Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
Introduction
This page is an incomplete listing of pubs, beer houses, landlords and other beery goings on from the Temple Cloud Petty Sessions, from the mid to late 19th Century - as reported in the various local papers of the time.
This is very much a work in progress - there is tons still to do to make this anywhere near a complete record.
1850s
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/01/1856 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 19 January 1856 |
| 29/01/1856 | N | Thomas Robins, of Ston Easton, was fined £5 for selling beer on his premises, he not being licensed to do so. | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 02 February 1856 |
| 30?/04/1856 | N | N | Wells Journal - Saturday 03 May 1856 |
| 06/05/1856 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 10 May 1856 |
| 20/05/1856 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 24 May 1856 |
| 26/08/1856 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 30 August 1856 |
| 05/11/1856 | Only one story - beating up of Mr Blinman. Note George Wyatt was involved. | N | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 13 November 1856 |
| 31/12/1856 | N | Isaac Dagger, beerhouse keeper of Bishop Sutton - house open for sale of beer after 10 o'clock at night on 11th December 1856. | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 08 January 1857 |
| 20/01/1857 | N | Thomas Burge, licensed beerseller from Midsomer Norton - keeping his house open after eleven o'clock at night. Joseph Ashman, Pelican Inn, Chew Magna. Open during divine service on Christmas Day George Oakes, licensed beerseller from Litton, keeping his open after ten o'clock at night. |
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - 29 January 1857 Bristol Mercury - Saturday 24 January 1857 |
| 03/02/1857 | N | Thomas Burge case, beerseller from Chilcompton. More detailed description of the case, including detailed reference to applicable law. | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 12 February 1857 |
| 17/02/1857 | N | N | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 26 February 1857 |
| 03/03/1857 | N | James Orchard, brewer at Midsomer Norton, in the employ of Messrs. Curtis and Aglen, was fined 14s. and 6d. for cruelty to a horse | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 12 March 1857 Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 18 March 1857 |
| 07/04/1857 | N | License of Pelican Inn, Chew Magna, transferred to Mr. Smith, formerly of the Blucher Inn, Southgate Street, bath. | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 09 April 1857 Wells Journal - Saturday 11 April 1857 Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 15 April 1857 |
| 29/04/1857 | N | William Fear, licensed victualler, Blue Bowl Inn, Compton Martin - fined £2 fro selling beer on Good Friday during Divine Service | Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 06 May 1857 |
| 12/05/1857 | N | N | Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 20 May 1857 |
| 26/05/1857 | Thomas Brodribb (later of the Flying Dutchman) attended with his solicitor, Michael Marshall, Esq., to show cause against an information of Ann Emery, of the same place, whom she alleged to be the father of her bastard child. The case was dismissed. | N | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 04 June 1857 |
| 09/07/1857 | Thomas Brodribb (later of the Flying Dutchman) - to answer the charge that he was the father of Ann Emery's bastard child. It seems it was found that he was. | John Webb, beer seller of Chew Magna - fined £2 for keeping his house open after 10pm for the sale of beer. | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - 16 July 1857 |
| 18/08/1857 | N | George Stock, of East Harptree, beerseller, convicted of keeping open his house in the afternoon of Sunday, the 19th July last, for the sale of beer. £2 and costs. | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 27 August 1857 Wells Journal - Saturday 29 August 1857 |
| 01/09/1857 | John Watts, shopkeeper and beerseller of Paulton, fined 14s 6d. For selling beer after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening.
"This was the general annual licensing day for innkeepers for the division of Chewton. The Bench delivered an address upon the vice of drunkenness, and called the attention of the police to the face that many persons had been fined for this offence. The Magistrates expressed their regret that those who were the primary cause of the evil were allowed wholly to escape conviction." |
Isaac Fuller, the keeper of the Bell Inn, Ubliey, was fined 30s and costs for selling beer on Sunday before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock. | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 10 September 1857 |
| 22/09/1857 | N | Case of John Brain, employee of Messrs. Green of Holcombe Brewery, charged with stealing a truss of hay. | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 08 October 1857 |
| 03/11/1857 | N | N | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 12 November 1857 Bristol Mercury - Saturday 07 November 1857 |
| 10/11/1857 | James Norris, a beer-house keeper, at Paulton, was fined in the sum of 7s. 6d., for keeping open his house for the sale of beer after the hour allowed by his license. The small fine imposed was in consequence of the good character the defendant received. | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 14 November 1857 |
| 08/12/1857 | N | N | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 17 December 1857 |
| 22/12/1857 | N | N | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 31 December 1857 |
| 05/01/1858 | N | Richard Ashman was convicted in a penalty of 8s and costs, for assaulting Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Chivers, the landlord of the Stones Cross Inn, at Midsomer Norton, and , in default of immediate payment, fourteen days imprisonment.
Sarah Watts, a beer-house keeper, at Farringdon Gurney, was 14s 6d for keeping open her house for the sale of beer after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening |
Bristol Mercury - Saturday 09 January 1858 |
| 19/01/1858 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 23 January 1858 |
| 02/02/1858 | N | John Sims, a beerhouse keeper of Bishop Sutton, was convicted in the penalty of £4 10s., and 6s 6d costs, for keeping open his house on Sunday, the 24th of January last for the sale of beer during divine service. | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 06 February 1858 |
| 16/02/1858 | N | Alexander Keeling was fined £1 5s 6d for keeping open his house for the sale of beer at Chewton Mendip after the hour of ten o'clock at night on the 22nd of January last.
