Name: The Phoenix Inn
Address: 2, St Michael's Lane, Alnwick
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| Phoenix Inn c.2026 |
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| 1864 Town Map |
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| 1834 Pigot's Directory - Thomas Adams |
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| 1841 Census St Michael's Place |
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| 1851 Census William Venus |
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| 1858 Post Office Directory - William Venus |
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| 1861 Census David Wright |
David Wright had been the landlord at the Tanners before swapping with William Venus in 1860 but he did not stay long at the Phoenix Inn, but notably had returned to the licensed trade by 1881 when he was landlord of the Robin Hood on Fenkle Street.
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| 1871 Census John Geggie |
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| 1879 Kelly's Directory - Margaret Geggie |
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| 1881 Census - John Blackett |
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| 1891 Census Robert Kerr |
OFFENCE AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY
James Butter, quarry man, of Denwick, was summoned for indecently exposing himself in a public thoroughfare, St. Michael's Lane, Alnwick, on the night of the 20th ult. P.C. Thompson stated that about a quarter past ten o'clock on the night in question Butter came out of the Phoenix Inn, and walking over the roadway committed a nuisance. Several ladies were passing. Butter was not drunk. The house had accommodation, and even in the next yard there was also accommodation. —Butter did not appear, and a fine of 20s, including costs, was inflicted.
James Butter, quarry man, of Denwick, was summoned for indecently exposing himself in a public thoroughfare, St. Michael's Lane, Alnwick, on the night of the 20th ult. P.C. Thompson stated that about a quarter past ten o'clock on the night in question Butter came out of the Phoenix Inn, and walking over the roadway committed a nuisance. Several ladies were passing. Butter was not drunk. The house had accommodation, and even in the next yard there was also accommodation. —Butter did not appear, and a fine of 20s, including costs, was inflicted.
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| 1894 Kelly's Directory - Robert Kerr |
Alnwick Petty Sessions
Ralph Rickaby applied for an endorsement of the Phoenix Inn, Alnwick ; and Henry Sanderson Taylor for an endorsement of the John Bull, Alnwick, the present occupiers of both inns being about to leave the premises.—The applications were granted.
Saturday, May 13, 1899
Publication: Morpeth Herald
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| 1901 Census - Ralph Rickaby |
ALNWICK BREWSTER SESSIONS
The annual licensing meeting for the East Division of Coquetdale Ward was held at the Justice Room, Alnwick, on Saturday. The magistrates present were Major S. F. Widdrington (Chairman), Mr. T. Tate, Mr. T. W. Craster, Mr. C. Riddell, and Mr. T. H. Jobling. On Jane Smails, Craster, beer shop keeper, for the premises not having been occupied for several months since January, 1902, and the license not being required in the district; William John McNally, John Bull Inn, Alnwick; and Ralph Rickaby, Phoenix Inn, Alnwick, whose licensed premises did not permit of proper police , supervision, through the back doors leading to the premises being kept locked.
Mr. Charles Percy, solicitor, Alnwick, representing several of the owners and publicans, explained that the White Hart, Alnwick, had obtained a new tenant, that the causes of objection to the two houses in Alnwick had been removed, and that there was need for the off license at Craster for summer visitors.—Supt. Miller withdrew his objection to the Alnwick public-houses, and all the licensed were renewed.
Saturday, Feb. 14, 1903
Publication: Morpeth Herald
NORTHUMBERLAND LICENCES.,SITTING OF THE COMPENSATION AUTHORITY
A meeting of the Northumberland Licensing Committee, sitting as the Compensation Authority, was held at the Moot Hail, Newcastle, on Wednesday. Applications for compensation was made in respect of ten homes, the renewal of the licences to which had been refused. Evidence was given in each case. The names of the houses and the claims were as under:—
Union Inn, Choppington Guide Post: licensee, Joseph Davidson; registered owners, Robt. Deuchar, Ltd., Newcastle. Amount of claim, £1,008 7s.
