Black Horse (1) [Tailor’s Arms, Hand & Shears]

York & St John Street

1834 William Woods, Black Horse, Launceston

TO BE LET,
THOSE eligible Premises at the corner of York and St. John Streets, now in the occupation of Mr. John Furlong.
The Premises consist of a House containing seven Rooms, and a good Loft of 40 feet long, well calculated either for a comfortable Private Residence, or for a public House. For further particulars apply to the proprietor, on the premises.
JOHN FURLONG.
Cornwall Chronicle, 8 August 1835

The Independent, 19 July 1834

To be Let.
With immediate Possession, that well known Public House, the “Black Horse,” at the corner of York and St John Streets, lately occupied by William Woods. The House is in tenantable repair, and contains seven rooms, with a store above 40 feet long. There is a large Yard, Stable and Skittle Ground, with a good Garden, well stocked with Fruit Trees, &c. Rent moderate to a respectable tenant.
Apply to Mr. John Furlong, corner of, Elizabeth and Wellington Streets, or at this Office.


John Furlong seems associated with a number of public houses that don’t seem to exist outside of one notice/advertisement

TAILOR’S ARMS

1835 John Furlong, Tailor’s Arms, Launceston


Cornwall Chronicle, 28 November 1835

HAND AND SHEARS


TO BE LET,
Furnished or Unfurnished,
THAT well-known house, situate at the corner of York and St. John-streets, lately occupied as a Public House, by the sign of the HAND and SHEARS, containing 7 large and commodious rooms, with yard adjoining. The situation is so well known, either for public or private business, that comment is unnecessary.
The fixtures, which are of the best description for the Public Line, may be had at a valuation. Apply lo Mr. John Furlong, on the premises.
Launceston Advertiser, 10 November 1836

George and Dragon, Jolly Butchers (1)

Cnr Charles & York Streets
(Not SW corner,  as Caledonian Inn is there.)

Note: the George Inn is sometimes referred to as the George & Dragon at this time.

1835-38 Jonathan Ives, George and Dragon, Launceston
1839-44 Jonathan Ives, George and Dragon, Charles and York Streets
1844 Thomas Turner, George and Dragon, Charles and York Streets
1844-49 Thomas Turner, Jolly Butchers, Charles and York Streets
1849-51 John Dowling, Jolly Butchers, Charles and York Streets
Moved to Brisbane Street

Launceston Advertiser, 4 December 1834

To Let,
For a term not exceeding nine years, the Public House at the Corner of Charles and York-street, known as the George and Dragon Inn. The tenant can take the stock on hand or any part of it with the fixtures. The situation needs no comment.
Apply to Mr. Jonathan Ives, on the premises.
June 11.
Cornwall Chronicle,18 June 1842

FOR SALE at the George and Dragon
Inn, at the corner of Charles and York. streets, some of the best draught Sherry ever landed in this Colony, at the price of common Cape wine or black strap, the purchaser can take from one quart to five hundred gallons, at the rate of four shillings per gallon.
Also Brandy of a superior quality, at sixteen shillings per gallon.
Cornwall Chronicle, 27 Janauary 1844

TO BE LET, that old, well-known, and established INN, known by the sign of the “George & Dragon,” at the corner of Charles and York Street, which needs no comment, being in the best thoroughfare in Launceston, and cannot be rivalled.
Person or persons desirous of treating for the same will be compelled to lake a new Billiar Table, recently arrived from London, made to order of the late Thos Reibey, Esq., now in full play; also a small quantity of Plate and Plated Goods, with Furniture, Stock-in-trade, and Bar- fixtures.
Any persons wishing to treat with the undersigned may insure themselves a small fortune in a few years. No persons need apply who cannot meet the terms, which are as follows — £600 cash, or good security for that amount, with interest, payable within six months from this date.
Jonathan Ives.
Jan. 20.
Cornwall Chronicle, 27 Janauary 1844

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Bull’s Head

Wellington Street, Sandhill/South Launceston
SW cnr Charles & Brisbane Streets. Google Maps.
Charles Street
NW cnr Charles and York Streets. Google Maps.