John Roch and George Moon, carters in the employ of Messrs. Green, of Holcombe Brewery, were fined 9s 6d, for riding in their wagons without reins at Paulton. |
Bristol Mercury - Saturday 20 February 1858 |
| 02/03/1858 | Abraham Gray, of Paulton, was fined 9s 6d for keeping open his house for the sale of beer after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening. | William Roynon, of Farmborough, was fined in the sum of £6 10s for keeping open his house for the sale of beer before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday, it being the second conviction. | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 06 March 1858 |
| 30/03/1858 | N | John Sims, beerhouse keeper of Bishop Sutton, fined 5s and costs for being found by the police in a beastly state of intoxication and unable to take care of himself. | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 03 April 1858 |
| 13/04/1858 | N | Charles Gibbs, the landlord of the Red Lion Inn at Bishop Sutton, was fined £3 and 5s 6d costs for permitting drunkenness in his house, contrary to the conditions of his licence. | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 17 April 1858 |
| 25/05/1858 | N | James Knowles, the keeper of the Greyhound Inn, at Midsomer Norton, was fined £2 15s 6d, including costs, for keeping open his house for the sale of beer on Sunday | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 29 May 1858 |
| 08/06/1858 | N | Interesting story about stealing buckets of beer from Mr Richard Lewis, brewer of Clutton.
John Rawlins, a beerhouse keeper at Chew Stoke, was fined 15s, and costs for keeping open his house on Sunday morning for the sale of beer, Samuel Robbins, the keeper of the Britannia Inn at Chilcompton, was fined £1 10s, and costs for permitting drunkenness in his house. James Knowles, of Midsomer Norton, was summoned for refusing to admit the constable into his house, the Greyhound Inn. The case was dismissed for want of proof of his refusal. |
Bristol Mercury - 12 June 1858 |
| 22/06/1858 | N | John Marshall, the keeper of the inn at Chewstoke, was summoned for permitting drunkenness in his house, and fined £5 and costs. The bench said they had never before had so gross a case before them, and they therefore inflicted the highest penalty. | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 26 June 1858 |
| 06/07/1858 | Absalom Grey was summoned for selling beer before half past twelve o'clock on Sunday, the 17th June last. Mr. Wm. Rees Mogg defended and the case was dismissed | N | Bristol Mercury - 10 July 1858 |
| 31/08/1858 | George Carter, a carrier and beerseller, was fined £1 and costs for keeping open his house at unlawful hours at Paulton. | Jasper Toogood was convicted of damaging the sign of Wm. Fear, of the Blue Bowl, at Compton Martin, and was fined 6s 6d.
Annual licensing session - all renewed except one - the Bull Inn at Chelwood, which was withheld. Three applications for new licenses - 2 granted, namely Mr. Tidcombe's of Midsomer Norton and Alexander Keeling's of Chewton Mendip. 1 was refused - Mr. Pow's of Farmborough. It is to be hoped that another year this house will be licensed; it is well situated and the public would be thereby beneffitted. |
Bristol Mercury - Saturday 04 September 1858 |
| 14/09/1858 | N | Thomas Tucker, a licensed seller of beer, was fined 25s and 8s 6d costs for keeping open his house at the parish of Westharptree, for the sale of beer at improper hours | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 18 September 1858 |
| 28/09/1858 | Richard Thompson, a clockmaker, appeared to answer the charge of Mr. George Carter, of Paulton inn, for stealing two tin cups, his property. The cups were found in the house of the accused by the police when in search of some other property. The case was dismissed, prosecutor not being able to prove that some person in his employ had not lent them. | Selina Fear, of Publow, a servant in the employ of Mrs. Gough, of the Warwick Arms inn, Clutton, was brought up in custody charged with felopniously stealing a purse, and also thirty shillings in gold and silver money, the property of Mr. Thomas Gough, husband of the above. She was convicted of stealing the purse. Mrs. Gough created roars of laughter during the examinations by her ludicrous mimicry. The sentend of the court was two calendar months imprisonment, with hard labour.
Various people convicted of drunkenness and riotous behaviour at Stones Cross Inn, Midsomer Norton. "It was intimated to the bench that frequent disturbances occurred at the Stones Cross Inn. The police were directed to look sharply to it, and intimation being conveyed that the license would be endangered if such disturbance continued." |
Bristol Mercury - Saturday 02 October 1858 |
| 26/10/1858 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 30 October 1858 |
| 09/11/1858 | Mercy Gray, of Paulton, was summoned by Patience - her servant, for an assault. As the case was not proved it was dismissed, as was also the case of Mercy Gray against Harriet Clarke, mother of the last complainant. (I think this may be the Wife of Absalom Gray) | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 13 November 1858 |
| 23/11/1858 | N | John Roynon, a beerhouse-keeper, of Farmborough, was summoned by the police for permitting his house to be open for the sale of beer after the hour of ten o'clock at night, it being the third offence. The case was dismissed as some doubt arose as to the exact time the beer had been drawn, and the defendant was given the benefit of it.