Phoenix Inn, Alnwick; licensee, Mrs. Eleanora Rickaby; registered owners, Michael Pitt, draper, Alnwick, and Alex. Pitt, grocer. Embleton. Amount, £600.
Brewers' Hotel, Alnwick; licensee, Thos, R. Ternent; registered owners, G. S. Smart, Alnwick. Amount, £2,062.
Tailors' Arms, Alnwick; licensee, Frank Holt; registered owners, Alnwick Brewery Co. Claim, £2,512 2t; 6d.
Percy Arms, Alnwick; licensor, Alex. Watson; registered owner. John Moffatt Gibson, Ryton. Claim, £600.
Royal Arms, Wooler; licensee. W. N. Young; registered owner, Miss Catherine Brown, Wooler. No claim submitted.
Sun Inn, Wooler; licensee, David Moffatt; registered owner, George Gallon, Wooler. Claim, £1,679 7s 11d.
Coach and Horses, Berwick: licensee, Harry Gates; registered owners, Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming. Berwick, and Thomas Embleton, Horncliffe, trustees of John Fleming and Miss J. T. Fleming, Berwick. No claim submitted.
Masons' Arras, Berwick; licensee, Mary Trotter; registered owners, Johnson ana Darling. Berwick. Claim, £2,116.
Ship Inn. Spittal; licensee. Andrew Brown : registered owners, W. and J. Raeburn, Edinburgh. Claim, £800.
The Bench approved of the claim in respect of the Union Inn, the Brewers' Hotel, the Percy Arms, the Tailors' Arms, the Masons' Arms, and the Ship Inn. They did not approve of the claims in respect of the Phoenix Inn and the Sun Inn. The question of compensation in regard to the two houses with no claim submitted was referred to the Inland Revenue.
Saturday, July 18, 1908
Publication: Morpeth Herald
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 1909 Publication: Morpeth Herald |
ALNWICK BREWSTER SESSIONS
PUBLIC-HOUSES CLOSED AND DECREASE OF DRUNKENNESS
Supt. T. Bolton, Alnwick, presented his annual report, showing that there were in the Ward 611 full license. 3 beer on, 3 brer off, 5 beer and spirits off, 2 wine and spirits off, and 1 wine and sweets off, making a total of 77, and showing an average of one license to about 308 inhabitants—the estimated population of the Division being 33,752. There are 7 registered clubs in the ward with a membership of 1,315, showing an average of 187 members per club. So far as the police know, they have been conducted satisfactorily. 312 persons wore proceeded against and 305 convicted for drunkenness during the year 1908, being a decrease of 30 proceeded against and 34 convicted when compared with the number similarly dealt with during the year 1907; this gives a figure of 12.08 of drunkenness per 1,000 of the population. . Generally speaking, the various licensed have been fairly well conducted. Since the last Brewster Sessions, two license-holders have been convicted, viz., Frank Holt, Tailor's Arms. Alnwick, was fined £2 and 5s costs, on June 6th. for permitting drunkenness on May 2th. 1908; and Mary Ann Metcalf, of the Star Hotel, Alnwick, was fined 10/- and 5 - costs on 20th June, 1908, for selling intoxicating liquor to a drunken person on June 1st, 1908. The Phoenix Inn. St. Michael's Lane, Alnwick; Brewer's Hotel, Tailor's Arms, and Percy Arms, situated in Clayport, which were objected to by the Supt at the last General Annual Licensing Meeting and not being required for the needs of the district, were ordered by the Justices to be referred to the Compensation Authority, and came before that authority at the Moot Hall, on the 27th May, 1908, when the whole of the four licenses were refused. The Phoenix Inn is still selling liquor, the authority having sent it to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for settlement of compensation. The other three houses settled with the Compensation Authority to the amount to be paid, and having received compensation, the houses were closed for the sale of liquor from the 10th October, 1908. Since the closing of these houses there has been a great improvement, so far as drunkenness and disorderly conduct is concerned, in Clayport Street. There were no applications for new licenses.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 1909
Publication: Morpeth Herald
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Saturday, Mar. 13, 1909 Publication: Hull Daily Mail |
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