Inns and Public Houses (Subscribe)
Links
1881 Pubs
A database of English pubs taken from the 1881 census.
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://www.bristolslostpubs.com/
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.
Essexpubs
http://essexpub.net/pubindexC.htm
The late Ian Hunter's database containing photographs and extracts from old trade directories, continued by his friends.
Gloucestershire Pubs
http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/
Geoff Sandles lists all public houses in the county, past and present, with supplementary information on breweries and landlords and old images.
Great Bath Pub Crawl
http://www.greatbathpubcrawl.com/
Kirsten Elliott and other local guides offer a tour in the unsteady footsteps of the city's drinkers from past centuries to the present day. Includes photographs and brief histories of pubs in Bath and district.
Hidden London: The George, Southwark.
http://www.hiddenlondon.com/thegeorge.htm
Illustrated description and history of London's only remaining galleried coaching inn, now owned by the National Trust, but leased to Whitbread and still in use as a pub.
Inns and Taverns of Warwickshire
http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/inns-indx.html
Data from F. White and Co.'s Warwickshire Directory of 1874.
Last Orders Please
http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/pubs.htm
Richard Hayton's guide to the lost hotels, taverns and beer-houses that once served Hull's old town, originally published by the Local History Unit.
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
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.
Pub History Society
http://www.pubhistory.freeserve.co.uk/
Encourages research into the public house. Aims, activities, bibliography, library and useful links for those researching the history of a pub. Noticeboard for queries.