John Rawlins, a beerhouse keeper, of Chewstoke, was fined £4 and costs for keeping open his house for the sale of beer before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday last, it being his second offence. |
Bristol Mercury - Saturday 27 November 1858 |
| 07/12/1858 | N | John Church, of the Castle of Comfort Inn, on Mendip, was fined £3 10s and costs for keeping open his house for the sale of beer on Sunday, before the hour of half past twelve o'clock | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 11 December 1858 |
| 21/12/1858 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 25 December 1858 |
1860s
1860
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/01/1860 | Elizabeth Whatley of Paulton convicted of assaulting Hannah Maggs at Paulton Inn George Wyatt in trouble for assaulting the police |
John Hill, beerhouse keeper of Midsomer Norton, charged two travelling cheese dealers with stealing on of his knives | Bristol Mercury - 14 January 1860 |
1861
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/01/1861 | N | N | Bristol Mercury- 12 January 1861 |
| 05/03/1861 | George Wyatt, of the Red White and Blue beerhouse at Paulton was convicted in a penalty of £1 5s 6d for obstructing the police in their duty and refusing entry to his house | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - 08 March 1861 Bristol Mercury - 09 March 1861 |
1862
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26/08/1862 | Annual Licensing Session for victuallers - no objections | Annual Licensing Session for victuallers - no objections
"The Chairman hoped that as they were licensed merely to refresh travellers they would be careful not to allow parties to remain on their premises long enough to get drunk, as the Bench had the power to withhold the license from such persons as so committed themselves." |
Western Daily Press - 29 August 1862 |
1863
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/01/1863 | Thomas James, beer seller of Paulton, fined for selling beer at unlawful hours | N | Wells Journal - 17 January 1863 |
| 26/05/1863 | Leah Holbtook, of Paulton, charged with an assault on Hannah Maggs in a beer-shop called the "Strip and at it", at Paulton | Faraham Clarke, son of a beer-seller at Timsbury, summoned for assault upon Abigail Pain, but case was dismissed | Frome Times - 27 May 1863 |
1864
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/02/1864 | William Winter, George Carter, Job Woodland, Frederick Woodland, and Alexander Withers were summoned by George Gibbs, a beer-seller of Paulton, for disorderly conduct in his house. Compromised by the payment of 25s each. | N | Sherborne Mercury - 23 February 1864 |
| 03/05/1864 | George Gibbs, of the Winterfield Inn, summoned for having his house open for the sale of beer at prohibited times on Sunday, the 24th ult. Fined 20s and costs | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 05 May 1864 |
| 23/08/1864 | Unjust measures convictions: Grace Carter, Paulton Inn |
George Hathaway of Farmbough, fined for keeping open his beerhouse at unlawful times Unjust measures convictions: |
Shepton Mallet Journal - 26 August 1864 Frome Times - 31 August 1864 |
1865
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/01/1865 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - 13 January 1865 |
| 24/01/1865 | N | N | Western Daily Press - 26 January 1865 Frome Times - 01 February 1865 |
| 07/02/1865 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - 11 February 1865 |
| 14/02/1865 | N | N | Western Daily Press - 16 February 1865 |
| 14/03/1865 | N | Elizabeth Carrell, of East Harptree, beerhouse keeper - fined for selling beer at prohibited hours | Western Daily Press - 16 March 1865 |
| 28/03/1865 | N | N | Western Gazette - 31 March 1865 |
| 11/04/1865 | N | Richard Lewis, proprietor of the Clutton Brewery - charged with unlawfully receiving an alder pole | Bristol Mercury - 15 April 1865 |
| 18/04/1865 | N | Continuation of case against Richard Lews, of Clutton Brewery, from the last session | Bristol Mercury - 22 April 1865 |
| 02/05/1865 | N | Jesse Hearse, beerseller of East Harptree - illegal fishing | Western Gazette - 05 May 1865 |
| 16/05/1865 | Thomas James, beerhouse keeper of Paulton - house open at prohibited hours on a Sunday | N | Western Daily Press - 18 May 1865 |
| 30/05/1865 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 02 June 1865 |
| 13/06/1865 | N | Henry Brimble, beerseller of High Littleton - keeping his house open at prohibited hours Elizabeth Green beerseller of Hinton Blewitt - house open at prohibited hours, case dismissed John Weaver beerseller of Chew Stoke - house open at prohibited hours, case dismissed |
Wells Journal - 17 June 1865 |
| 20/06/1865 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - 24 June 1865 |
| 11/07/1865 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 13 July 1865 |
| 25/07/1865 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 27 July 1865 |
| 08/08/1865 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 10 August 1865 |
| 22/08/1865 | Annual Licensing Day - all licenses renewed. Thomas James summoned for having his beerhouse open at prohibited hours on Sunday 9th - dismissed. |
Annual Licensing Day - all licenses renewed. Refusal of spirit license at Redan beerhouse at Downside, Midsomer Norton |
Western Daily Press - Thursday 24 August 1865 |
| 05/09/1865 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 08 September 1865 |
| 26/09/1865 | N | John Lockyer, of West Harptree - fined for selling beer without a license James Winter of Compton Martin - fined for selling cider without a license |
Western Gazette - Friday 29 September 1865 |
| 10/10/1865 | N | N | Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 12 October 1865 |
| 24/10/1865 | Elizabeth Tucker of Newtown was convicted of stealing several articles (including a salt cellar and glasses) from Grace Slade Carter, Paulton, innkeeper - and was sent to Shepton Mallet House of Correction for 7 days | N | Western Daily Press - Friday 27 October 1865 |
| 07/11/1865 | N | George Oaks, beerseller of Litton, allowing nine pigs to stray on the highway at Litton | Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 November 1865 |
| 21/11/1865 | N | N | Frome Times - Wednesday 29 November 1865 |
| 05/12/1865 | N | Jas. Brimble, Beerhouse keeper of Midsomer Norton - selling at prohibited hours on Sunday | Western Daily Press - Thursday 07 December 1865 |
| 19/12/1865 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 21 December 1865 |
1866
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/01/1866 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 11 January 1866 |
| 23/01/1866 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 26 January 1866 |
