Pub History Society Bibliography of Publications relating to Public Houses, Inns and Taverns

Title

Author

Publisher

Town / Village Covered

ISBN

Year

Notes

PHS Ref Number

Thirsty Old Town, the Story of Biggleswade's Pubs

Page

Biggleswade

1995

A5, 114pg

B10010

Old Pubs of Leighton Buzzard & Linslade

Brown / Masters / Lawson

Leighton Linslade Local History Research Group

Leighton Buzzard / Linslade

1994

Well-illustrasted booklet, with short historical commentary.

B10011

Pubs & Pints - Story of Luton's Public Houses & Breweries

Smith

Luton

.

B10012

The History of Luton and its Hamlets: Being a History of the Old Parish and Manor of Luton in Beds

William Austin

Luton

1928

Appendix F: J.H. Blundell. "Ancient Inns [of Luton]": Short list of the earliest known dates of inns along with the innkeeper's name. (Vol 2)

B10013

The Inn-Keeping Taylors of Tempsford

C E Taylor

Tempsford

1952-3

Beds Magazine 3 (1952-3): 271-76.

B10014

Real Ale in North & Mid Beds 7th Edition.

CAMRA

CAMRA

1990

B10015

Beer Inn Beds.

CAMRA

CAMRA

1996?

B10016

Better Pub Map of Beds & Hertfordshire

Jimmy Young

B10017

Eagle Country, a guide to good beer

Charles Wells

Booklet with imaginative tours and list of pubs

B10018

Whitbread Pub Guide, Area 2

Whitbread

1981

One of 3 booklets listing pubs in their trading areas. This covered mainly Beds, Cambs, Herts; Area 1 was London & Essex, Area 3 Norfolk & Suffolk.

C10039

Your Guide to Charles Wells Country

Charles Wells

Leaflet with map & list of pubs. Probably various issues

B10019

Auction catalogue for St Neots Brewery

Great Gransden/ Little Gransden/ Gamlingay/ Biggleswade/ Potton/ St Neots/ Abbotsly

1840

Improtant sale of inns, public houses, beer shops, cottages and land belonging to the St. Neots Brewery. Particulars and conditions of sale of 50 inns and public houses, 4 beer shops, a small farm. Copy held at Oxford Library.

C10044