Beer Retailers

[Jerry]

From the 17th century onwards thousands of these "Beer Shops" were opened all over the country. 
They were the forerunners of the "outdoors" that we knew and some of them also sold beer for consumption on the premises, although records don't say which.
The premises didn't have names and were just listed under the owners name like any other shop
Because they only sold beer most local authorities allowed them to operate without the usual publicans licence, this made it easy for anyone to set up a beer shop in the same way as any other shop.
In 1892 there were about 1500 of these beer shops in Birmingham and over a hundred of these were in Small Heath and Bordesley Green.
Most are long gone but a few went on to become fully fledged public houses.

One thing's for sure, wherever you lived in B9 orB10 in 1892 you was never far away from an "Offie"


Beer houses in 1892 

107 arthur street
31 arthur street.......became the prince arthur
47 arthur street
87 arthur street
96 arthur street

35 baker street
52 baker street

1 beech avenue, grange road

188 bolton road
308 bolton road......became the bolton arms
421 bolton road
435 bolton road

220 bordesley green.....became the coach and horses
228 bordesley green
27 bordesley green
270 bordesley green

40 bordesley park road
119 bordesley park road
121 bordesley park road
152 bordesley park road
158 bordesley park road
20 bordesley park road
55 bordesley park road.....became the horse and jockey

118 bordesley street
45 bordesley street
77 bordesley street

100 cattell road.....became the atlas
115 cattell road
167 cattell road
21 cattell road
46 cattell road

13 chapman road

63 cherrywood road

4 cooksey road
153 cooksey road
278 cooksey road
332 cooksey road

103 coventry road .....became the old lodge
105 coventry road
141 coventry road
182 coventry road
215 coventry road.....became the regent park tavern
228 coventry road.....became the oxford arms
247 coventry road .....became the tile cottage
267 coventry road
313 coventry road.....became the old gate
325 coventry road.....became the coach and horses
356 coventry road.....became the brighton arms
460 coventry road
494 coventry road.....became the malt shovel

119 garrison lane
157 garrison lane.....became the sportsman
252 garrison lane
28 garrison lane
325 garrison lane
363 garrison lane
397 garrison lane
65 garrison lane

22 garrison street
garrison street

139 grange road
153 grange road.....became the nelson
170 grange road

110 green lane
130 green lane
236 green lane
255 green lane.....became the vine
60 green lane
63 green lane
8 green lane
9 green lane

94 greenway street

58 hawkes street.....became the freeholders arms

121 and 123 herbert road.....became the regent inn
187 herbert road
229 and 231 herbert road
233 herbert road
275 herbert road
61 herbert road
88 herbert road

45 kelynge street, cattell road

89 kingston road

48 little green lane.....became the cricketers arms
80 little green lane
81 little green lane
117 little green lane
122 little green lane
176 little green lane


33 millward street
58 millward street
76 millward street

14 mount pleasant


21 muntz street
55 muntz street.....became the new inn
80 muntz street
118 muntz street.....became the wellington inn

74 prince albert street

33 regents park road

46 saint andrews road
199 saint andrews road


23 talfourd street

81 victoria street

12 watery lane.....became the coachsmiths arms
185 watery lane.....became the barrel inn
215 watery lane
269 watery lane

11 wright street
110 wright street

2 wyndcliff road

[walt00]

Thanks for that Jerry it is really interesting.
Wal..

[planetmalc]

Fascinating!

[Jerry]

Going on from this, a lot of these beer shops had their ale supplied by local breweries but many of them brewed their own ale.
Doing this thread has brought back a long buried memory. At the back of  the Nelson in Grange road there was a huge wooden tub by the outdoor toilets. I can only imagine that this was used in the brewing process, does anyone else remember it?

Jerry

[Michelle]

My ancestor William Cale (1819-1889) owned The Freeholders Arms in Hawkes Street, Small Heath at one time. In his will dated 10 Sept 1888, he leaves the "freehold public house called or known by the sign of The Freeholders Tavern situate in Hawkes Street Small Heath near Birmingham...and also the coal yard adjoining the same unto my housekeeper said Frances Davies during her life..." (Probate granted 15 May 1890).

[mac]

Hi Michelle

Interesting bit of information, perhaps you would like to see an image of The Freeholders in Hawkes Street.