| 01/02/1866 | Ston Easton - Police, Thursday - … At the petty session the previous Monday, Elizabeth Beecham, of Hallatrow, and Mary Manby, of Paulton, two servants at the Red Lion Inn, Paulton, were brought up by PC Best before B. Naish Esq. charged with stealing wine and spirits, the property of Grace Carter, and remanded until the petty session on Tuesday next. Note - according to the Western Daily Press, this is at the Paulton Inn - suggesting the names are used interchangeably to refer to the same place. | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 03 February 1866 Western Gazette - Friday 09 February 1866 |
| 27/02/1866 | N | Mark Norman of West Harptree - drunk and disorderly at a beerhouse kept by Henry Mayor at West Harptree | Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 03 March 1866 |
| 02/03/1866 | N | N (Note - the sessions were on a Friday) | Bristol Times and Mirror - Monday 05 March 1866 |
| 13/03/1866 | N | Robert Perry, beerhouse keeper of Woollard, charged with leaving horse and cart on turnpike road at Farnborough | Western Daily Press - Thursday 15 March 1866 |
| 27/03/1866 | N | Abraham Bell of Farmborough, beerhouse keeper - refusing to let Police enter beerhouse on 18th inst. | Western Daily Press - Thursday 29 March 1866 Western Gazette - Friday 06 April 1866 |
| 10/04/1866 | N | William Winter of Ubley (an old offender) fined for selling two quarts of Cider without a license. | Western Daily Press - Thursday 12 April 1866 |
| 01/05/1866 | N | N | Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 03 May 1866 |
| 15/05/1866 | N | Elizabeth Smith of Farrington Gurney summoned by landlord of Farrington Inn, William Lane Clarke - for damaging a door on his property | Western Daily Press - Thursday 17 May 1866 |
| 29/05/1866 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 01 June 1866 |
| 12/06/1866 | N | Charlotte Norman of West Harptree - breaking a door property of Henry Major, beerhouse keeper of same Parish. | Western Daily Press - Thursday 14 June 1866 |
| 19/06/1866 | Joseph Walsh of Paulton, stoker and John Burkeley of Camerton, labourer - brought up under remand for stealing a gun from a stable at the Paulton Inn during night of 16th inst. Property of Timothy Carter | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 21 June 1866 |
| 10/07/1866 | N | N | Wells Journal - Saturday 14 July 1866 Western Daily Press - Thursday 12 July 1866 |
| 24/07/1866 | Thomas Brodribb of Paulton - for allowing two donkeys to stray on the highway William Maggs, a tailor, of Paulton was fined 14s 6d and costs for assaulting Albert Knee, the ostler of the Red Lion Inn there, and in default 14 days imprisonment. Sarah Maggs, a daughter of William Maggs, was also fined 8s for violently assaulting the said Albert Knee with a carving knife and shovel, and breaking his head, and in default of payment was sentenced to seven days imprisonment. |
N | Western Gazette - Friday 27 July 1866 |
| 07/08/1866 | N | Worley Watts of Compton Martin fined for breach of his beer license | Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 August 1866 |
| 21/08/1866 | N | N | Wells Journal - Saturday 25 August 1866 |
| 05/09/1866 | Annual Licensing Session - no complaints, all licenses renewed | Annual Licensing Session - no complaints, all licenses renewed | Western Daily Press - Thursday 06 September 1866 |
| 25/09/1866 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 27 September 1866 |
| 09/10/1866 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 11 October 1866 |
| 23/10/1866 | N | Bell Inn, Farmborough - Elizabeth Drury, daughter of landlord Mr George Drury, summoned for furious driving at Clutton | Western Gazette - Friday 26 October 1866 |
| 06/11/1866 | Thomas Brodribb, beerhouse keeper of Paulton, keeping his beerhouse open during prohibited hours on Sunday. | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 08 November 1866 |
| 20/11/1866 | N | Alfred Church, innkeeper of East Harptree - three unjust measures Thomas Kelling, beerhouse-keeper of Chewton Mendip - unjust measures |
Western Daily Press - Thursday 22 November 1866 |
| 18/12/1866 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 20 December 1866 |
1867
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/01/1867 | George Gibbs, of the Winterfield Inn, Paulton, for assauling Edward Dairs, was fined 10s., including costs. | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 03 January 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 04 January 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 05 January 1867 |
| 08/01/1867 | N | N | Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 09 January 1867 |
| 15/01/1867 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 17 January 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 17 January 1867 Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 22 January 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 18 January 1867 |
| 29/01/1867 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 31 January 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 01 February 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 02 February 1867 |
| 12/02/1867 | N | Alfred Church, innkeeper of East Harptree - having house open for the sale of beer at prohibited times. Jesse Hearse, beerhouse keeper, of Easy Harptree - fined 10s for refusing to allow police entry after 10pm - there being people inside. |
Western Daily Press - Friday 15 February 1867 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 15 February 1867 Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 19 February 1867 |
| 26/02/1867 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 28 February 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 28 February 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 01 March 1867 |
| 12/03/1867 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 15 March 1867 |
| 26/03/1867 | N | N | Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 02 April 1867 |
| 16/04/1867 | N | Moses Shepherd, beer seller of Timsbury - having his house open for selling of beer during divine service on a Sunday. | Western Daily Press - Thursday 18 April 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 26 April 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 18 April 1867 |
| 23/04/1867 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 26 April 1867 |
| 07/05/1867 | N | George Blackler, landlord of the Clutton Inn, for selling beer after 10 o'clock at night. George Fussell of Midsomer Norton also fined for selling beer after 10 o'clock | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 10 May 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 May 1867 |
| 21/05/1867 | N | N | Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 28 May 1867 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 24 May 1867 |
| 04/06/1867 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 06 June 1867 |
| 18/06/1867 | N | Mark Chard, of Black Dog beerhouse, Timsbury - Joseph Payne and William James stole £8 from him.
