] Existing public houses were issued with licences by local magistrates under the terms of the Retail Brewers Act 1828 ( 9 Geo. 4. c. 68), and were subject to police inspections at any time of the day or night. [3] Proprietors of the new beerhouses, on the other hand, simply had to buy a licence from the government costing two guineas per annum, [4] equivalent to about £150 as of 2010. [a] Until the Wine and Beerhouse Act 1869 ( 32 & 33 Vict. c. 27) gave local magistrates the authority to renew beerhouse licences, the two classes of establishment were in direct competition. [6]
The Ordnance Survey conventional sign for beerhouses is BH. [7]
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ Stroud (2003), p. 72
- ^ "Wisbech". Norwich Mercury. 25 December 1847. p. 4.
- ^ Steinthal, S. A. (1868), "The Licensing Laws, And Proposals for their Amendment", Transactions of the Manchester Statistical Society, vol. 1867–1868, Manchester Statistical Society, pp. 29–46, retrieved 11 December 2012
- ^ Putnam (2004), p. 36
- ^ Officer, Lawrence H. (2009), "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1270 to Present", MeasuringWorth, archived from the original on 24 November 2009, retrieved 25 November 2012
- ^ Sigsworth (1967), pp. 25–26
- ^ OS MasterMap real-world object catalogue, v1.0 (PDF). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. November 2001. p. 49.
Bibliography
- Putnam, Roger (2004), The Beer and Breweries of Britain, Shire Books, ISBN 0-7478-0606-3
- Sigsworth, Eric M. (1967), The brewing trade during the Industrial Revolution, St. Anthony's Press, ISBN 0-900701-31-5
- Stroud, Frederick (2003) [1890], The judicial dictionary of words and phrases judicially interpreted, Lawbook Exchange, ISBN 978-1-58477-263-7
A beerhouse was a type of public house created in the United Kingdom by the Beerhouse Act 1830 ( 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 64), legally defined as a place "where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises". [1] They were also known as "small" or "Tom and Jerry" shops [2] Existing public houses were issued with licences by local magistrates under the terms of the Retail Brewers Act 1828 ( 9 Geo. 4. c. 68), and were subject to police inspections at any time of the day or night. [3] Proprietors of the new beerhouses, on the other hand, simply had to buy a licence from the government costing two guineas per annum, [4] equivalent to about £150 as of 2010. [a] Until the Wine and Beerhouse Act 1869 ( 32 & 33 Vict. c. 27) gave local magistrates the authority to renew beerhouse licences, the two classes of establishment were in direct competition. [6]
The Ordnance Survey conventional sign for beerhouses is BH. [7]
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ Stroud (2003), p. 72
- ^ "Wisbech". Norwich Mercury. 25 December 1847. p. 4.
- ^ Steinthal, S. A. (1868), "The Licensing Laws, And Proposals for their Amendment", Transactions of the Manchester Statistical Society, vol. 1867–1868, Manchester Statistical Society, pp. 29–46, retrieved 11 December 2012
- ^ Putnam (2004), p. 36
- ^ Officer, Lawrence H. (2009), "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1270 to Present", MeasuringWorth, archived from the original on 24 November 2009, retrieved 25 November 2012
- ^ Sigsworth (1967), pp. 25–26
- ^ OS MasterMap real-world object catalogue, v1.0 (PDF). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. November 2001. p. 49.
Bibliography
- Putnam, Roger (2004), The Beer and Breweries of Britain, Shire Books, ISBN 0-7478-0606-3
- Sigsworth, Eric M. (1967), The brewing trade during the Industrial Revolution, St. Anthony's Press, ISBN 0-900701-31-5
- Stroud, Frederick (2003) [1890], The judicial dictionary of words and phrases judicially interpreted, Lawbook Exchange, ISBN 978-1-58477-263-7