1834-36 William Collins, Bull’s Head, Wellington Street/Main Road
1836-43 William Collins, Bull’s Head, Charles & Brisbane Streets
1843-50 William Duncan, Bull’s Head, Charles & Brisbane Streets (burnt down)
1850 William Duncan sen., Bull’s Head, Charles Street
1851-57 William Duncan, Senr., Bull’s Head, Charles and York Streets*
1857-58 Alexander Duncan, Bull’s Head, Charles and York Streets
1858-66 John Burns Thompson, Bulls’ Head, Charles & York Streets
1866-71 William Tuner, Bull’s Head, Charles & York Streets
1871 Henry Millbank, Bull’s Head, Charles & York Streets
1871 Elizabeth Woods, Bull’s Head, Charles & York Streets

*Was this previously the Jolly Butcher’s


Cornwall Chronicle, 19 September 1836


Cornwall Chronicle, 3 December 1836

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Temperance Coffee House — Cornwall Coffee House

St John Street
Paterson St.  Approximate location on Google Maps.

1839-40 John Stoneham, Temperance Coffee House, St John Street (near church)
1841 John Stoneham, Temperance Coffee House, St John Street (near wharf, formerly George Inn)
1842-45 John Stoneham, Temperance Coffee House, St John Street Paterson Street
1845 George Layton, Cornwall Coffee House1845 George Layton, Paterson St
1845-51 licensed as the White Horse
1852-54 John Thompson, Cornwall Coffee Rooms, Paterson Street

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Paterson St, December 2016. The Coffee Rooms adjoined the old Examiner building  (the red, white & yellow building), so on the site of the brick and glass addition.

The leftmost, white building. (71-77 Paterson Street, photo by Lloyd George Webb, 1974, from Tasmanian Archives, LPIC33/3/164
1949 National Hotel on the corner. Coffee Rooms are two doors along, the shortest bilding.
(Cropped from photo in QVMAG collection (QVM:2006:P:0065)


On the left. (Cropped from photo in QVMAG Collection, QVM:2002:P:0014.)

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Lamb and Flag — Bird in Hand (3) — Cornwall Coffee Rooms — Verandah Wine Vaults

SE cnr York and Bathurst Streets. Google maps.

1833 Thomas Butcher, Lamb & Flag, Launceston
1834 Thomas Butcher, Lamb & Flag, York Street
1835 Hector McDonald, Lamb and Flag, Launceston
1836 John Waddle, Lamb and Flag, Bathurst St
1836 John Jordan, Lamb and Flag, Bathurst St
1837 Lamb and Flag, Bathurst & York Streets
1842 Edward Brown, Bird-in-Hand, Bathurst and York Streets
1843 George Bygrave, Cornwall Coffee Rooms, York & Bathurst Street (unlicensed)
1844 Thomas Dudley, Verandah Wine Vaults, Bathurst and York St*
1847-56 William Smart, Lamb and Flag, York and Bathurst Streets
1856 Christina Smart/Marsden, Lamb and Flag York and Bathurst Streets
1856 Abel Blades, Lamb and Flag, York and Bathurst Streets
1860 Abel Blades, Lamb and Flag, Wellington and York streets.
1862-63 John Nunn, Lamb and Flag, Wellington and York streets.
1869-72 (at least) lodging house

*In December 1845, Dudley is advertising his Verandah Wine Vaults as being the former Hibernia Hotel, also in Bathurst St. However the annual licensing list for September 1845 has him at “Bathurst and York” so I am going to assume he changed locations in late 1845, until shown otherwise

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Launceston Advertiser, 19 May 1836

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Babes in the Wood

(Elizabeth between Bathurst & Wellington?)
York & Wellington Streets

1837-38 George Williams, Babes in the Wood
1838 Thomas Garrard, Babes in the Wood, York & Wellington Streets

George Williams, of the Babes in the Wood, appeared to answer the complaint of District Constable Peel, for harbouring Christiana Johnson, a prisoner in the service of Mr. Lang. Constable Allsworth deposed, that on Sunday the 18th inst., about halfpast 11 at night, he was on duly with constable Warby, in Elizabeth-street, and hearing a noise in Mr. William’s house, they demanded and obtained admittance; they found the woman Johnson in a back room, where there were two or three men ; on asking her who she was, she at once admitted she was a prisoner, when they took her into custody ; did not hear Mr. Williams accuse her of having represented herself to him as a free woman ; Johnson did not say to deponent, “you know me Johnny. — I have done it.— You have no business with me.”

