4 edition of Inns, ales, and drinking customs of old England found in the catalog.
Inns, ales, and drinking customs of old England
Frederick William Hackwood
Published
1985
by Bracken Books in London
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Statement | Frederick W. Hackwood ; with a foreword by Paul Jennings. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | GT3844.A2 H33 1985 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | 392 p., [2] p. of plates : |
Number of Pages | 392 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL2864530M |
ISBN 10 | 0946495254 |
LC Control Number | 84027510 |
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[Frederick William Hackwood]. The Old Inns of Old England, Volume 1 (of 2) A Picturesque Account of the Ancient and Storied Hostelries of Our Own Country Note: Illustrated by the author. Language: English: LoC Class: DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe: Subject: England -- Social life and customs Subject: Hotels -- England.
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Abstract "A classified catalogue of T. Fisher Unwin's publications": 87 p. Includes of access: InternetAuthor: Frederick William Hackwood. Inns, Ales and Drinking Customs of Old England Hardcover – 1 Jun by Frederick Hackward (Author)5/5(1). The Old Ferry Boat Inn claims that it is England’s oldest inn.
According to legend, the inn has been serving alcohol on its premises sincewhich would make it the oldest pub in England. No one knows for sure if the Old Ferry Boat Inn is as old as it claims as the building’s age has been hard to date.
drink, an alehouse (in English usage anyway) served both drink and food, and an inn provided lodgings in addition to food and drink.
Le Poulet Gauche is in fact a small inn, with a common room serving both food and drink, a few sleeping rooms upstairs, a yard, and a small stable. It has a small kitchen garden and a few chickens out Size: KB. Hops made beer a lighter drink compared to ale.
In terms of what the travellers drank, Celia Fiennes experienced wine, beer and ale, John Byng drank ale, beer, brandy, port and wine, and Karl Moritz drank ale. It seems that it was not until the 18th century that sprits became popular in inns, as Celia Fiennes.
Frederick W. Hackwood is the author of Inns, Ales And Drinking Customs Of Old England ( avg rating, 2 ratings, 0 reviews), The Wednesbury Papers ( 4/5(4). The English Inn Past and Present: a review of its history and social life (). Scotland's True Heritage Pubs: Pub Interiors of Special Historic Interest (CAMRA ).
Shelley, H.C., Inns and Taverns of Old London (). Non-scholarly, but useful for descriptions of buildings as they stood then and some images of buildings that had been. ALE TUNNER Someone employed by the brewery to fill ale casks (tuns} with ale ALE-CONNER or ALE FOUNDER An inspector of ale, who tested the quality and measure of ale served in public houses ALE-HOUSE-KEEPER or ALEHOUSE KEEPER The landlord of a tavern / public house landlord (pub, Inn) ALE-WIFE A woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern.
The earliest buildings still standing today, such as New Inn, Gloucester, or King's Head, Aylesbury, date from this time. While inns provided lodgings for travelers, taverns were drinking houses seeking to cater for the more prosperous levels of society.
The leading taverners in larger towns were themselves vintners or acted as agents for vintners. Hackwood, Frederick William, The good old times: the romance of humble life in England / (New York: Brentano's, ) (page images at HathiTrust) Hackwood, Frederick William, Inns, ales, and drinking customs of old England.
(New York, Sturgis and Walton, []) (page images at HathiTrust). Alcohol in the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages was a period of almost one thousand years. It’s between the fall of Rome () and the beginning of the Renaissance ().
With the fall of the Roman Empire, it could no longer protect the population. Law and order broke down. This led led to the feudal system. From centuries-old liquor licenses to name-checks in the Domesday book, scroll through to see which pubs make the best cases for being. By it is estimated that there were s alehouses, 2, inns and taverns throughout England and Wales.
Taking into account the population of the period, that would equate to around one pub for every persons. The Cat and Fiddle Inn in Cheshire is the second-highest inn or public house in England.
Ye Olde Man and Scythe is one of the oldest pubs in the country, and the oldest in Bolton, dating back to ; The Moon Under Water, Deansgate, Manchester, a Wetherspoons house, is the largest in the country; The Old Wellington Inn, Shambles Square.These inns were built between towns if the distance between municipalities was too far for one day's travel.
These structures, called caravansarais, were inns with large courtyards and ample supplies of water for drinking and other uses. They typically contained a café, in addition to supplies of food and fodder.Here are the names of a few "real ales " often found in the south of England: Abbot Ale, London Pride, Theakstones, Old Speckled Hen, Breakspeare, Greene King IPA (IPA = India Pale Ale, formerly the best beers exported to the colonies) Spitfire, Adnams, etc.
If you want to drink a normal sized glass of beer (around millilitres), ask.