More than
a hundred years ago the well known local historian Marie Trevelyan took
down the earliest recollections of her father, then at an advanced age,
concerning Llantwit, its preachers and teachers, ordinary folk and its
eccentric personalities. She recorded too the long list of public houses
with their landlords who operated in the early 1800's. All brewed their
own beer:
More than
a hundred years ago the well known local historian Marie Trevelyan took
down the earliest recollections of her father, then at an advanced age,
concerning Llantwit, its preachers and teachers, ordinary folk and its
eccentric personalities. She recorded too the long list of public houses
with their landlords who operated in the early 1800's. All brewed their
own beer:
- The Kings
Head
- The White
Lion
[landlord: Billy David - carpenter]
- The Cross
Keys
- The Swan
- The Old
White Hart
- The Wheatsheaf
- The Green
Meadow
An earlier
one, where the aromatherapy shop is now, is not mentioned. Neither is
the Angel, the Curriers Arms, the New White Hart or the Globe (the Tudor
Tavern). Presumably they came later.
In 1875 Alban Watts was landlord of the White Lion brewing his own
beer, the only other brewer in the town being William John, probably in
conjunction with Alban. William John is also mentioned as being a retailer
of beer.
Between the
wars, Llantwit Major was a very quiet town, almost in decline. J. D. Davies
was the landlord, and then in 1951-52, Mary John took over the Lion with
her sister Winifred (nan Bevan), also widowed. The Oast House contained
a farmers market selling grain, tools and farm produce.
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