Constable Warby sworn— accompanied the last Witness on the occasion referred to ; remembers the woman said, addressing herself to him, — “You have no business with me, Johnny, you know I have done it.” The woman was now called in and examined, she corroborated the evidence of Allsworth, and denied using the words imputed to her by Warby, but, two free men named Jones and Welsh contradicted her statement on oath, and maintained that she did ; they represented themselves to be lodgers in the house of Mr. Williams, and recollected their landlady asking the woman when she first came to the house in company with a man, whether she was free, when she replied she was ; they remembered also the words of the woman. Williams offered to call further evidence, but the Bench decided that it was his duty to have insisted on seeing her certificate when the woman said she had done it, and sentenced him to pay a fine of £2 and costs.

It is perfectly clear that constable Allsworth perjured himself in this case, and the Magistrates will do well to be careful how they receive his evidence in future.— ED.
Cornwall Chronicle, 31 March 1838


Hobart Town Courier, 24 May 1839

This might be relevant:

An information against Thomas Garrard, publican, was withdrawn, being informal
Cornwall Chronicle, 25 May 1839

Cross Keys Inn – Railway Tavern

Cnr of George and Cimitiere Streets, possibly north-east corner. Google Maps.
Southern side of York St, between Bathurst & Wellington Streets. Google Maps, approximate location

182930 James Anderson, Cross Keys, George Street
1831- Abraham Lenoy, Cross Keys, George Street
1832-36 Mary Lenoy, Cross Keys, George Street
1837-48 William Brean, Cross Keys, York St
1849 Robert Blake, Cross Keys, York Street
1850-51 Henry Mills, Cross Keys, York Street
1852 Abel Blades, Cross Keys, York Street
1853 James Lewis, Cross Keys, York Street
1856 John West, Cross Keys, York Street
1858 John Partridge, Cross Keys, York Street
1859-62 William Jones, Cross Keys, York Street
1862 Job Haycock, Cross Keys, York Street
1863-67 Edward Spencer, Railway Tavern, York Street
1868-70 William Darcy, Railway Tavern , York Street
1870 George Butterworth, Railway Tavern, York Street
1871 Licence Refused

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Intersection of Cimitiere and George Sts. (Left side is the north-east corner.)

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Caledonia Hotel/Caledonian Inn/Caledonian Wine Vaults (1)

cnr Charles and York Streets

182627 Robert Towers, Caledonia Hotel, Charles Street
1828-35 Mungo Sommerville, Caledonian, Charles Street
1836-37 George Sinclair Brodie, Caledonia Wine Vaults
1838 George Milne, Caledonian Tavern
1840 James McLeish, Caledonian Wine Vaults, Charles Street
Later

Colonial Times, 1 September 1826
Colonial Times, 1 September 1826

Hobart Town Courier, 19 April 1828
Hobart Town Courier, 19 April 1828

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Three Grand Masters–Shakespeare Hotel

1860-1879: southern corner St John St & the Quadrant Google Maps
1880+: SE corner St John & York Streets. Google Maps.
Later Metropolitan Hotel.

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Location, cnr Quadrant and St John Street.

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Cnr St John and York Streets.

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Cnr St John and York Streets.

Photo, 1940s, as the Metropolitan.

1860-1862 Benjamin Hyrons, Three Grand Masters, Quadrant. G
1863 Thomas Bruff, Shakespeare Hotel, Quadrant name changed
1864-55 Benjamin Hyrons, Shakespeare Hotel, Quadrant
1866 Matthew Wilkes, Shakespeare
1866-67 Mr J. Solomon, Shakespeare Hotel, St John-street
1868-73 Joseph Dyson, sen Shakespeare Hotel, Quadrant
1874-78 Joseph Dyson, Shakespeare Hotel, St. John street and Quadrant
1880-88 Joseph Dyson, sen., Shakespeare Hotel, St. John and York streets location changed
1889-92 William Job Spearman, , York and St. John streets, Shakespeare Hotel
1893-1902 Hugh George Webb, Shakespeare Hotel, York and St John street
1903 Hugh Huston, Shakespeare Hotel, St John-street
1904 Edwin Waller, Metropolitan Hotel name changed

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