UNNAMED BEERHOUSE, 17 MILL LANE

Some records show an unnamed beerhouse, circa 1870s-1900 at no. 17 on the  opposite corner to Windsor Castle.  This is unclear.  

George and Amy Daniell were listed at number 17 as shopkeeper and provision dealer by 1871, and within a year they were listed as beer retailer and pork butcher.  By 1873, George had died and Amy then listed herself as a beerhouse keeper. In the 1881, census Amy was a beerhouse keeper of  49 Asylum Street (which is the same property), next to the Royal Lancer, reverting back as butcher and beer retailer, or provision dealer, between 1883-1900.  It was still a butcher 1920 and obviously carried on with an off licence up to the late 1950s as in picture.

If Amy Daniell ever had a full beerhouse licence or just listed herself with one is unclear, as the shop never seemed to have a pub name. She seemed an enterprising lady as before taking on number 17 she lived with husband George at 9 Mill Lane where she had a newsagent and fruiterers, whilst George was a warehouseman. Titles and status was everything in those days. Amy Daniell certainly didn’t lack any.

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