Charles St, near York St.
1830-1864
There were at least three buildings licensed as the Plough Inn. William Field, one of the first hoteliers in Launceston, had a Plough Inn in Brisbane St in the 1820s. After that, until 1864, the Plough Inn was in Charles St, where it was the terminus for coaching services. The license changed hands often, including returning to an original proprietor. One, Thomas Archer, moved to Carrick and established a hotel by the same name. After the Plough ceased operating, the name was transferred to the Turf Hotel, on the corner of Patterson & Charles St, which at the time was in the hands of Walter Harris, a previous licensee of the Charles & York property.
1830 Richard Lawson, Five Al?s, Charles Street
1831 Thomas Marriott, Plough Inn, Charles Street
1832 Thomas Marriott, Charles Street
1833 Thomas Marriott or George Lucas (no locations given)
1834 George Lucas, Plough Inn, Launceston
1835-37 James Hopkins, Plough Inn, Launceston
1838 Thomas Archer, Plough, Charles Street
1839-44 Charles Grant, Plough Inn, Charles Street
1845 Richard Lawson, Charles Sreet
1846-47 John Mills, Charles Street
1848-49 James Hann, Charles Street
1849-52 Thomas Lawson, Charles Street
1853-55 John Sullivan, Charles Street
1855 Thomas Walch
1856-57 Henry Wilton, Charles Street
1857-59 Walter Harris, Charles Street
1860 John Sullivan, Plough Inn, Charles street.
1861-2 John Sullivan, Plough Inn, Charles Street
1862-64 Daniel Lawson, Plough Inn, Charles Street
1865 W. & F. Hart, Ironmongers
1867 Turf Hotel is renamed Plough Inn
Former W. Harts & Sons building that replaced the Plough.
Same building c.1887
The Plough inn, a part of which still exists in W. Hart and Sons and the adjoining building. The Plough was the meeting place of many notable characters in the old days.
Examiner, 26 June 1931
