LOOSE ENDS
We ran out of time...
and exhibition boards; we only have ten. Seven days before the exhibition people were still recommending us to read their favourite books on pubs and brewing. What is more, with six days to go we were given a reference to a former pub, probably a beerhouse, which we had never heard of, the Prince of Wales on Cricket Hill. The same day we received a very interesting letter from Eccles, near Manchester, giving us information about the brewery at Eversley Cross and the Black Horse, and had links with a will we already have of Edward Bayly, brewer. This Eversley will was signed and sealed 7 Jan 1730, making the brewery at "Down Green" one of our earliest local breweries. But, with plenty more cutting, sticking and gluing to do, more research would have to be put off till after May Bank Holiday.
So this fascinating subject is by no means exhausted. If you would like to join in, there are still plenty of loose ends. There are still several whole chapters of this fascinating story to write:
Inns and Alehouses 1552-1750
We have a wealth of wills and inventories for this period including some for innkeepers we have not managed to place into Inns.
Church Ales
We have barely explored the role of the Church in festivals and celebrations. We have the Churchwardens accounts from after the Restoration.
Myths and Legends
Many of the so far unproven stories concerning old Yateley revolve around our pubs. Charlie Peace lived at the White Lion. Parson Darby, the highwayman, is said to have been hung outside the Yew Tree Inn in 1841. Col Blood, attempted to steal the Crown Jewels, but was run to earth at the Crown & Cushion, Minley. Are these stories true?
Simmonds Graves
The researchers for this exhibition set out to find the relationship between the Angel Graves and the brewing/banking family of Reading. So far we have failed.
Newspapers
We have not even started to read what is written about Yateley in local newspapers published in the last century. What events were held in the public rooms of our pubs?
Yateley's Pubs Today
We must not forget that we are making history right now that our great grand children may want to research 100 years from now. So we should leave an accurate record of what is happening to the current pubs. Many have recently changed allegiances from their traditional suppliers. Some, like the Greyhound and the Red Lion, have even changed their names.
The Society's computerised database is available to bona fide members of the Society who wish to join our local history research group. Since some of the material is copyright, and contains personal details of living persons, we cannot make it available to non-members. We do however invite family historians to contact us to share our knowledge of their ancestors with them.
Back to 1997 Exhibition: Inns, Alehouses & Maltsters of Yateley
Original page written by Peter Tipton for the Yateley Society's 1997 Exhibition: Inns, Alehouses & Maltsters
Additional research by Richard Johnston, & Elizabeth Tipton
Original page has been revised to include the Society's latest Research
(c) The Yateley Society, 1997 & 2008
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