George Green, beerhouse keeper, Hinton Blewitt - open at prohibited hours. |
Western Daily Press - Thursday 20 June 1867 |
| 02/07/1867 | Thomas Brodribb of Paulton - allowing his donkey to stray onto the highway. | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 04 July 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 06 July 1867 |
| 16/07/1867 | N | Bell Inn, Farmborough - a woman was thrown into a well opposite. | Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 20 July 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 19 July 1867 |
| 30/07/1867 | N | Waggon and Horses, Temple Cloud, mentioned in passing in assault case. | Western Gazette - Friday 02 August 1867 Western Daily Press - Wednesday 31 July 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 01 August 1867 |
| 13/08/1867 | N | Daniel Wilkins, of Bull Inn at Chelwood - leather stolen from his trap.
License of Bell Inn, Ubley, endorsed until next Transfer day to William Oaks. |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 16 August 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 17 August 1867 |
| 27/08/1867 | N | William Chard, innkeeper, of Temple Cloud - house open at prohibited times. | Western Gazette - Friday 30 August 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 29 August 1867 |
| 10/09/1867 | N | Thomas Cook stole glasses from the Stones Cross Inn, Midsomer Norton, property of Elizabeth Millard. | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 14 September 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 12 September 1867 |
| 24/09/1867 | N | N | Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 28 September 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 26 September 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 27 September 1867 |
| 08/10/1867 | Joseph Banfield when he was bailiff at Old Mills colliery. | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 11 October 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 11 October 1867 Wells Journal - Saturday 12 October 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 12 October 1867 |
| 22/10/1867 | N | Richard Clavey charged with stealing a whip, property of George Stallard, from the inn at Farrington Gurney
George Harding charged with assaulting Adelaide Branch at the New Inn in Farmborough |
Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 26 October 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 24 October 1867 |
| 05/11/1867 | William Creese, Mary Creese, James Rose, Silverthorne Stokes, Eliza Stokes - of Newtown, Paulton - drunk in front of the Red Lion Inn | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 08 November 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 08 November 1867 |
| 19/11/1867 | N | N | Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 23 November 1867 Wells Journal - Saturday 23 November 1867 |
| 03/12/1867 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 05 December 1867 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 06 December 1867 |
| 17/12/1867 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 20 December 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 21 December 1867 |
| 31/12/1867 | N | James Salmon, farmer and beer seller of Midsomer Norton - charged with assault. | Bristol Times and Mirror - Wednesday 01 January 1868 Western Gazette - Friday 03 January 1868 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 03 January 1868 |
1868
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/01/1868 | N | George Bean, licensed seller of beer in Midsomer Norton - keeping his house open at 12:30 on a Sunday. Case dismissed.
License granted to Mrs. Mary Parsons of the George Inn, Nettlebridge in Midsomer Norton. License of Lamb Inn, Clandown, indorsed to Mr. Joseph Grant until the next transfer day, 10th Mar 1868. |
Western Gazette - Friday 17 January 1868
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 17 January 1868 |
| 28/01/1868 | N | James Priddon, Cooper, of Clutton - selling beer on his premises without a license. | Western Gazette - Friday 31 January 1868 |
| 11/02/1868 | N | Daniel Wilkins, innkeeper, Chelwood - John Spear stole from him.
William Chard, of Temple Cloud, fined for selling beer without a license. |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 14 February 1868 |
| 25/02/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 28 February 1868 |
| 10/03/1868 | N | George Oaks, beerseller of Litton,selling at unlawful hours | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 13 March 1868 |
| 24/03/1868 | N | Lewin Little, beerseller at Chilcompton, keeping his house open on Sunday at unlawful hours | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 27 March 1868 |
| 31/03/1868 | N | James Priddow, of Clutton, fined £5 for selling beer without a license | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 03 April 1868 |
| 21/04/1868 | N | John Hale of Timsbury - fined for keeping open his house for the sale of beer on Good Friday at unlawful hours | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 24 April 1868 |
| 05/05/1868 | N | James Vagg, of Britannia Inn, Chilcompton - accused of assault
Henry Pearce, of Kings Arms Inn, Litton - potatoes were stolen |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 08 May 1868 |
| 19/05/1868 | N | Henry Watts for opening his house for the sale of beer at unlawful hours | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 22 May 1868 |
| 02/06/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 05 June 1868 |
| 16/06/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 19 June 1868 |
| 30/06/1868 | N | William Mapstone, licensed beer seller - keeping open his house at Bishop Sutton at unlawful hours
John Hill beer seller and John Matthews Farmer bound over to keep the peace for fighting |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 03 July 1868 |
| 14/07/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 17 July 1868 |
| 28/07/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 31 July 1868 |
| 11/08/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 14 August 1868 |
| 25/08/1868 | Annual Licensing Session - no complaints, all licenses renewed - "the innkeepers in their usual boniface style, renewed their licenses" | All licenses renewed, except the following were held over because the proprieters did not appear: Waldegrave Arms Inn, Chewton Mendip - Chewstoke Inn - The Ring of Bells Inn, Compton Martin - The Blue Bowl, Compton Martin.
