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An inn provides temporary accommodation for travelers. It also serves beverages and cooked food on the premises. The core function of a public house is to serve alcoholic drinks on the premises, but it may also serve food and provide accommodation or have done so in the past.

Resources in This Category

• Brewery History Society

  http://www.breweryhistory.com/
  Offers information about the society, including its events diary and reports on meetings. Lists the contents of its journal.

• Bristol's Lost Pubs

  http://bristolslostpubs.eu/
  A record of pubs and publicans from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century, gleaned from local trade directories and census returns. Includes a selection of old photographs.

• Coaching Inns

  http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/carriage/inns.html
  An article from the Regency Collection describing the plan and function of inns catering to horse-drawn travelers, illustrated with historic engravings.

• Gloucestershire Pubs

  http://www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk/pubs/glospubs/new/
  Geoff Sandles lists all public houses in the county, past and present, with supplementary information on breweries and landlords and old images.

• Inns and Taverns of Warwickshire

  http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/inns-indx.html
  Data from F. White and Co.'s Warwickshire Directory of 1874.

• New Inn Gloucester

  http://www.newinngloucester.co.uk/
  Originally built as a pilgrims' inn to house visitors to the shrine of King Edward II in Gloucester Cathedral, and rebuilt in 1455, one of the few medieval galleried inns existing today. Includes history, description of the facilities, and events hosted.

• Phipps Northampton Brewing Brewery Co Archive

  http://phipps-nbc.co.uk/
  Provides a timeline of the brewery and old photographs of related pubs and off-licenses.

• Pub Heritage: Historic Pub Interiors

  http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/
  The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) provides a database of historic pub interiors in the United Kingdom: images and descriptions. There is also an introduction to types of heritage pubs and a list of architectural terms.

• Pub History

  http://www.sfowler.force9.co.uk/page_12.htm
  Simon Fowler explains how to research the history of a public house. Includes a bibliography and a checklist of clues from the physical structure.

• Reynolds Tavern

  http://www.reynoldstavern.org/
  This Georgian tavern in Annapolis, Maryland, is one of the oldest in the United States and has been restored to its former use. Includes history, description and photographs.

• The London Public House

  http://londonpublichouse.com/
  Lists data from census returns and trade directories on thousands of pubs, beer houses, taverns and hotels in London, Essex, Kent and Suffolk over the last 200 years. It includes a few images.

• The Mermaid Inn

  http://www.mermaidinn.com/
  Built in 1420 as the principal inn of Rye, on the south coast of England, the Mermaid is a jettied timber structure. Includes brief history and images.

• The Mission Inn

  http://www.missioninn.com/
  This National Historic Landmark Hotel in Riverside, California is an astonishing assemblage of exotic architecture. Includes a history and virtual tour.

• Ye Olde Bulls Head Inn, Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey

  http://www.bullsheadinn.co.uk/
  This historic coaching inn, re-built in 1617 and much altered since, retains historic features. Includes history by Tomos Roberts and photographs.

 

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