The ANNUAL LICENSING DAY for the county of the Isle of Wight was held at the Town Hall on Wenesday last, before Sir John Simeon, Bart., chairman, Sir A.S. Hamond Bart., W.G. Shedden, W.M. Lenncocke, Esqrs. RThere were 221 applications for renewal, and 14 applications for new licenses to retail spirits, most of which were succesful, with the exception of the following.......................... New licences to deal in spirits were granted to James Warne, Junior, for the "GARIBALD HOTEL". at Sandown; to George Perkins, for the "NOTTINGHAM CASTLE HOTEL" at Sandown; to Joseph Knapp, for the "PLOUGH AND BARLEY CORN INN" at Gatton Village, near Shanklin; to John Isaacs, for the "ECLIPSE" Hotel, at Haylands, near Ryde; to George Kellaway, for the "VICTORIA INN" Freshwater; to Alfred Kellaway, for the "ROYAL STANDARD INN", in the same Parish; to John Wearne, for the "ALMA INN". Moneton street, Ryde; to Edmond Kendall, for the "RAILWAY TAVERN", in the same street; to James Knight, for an hotel and boarding house in Ventnor. >From at least the 16th century, my ancestors on the Isle of Wight were engaged in Piracy and the smuggling of liquor. I had no idea that Isle remained such an alcohol sodden place with so many outlets until relatively modern days! Some of YOUR rels may also have been involved. Dr. Bruce C. Callaway Sydney Australia E-mail [email protected]

Bruce Callaway <[email protected]> wrote: > The ANNUAL LICENSING DAY for the county of the Isle of Wight > was held at the Town Hall on Wenesday last >... > There were 221 applications for renewal, and 14 applications > for new licenses to retail spirits >... > I had no idea that Isle remained such an alcohol sodden place > with so many outlets until relatively modern days! Some of > YOUR rels may also have been involved. According to the 1871 census, my GGG Grandmother Louisa MORRIS (nee BEAVIS, GRIBESBY and HARDLEY) ran the Whitehorse Inn, Whitwell. This was after her (third) husband, Charles MORRIS, died in 1870. He was listed as the Innkeeper in 1861 census so would have been one of the 221. I checked the most recent figures at < http://www.culture.gov.uk/4865.aspx > and the number of licensed premises on the Isle of Wight is now (as of 31st March 2007) 709, of which only 3 were for entertainment only. What I couldn't tell was how many of the remaining 703 were shops or supermarkets selling alcohol or providers of late night refreshment. Still, there are a lot of places to buy a drink on the island. There is a higher density of licensed premises at tourist locations, which include the Isle of Wight. Regards Elmo -- --Keith Elmo ELDRIDGE --Buxworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England [email protected] --Looking on the Isle of Wight for --E.L.D.R.I.D.G.E, H.A.R.D.L.E.Y, P.R.A.N.G.N.E.L.L, --B.E.A.V.I.S, H.E.R.V.E.Y and P.A.I.N

There is a terrific book called (I think) "The Pubs of Ryde" - unfortunately out of print. At the back there is an appendix headed: "The Report of the Annual General Meeting for the borough of Ryde in February 1905 lists 95 licensed premises". There follows a comparative table showing the number of convictions for drunkenness for a number of towns (mostly in the South). Ryde has the 2nd smallest overall population and the highest ratio of people to pubs but they point out that their rate of drunkenness is only average!! I have only rather poor, although mostly readable, photographed copies of several pages from the book which has photos of many of the pubs in Ryde. I am quite happy to share them if anyone is interested. Regards ............ Ros. On 16/07/2008, at 9:29 AM, Keith Elmo Eldridge wrote: > Bruce Callaway <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The ANNUAL LICENSING DAY for the county of the Isle of Wight >> was held at the Town Hall on Wenesday last >> ... >> There were 221 applications for renewal, and 14 applications >> for new licenses to retail spirits >> ... >> I had no idea that Isle remained such an alcohol sodden place >> with so many outlets until relatively modern days! Some of >> YOUR rels may also have been involved. > > According to the 1871 census, my GGG Grandmother Louisa MORRIS (nee > BEAVIS, > GRIBESBY and HARDLEY) ran the Whitehorse Inn, Whitwell. This was > after her > (third) husband, Charles MORRIS, died in 1870. He was listed as the > Innkeeper in 1861 census so would have been one of the 221. > > I checked the most recent figures at < http://www.culture.gov.uk/ > 4865.aspx > > and the number of licensed premises on the Isle of Wight is now (as > of 31st > March 2007) 709, of which only 3 were for entertainment only. What I > couldn't tell was how many of the remaining 703 were shops or > supermarkets > selling alcohol or providers of late night refreshment. Still, > there are a > lot of places to buy a drink on the island. There is a higher > density of > licensed premises at tourist locations, which include the Isle of > Wight. > > Regards > Elmo >