Application for license for Redan beerhouse at Downside, kept by Mr Thomas Burge was, on his behalf, made by Mr Hobbs of Wells, but opposed by Mr Bartrum of Bath, on behalf of the Britannia Inn, Chilcompton. THe testimonials were of a voluminous description, and such that the bench, after consultation, granted a license. |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 28 August 1868 |
| 08/09/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 11 September 1868 |
| 22/09/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 25 September 1868 |
| 29/09/1868 | N | Charles Smith of Midsomer Norton, charged with selling beer without a license. Case dismissed. | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 02 October 1868
Western Daily Press - Thursday 01 October 1868 |
| 13/10/1868 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 16 October 1868 |
| 27/10/1868 | N | N | Bristol Mercury - Saturday 31 October 1868 |
| 01/12/1868 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 03 December 1868
Western Gazette - Friday 04 December 1868 |
| 22/12/1868 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 24 December 1868
Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 24 December 1868 |
1869
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/1869 | N | An assault happened at the inn in Farrington Gurney (doesn't say which one) | Western Daily Press - Thursday 07 January 1869
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 08 January 1869 |
| 19/01/1869 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 21 January 1869
Western Gazette - Friday 22 January 1869 |
| 02/02/1869 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 05 February 1869 |
| 16/02/1869 | N | STORY CONSIDERED IMPORTANT TO BEERHOUSE KEEPERS - Henry Walter Faulks of Green Ore - summoned for selling spirits without a license and a second count of keeping spirits on his premises which are only licensed for keeping beer. Fine would have been massive (£50 - and never being allowed a beer license again). IN the end, it was believed (because of his impeachable character) that he had only had it there for his own purpose.
Mary James, late in employ of W. L. Clarke of Farrington Inn, charged with stealing four glasses (note SMJ says Farringdon) William Harry and John Flower - drunk and disorderly at the Timsbury Inn. |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 19 February 1869
Western Daily Press - Thursday 18 February 1869 |
| 02/03/1869 | N | James Russell, beer seller of East Harptree - selling beer at unlawful hours.
Ann Mercer - selling beer at Farmborough without having an Excise license authorising her to do so. |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 05 March 1869 |
| 09/03/1869 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 12 March 1869 |
| 16/03/1869 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 18 March 1869 |
| 30/03/1869 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 02 April 1869 |
| 13/04/1869 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 16 April 1869 |
| 27/04/1869 | Joseph Banfield - see next column - later licensee of Somerset? Or Blackbird? This story is useful is untangling the Banfield family. | George Banfield of Hallatrow, beerseller, Samuel Banfield of High Littleton, beerseller, Joseph Banfield of Paulton, bailliff and William Banfield of Clutton - each ordered to pay 1s a week towards the support of their mother, Mary Banfield, who is chargeable to Clutton Union. | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 30 April 1869
Western Daily Press - Thursday 29 April 1869 Western Gazette - Friday 30 April 1869 |
| 11/05/1869 | Thomas Towell, inkeeper of Paulton. Assaulted by Henry House - extensive story. | Amos Browning, inkeeper in Chew Magna - witness in a case of stabbing. | Bristol Daily Post - Wednesday 12 May 1869
Bristol Mercury - Saturday 15 May 1869 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 14 May 1869 |
| 25/05/1869 | N | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 28 May 1869 |
| 08/06/1869 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 10 June 1869 |
| 22/06/1869 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 25 June 1869
Western Daily Press - Thursday 24 June 1869 |
| 06/07/1869 | N | N | Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 08 July 1869 |
| 20/07/1869 | N | Walter Harrison, innkeeper, Timsbury - John Sage was accused of stealing glassses. Case Dismissed. | Western Daily Press - Thursday 22 July 1869
Western Gazette - Friday 23 July 1869 |
| 03/08/1869 | Thomas Towill, of the Red Lion Inn, Paulton - keeping a dog without a license | N | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 06 August 1869
Western Daily Press - Thursday 05 August 1869 |
| 17/08/1869 | N | N | Western Daily Press - Thursday 19 August 1869
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 20 August 1869 |
| 31/08/1869 | Annual licensing session.
All innkeepers received licenses - no complaints. Beersellers also received licenses except for 21 (including some from Paulton) which were adjourned (Henry Tovey, George Carter, Thomas Brodribb, John Carter) |
Annual licensing session.
All innkeepers received licenses - no complaints - except for Old Down Inn, Ubley Inn, Waldgrave Arms CHewton Mendip which were adjourned Beersellers also received licenses except for 21 (including some from Paulton) which were adjourned. Jawes Wyatt, of Hallatrow, beerhouse keeper (along with James Weeks and Jonah Weeks - both colliers) - fined for resisting the police in the execution of their duty at Hallatrow. Jonah Weeks charged with stealing a quantity of cider and a jar from William Drury, farmer, of Hallatrow. |
Western Daily Press - Thursday 02 September 1869
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 03 September 1869 Bristol Daily Post - Thursday 02 September 1869 |
| 06/09/1869 | A wonderful letter - "The magistrates at the Temple Cloud Petty Sessions on Tuesday, thoroughly denouced skittle playing by cautioning the innkeepers on pain of penalty of they permitted it at their houses in the future" - the letter argues that they should equally complain about croquet matches and archery on the lawns of the gentries houses. | N | Bristol Daily Post - Monday 06 September 1869 |
| 14/09/1869 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 17 September 1869
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 17 September 1869 |
| 28/09/1869 | N | George Hathaway, beerhouse keeper of Farmborough - having his house open for the sale of beer at unlawful hours | Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 30 September 1869
Western Daily Press - Thursday 30 September 1869 |
| 28/09/1869 | List of persons keeping beerhouses (and receiving licenses) the decision being adjourned to this meeting:
Paulton: Henry Tovey, George Carter, Thomas Brodribb, John Carter |
List of persons keeping beerhouses (and receiving licenses) that had been adjourned to this meeting:
Chew Magna: James Mayne Chew Stoke: William Rawlins, Elizabeth Rawlings, Stephen Frederick Allen Chilcomption: Thomas Simmons, John Jones Farrington Gurney: Sarah Watts Green Oar: George Brown Hinton Blewitt: George Green Midsomer Norton: J.F.C. Gunning Timsbury: John Heal Chew Magna: John Collins East Harptree: James Russell Farmborough: George Hathway (also - fined for keeping his beerhouse open after 10 o'clock at night) Hallatrow: James Wyatt Litton: George Oaks Midsomer Norton: James Salmon Timsbury: James Stephen Cundict Ubley: Sylvester Gallop |
Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 01 October 1869
Western Gazette - Friday 01 October 1869 |
| 12/10/1869 | N | Old Down Inn - Richard Chapman, of Binegar, was drunk and disorderly | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 15 October 1869
Western Daily Press - Thursday 14 October 1869 |
| 26/10/1869 | N | George Lane, innkeeper, of Ubley fined for deliberately allowing drunkeness | Western Daily Press - Thursday 28 October 1869 |
| 09/11/1869 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 12 November 1869 |
| 23/11/1869 | N | Wellsway Tavern, West Harptree - Eliza Norman drunk and refusing to quit when requested by the landlady. | Western Gazette - Friday 26 November 1869 |
| 07/12/1869 | N | N | Western Gazette - Friday 10 December 1869 |
| 28/12/1869 | N | The Inn at High Littleton - Jacob Simmons (one of the notorieties of Paulton!) drunk and disorderly and refusing to quit - 1 month hard labour! | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 31 December 1869 |
1870s
1880s
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/06/1883 | Martin Cyrus Slade, landlord of Old Lottery Inn was assaulted by Thomas and Frederick Perry | George Oakes, innkeeper, Compton Martin - fined for not sending children to school | Western Gazette - 08 June 1883 |
| 08/09/1885 | All licenses renewed - only one conviction in the year, George Yeates, beerhouse keeper of Paulton (Rose & Crown) - it was acknowledged there were extenuating circumstances, so his certificate was granted an admonition | All licenses renewed. Kings Arms Inn, Litton - transferred from Henry Pearce to Richard Pearce. | Bristol Mercury - Wednesday 09 September 1885 |
| 25/09/1888 | License of Somerset Inn (Somerset Arms in Bristol Mercury), Paulton, transferred from George Brimble to Thomas Mercer Williams.
George Simmons applied for transfer of license of the Dove Inn, Paulton, from executors of Amanda Pow to himself. He told the court he would occupy the house himself, so the police withdrew their objection. |
Order sanctioning removal of license of the beerhouse occupied by Mrs Watts at Farrington Gurney, ot other premises, was made, the alterations and accomodation being approved by the police.
License of West Town Inn, Nempnett, transferred from William Hamlin jun. to Stephen Gunter Extension of two hours granted to Mr Green, landlord of Waldegrave Arms, Chewton Mendip, on occasion of a cricket club dinner on October 9th. |
Bristol Mercury - 26 September 1888 Western Daily Press - Wednesday 26 September 1888 |
| 07/05/1889 | Uriah Maggs (father of Uriah Maggs who later was licensee of Rose & Crown) - charged with maliciously wounding his son William James Maggs. William was at the Dove Inn, when his father came in and abused the landlord - there then follows a tale of Uriah hitting him with a candlestick. George Simmons, landlord of the Dove deposed to the occurrences. He was properly beat up - a broken rib punctured his lung. Uriah was committed for trial at Midsummer Sessions. | Butchers Arms, Bishop Sutton - license transferred from Isaac Mapstone to George Mellish
Edward Hathway applied for an outdoor license at Farmborough - the late tenant having neglected to renew the license. Neighbouring publican objected. Refused on the grounds that the notices had not been properly served (affixed to church door) |
Shepton Mallet Journal - 10 May 1889 Bristol Mercury - 11 May 1889 |
| 21/05/1889 | Temporary authority granted to Joseph John Simmons for the Winterfield Inn. | Temporary authority to seel at the Miners' Arms, Chewton Mendip, was refused. There is a cool story about a man accused of being drunk who said he had not had "More than his usual quantity of beer" but it was instead the sewer gasses from the hole he had been digging. |
Bristol Mercury - Wednesday 22 May 1889 Western Daily Press - Wednesday 22 May 1889 |
| 09/07/1889 | License of Winterfield Inn, Paulton transferred from Alice Gibbs to Joseph John Simmons. | Edward Hathway applied for outside license at Hobbs Wall, Farmborough - previous tenant having neglected to renew at last annual licensing meeting - Granted. Temporary authority in respect of Miners Arms, Chewton Mendip, granted to William James Bartlett in succession to Jonathan Pearce. |
Wells Journal - Thursday 11 July 1889 Western Daily Press - Wednesday 10 July 1889 |
1890s
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/04/1890 | Henry Simmons summoned for drunkenness at Paulton. Samuel Padfield also summoned for drunkenness at Paulton - came out, threatened to break a mans ribs and "challenged any man in Paulton to a fight." James Paget also drunk in Paulton - there was some squabble over who had the best pocket watch! William Church also drunk in Paulton - and technically assaulted the police man. All at the Winterfield Inn. | N | Bristol Mercury - Wednesday 16 April 1890 Western Daily Press - 17 April 1890 |
| 12/07/1892 | Application for transfer of the Winterfield Inn from James Ross to William Woods was adjourned for evidence of character | Temporary transfers were granted in respect of Halltrow Inn, from H. J. Hallett, deceased, to Sarah Georgina Hallett; and of the Star Inn, Chew Stoke, from Edwin Millard to Chas. A. Weeks. Application for transfer of the Buthers' Arms inn, Farmborough, from John Moass to Isaac F. Webley, was adjourned for evidence of character. |
Wells Journal - Thursday 14 July 1892 |
| 23/08/1892 | Annual licensing day - no complaints by police, so all renewed. Licence of Winterfield Inn transferred from James Ross to William Woods |
Annual licensing day - no complaints by police, so all renewed.
Licence of Hallatrow Inn, Hallatrow, transferred to Sarah Georgina Hallett, widow of the late holder Licence of Star Inn, Chew Stoke, transferred from Edward Millard to Charles Alfred Weekes Licence of Butchers' Arms, Farmborough, transferred from John Moans to Frank Webley |
Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 27 August 1892 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 26 August 1892 |
| 10/05/1898 | Mr James Brook, of the Winterfield Inn granted an extension for an hour on May 23rd, on the occasion of the Paulton Casuals annual football dinner | Mr William Pow, of the Bell Inn, Farmborough, granted an extension for an hour on May 11th, on the occasion of the Farmborough football dinner | Bristol Mercury - Wednesday 11 May 1898 |
1900s
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19/06/1900 | The license of the Red Lion Inn, Paulton, was transferred from William John Allward to Walter David Butler | license of the Butchers Arms, Farmborough, transferred from Joseph Hillier to Herbert Sheard William Foxwell, of Chilcompton, disorderly at the Old Down Inn on June 3. |
Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Saturday 23 June 1900 |
| 19/11/1901 | Case against Alfred Kempster, of the Old Lottery, for permitting drunkenness. Case dismissed. | N | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 23 November 1901 |
| 11/08/1908 | License of the Rose & Crown transferred from George Sherborne to Herbert Shearn | Licence of the Pelican Hotel, Chew Magna, transferred from executors of R. H. Singleton, deceased, to Mrs Emily Singleton, widow | Western Daily Press - Thursday 13 August 1908 |
1910s
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/07/1917 | Mr. W. J. Bryant, licensee of the Red Lion Hotel, Paulton, made an application for the sale of intoxicating liquors at the athletic ground, Paulton, on the occasion of the annual fancy dress parade carnival in aid of the Paulton Hospital and other charitable institutions, to be held at Paulton on Tuesday, August 7. Police Supt. Ford supported the application, and stated that it was conducted quite properly last year and he had no complaint whatever and no objection to the granting of the license from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. - The license was granted. | Tom Farrant, licensee of the Warwick Arms, Clutton - failing to send his children to school. | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 20 July 1917 |
1920s
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/05/1920 | Transfer of license of the Old Lottery Inn, Paulton, from the present licensee, Alfred Kempster, to his son-in-law, Frederick Smith, bootmaker, of Paulton | N | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 07 May 1920 |
| 16/01/1923 | Licence of the Rose & Crown transferred to Samuel Workman | Licence of the Star Inn, High Littleton, granted to H. Cundy | Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 19 January 1923 |
| 30/06/1925 | License of the Red Lion transferred from William Joseph Bryant to Frederick Nelson Ashman - well known secretary of the Paulton Rovers Football Club | N | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 03 July 1925 |
| 31/05/1927 | Mr. F. N. Ashman, licensee of the Red Lion, granted an occasional license from 2.0 to 9.30pm for the sale of intoxicants in a field on the occasion of the annual Friendly Societies fete and sports to be held at Paulton on Whit-Monday | Mr. Bert Salmon, of the Ring of Bells Inn, Compton Martin | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 03 June 1927 |
| 31/07/1928 | Samuel Workman, licensee of the Rose & Crown - summoned for selling liquor in an unsealed vessel to a person under the age of 14 - case dismissed. | N | Western Daily Press - 02 August 1928 |
| 25/06/1929 | Tom Simmons, licensee of the Red Lion, granted an extension of one hour from 19 pm to 11 pm on the occasion of the first annual dinner of the Excelda Lodge, R.A.O.B to be held on Wednesday, July 3rd. | N | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 28 June 1929 |
1930s
| Date | Paulton Pubs | Other Pubs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21/10/1930 | License of the Britannia Inn transferred from Mr. Reuben James Carter to his son-in-law, Mr. Reginal William Ashman. Mr. Reuben Carter has held the license of this inn for a period of 26 years. | N | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 24 October 1930 |
| 14/07/1931 | License transfer from Mr. H. Lumber to Mr. Ernest Dando. Mr. H. Lumber had been licensee for the past 21 years. Application was made on behalf of Messrs. Georges Breweries, Ltd., of Bristol. | N | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 17 July 1931 |
| 22/01/1935 | Tom Simmons granted an extension from 10pm to 11pm for the sale of intoxicating liquours on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Paulton "Excelda" Lodge of the R. A. O. B. in the Red Lion Hotel, Paulton, on the 2nd Feb. | Mr George Hatch, of the Queen's Arms, Chew Magna, granted extension on occasion of a skittles club dinner. | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 25 January 1935 |
| 26/11/1935 | Mr F. Bennett, of the Red Lion Hotel, Paulton, granted an extension from 10pm to 11pm on the occasion of the Paulton Homing Society annual dinner. | Mr. Penney, of the Farrington Gurney Inn, granted an extension from 10pm to 11pm on the occasion of the annual fat stock show dinner | Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 29 November 1935 |
| 08/03/1938 | Charles Webb, who was previously the licensee of the Royal Oak, Old Mills, Paulton, for 15 years - supported the application of the transfer of the full license from the Hallatrow Inn to the Miners Arms. If it had been granted it would have also led to the closure of the Rose & Crown as well as other local pubs. | Application for the transfer of the full license from the Hallatrow Inn, to the Miners Arms, Farrington. Application was refused. Nice information about the situation of these pubs. If the application had been granted it would have led to the closure of the Hallatrow Inn, the Jolly Colliers Inn in Clutton, the Rose & Crown in Paulton and an off-license in High Littleton. Application made by Wallace Sennington Weymouth, to move the New Inn, Farmborough, to a new site 200 yards from the existing one. Granted |
Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 11 March 1938 |