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

West Midlands

Title

Author

Publisher

Town / Village Covered

ISBN

Year

Notes

PHS Ref Number

Real Ale in Lichfield, Tamworth & Sutton Coldfield.

CAMRA

CAMRA

Tamworth / Lichfield / Sutton Coldfield

 

1992

Inlcuded in Staffs also.

S30015

Inns of the Midlands

Norman Tiptaft

Birmingham: Norman Tiptaft

 

 

1951

Explores the role of inns. No specific information on which areas are covered

W40010

Birmingham Inns & Pubs on Old Postcards

Marks, John

Reflections of a Bygone Age

Birmingham

ISBN 0-946245517

1992

One page introduction followed by 65 postcards with captions. It could be a copy of an incorrectly annotated postcard or it could be a typo but whichever, No 38 iS the Bell NOT the Bull. Available bookshops & libraries

W40011

Birmingham Pubs

Turner

 

Birmingham

 

 

 

W40012

The Old Taverns of Birmingham: A Series of Familiar Sketches

Eliezer Edwards

Eliezer Edwards

Birmingham

 

1879

One of the first popular accounts, with a chapter each devoted to histories of twelve pubs. 114 pages without pictures, covering: Joe Lyndons, Peck Lane Eagle & Ball, Colmore Row Woolpack, Moor Street Cookes, Cherry Orchard Sea Horse, Buck Street Greyhound, Navigation Street Acorn, Temple Street Union, Cherry Street Woolpack, St Martins Lane Hen & Chickens Hotel Red Lion, Church Street Cross Pistols, Slaney Street. Only copy we know of is in the Birmingham Reference Library.

W40014

Old Crown Inn at Deritend, Birmingham 1386-1995?

M J Thompson

M.J. Thompson

Birmingham

ISBN 0-952385406

1994

Glimpses of its history, owners and landlords from 1368. Compiled and narrated by Michael J. Thompson. Chronological history of the pub running to 45 pages with a few illustrations. The ? in the title was because there was some doubt at that time about the Crown's survival. Copies held by the British Library and the University of Oxford.

W40015

Birmingham Pubs 1880 to 1939

Crawford. A, Dunn. M and Thorne. R

Alan Sutton Publishing

Birmingham

ISBN 0-86299-221-4

1986

 

W40016

Birmingham Real Ale Guide.

CAMRA

CAMRA

Birmingham

 

1983

Leaflet

W40017

Earlsdon Cottage Inn, Warwich Street - The story of an old Coventry pub

Mary Montes

 

Coventry

 

1996

 

W40018

The Pubs & Breweries of the old Dudley Borough

John Richards / Chris Russon

Real Ale Books of Dudley

Dudley

-951464000

1989

 

W40019

Wolverhampton Good Beer Guide. 1st edition

CAMRA

CAMRA

Wolverhampton

 

1989

 

W40020

Coaching Days in the Midlands

Haughton. Brian

Quercus (John Roberts)

 

ISBN 1-898136-13-0

1997

 

W40021

Inns of the Midlands

Tiptaft. Norman

Norman Tiptaft Ltd

 

 

1951

 

W40022

The Character of Coventry

Ashby, J

 

Coventry

 

1984

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens

W40023

Staffordshire Tavern Checks: a catalogue for Brierley Hill & environs

Cumbers, J. D., & Todd, N. B

 

Brierley Hill

 

1989

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens

W40024

The pub checks of 'The Gipsies Tent' Steppingstone Street, Dudley

Eden, M

 

Dudley

 

1990

Sacra Moneta, Easter issue, 8-9. Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens

W40025

Catalogue of Tickets, Checks & Passes [in Birmingham Museum] (Birmingham).

Gunstone, A. J

 

Birmingham

 

1982

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens

W40026

Birmingham-made bagatelle tables depicted on checks of public houses

Hawkins, R. N. P

 

Birmingham

 

1975

Four Studies of British Metallic Tickets and Commercial Checks of the 19th-20th centuries (London: British Association of Numismatic Societies, Doris Stockwell Memorial Papers No.2), 35-51. Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens.

W40027

Guide List of Public Houses and Beer Shops and their Proprietors featured on Metallic Checks issued within 1830-1910 in Birmingham and Smethwick (Birmingham).

Hawkins, R. N. P

 

Birmingham

 

1978

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens

W40028

Numismatic nomenclature used by Birmingham makers for the discs they produced

Hawkins, R. N. P

 

Birmingham

 

1982

Appendix 1 (pp.229-30) in R. H. Thompson & A. J. Wager, 'The purpose & use of public house checks', British Numismatic Journal 52, 215-33. Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens.

W40029

Staffordshire Tavern Checks: a supplement to the Wolverhampton Catalogue (Wolverhampton, Staffs. UK & Newtonville, Mass., USA);

Eden, M. C., & Todd, N. B

 

Wolverhampton

 

1998

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens. Also in Staffs

S30016

Staffordshire Tavern Checks: Wolverhampton (Newtonville, Mass.).

Todd, N. B

 

Wolverhampton

 

1984

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens. Also in Staffs

S30017

Staffordshire Tavern Checks: West Bromwich (Newtonville, Mass.).

Todd, N. B

 

 

 

1985

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens. Also in Staffs

S30019

Staffordshire Tavern Checks: Wednesbury and Darlaston (Newtonville, Mass.).

Todd, N. B

 

 

 

1986

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens. Also in Staffs

S30020

Staffordshire Tavern Checks: A provisional catalogue for Tipton, Coseley & Sedgley (Newtonville, Mass. & Wolverhampton (UK))

Todd, N. B., & Eden, M. C

 

 

 

1999

Contains references to pub, inn or tavern tokens. Also in Staffs

S30022

A guide to the friendly Inns of Leicester & the Midlands

 

Everards

 

 

Pre 1983

Leaflet with map & list of pubs

L20021

Eating out in the Midlands

 

Mitchell & Butler

 

 

nd

Leaflet with map, list of pubs & photographs.

S30021

Holts Country

 

Holts

 

 

 

Leaflet with details of the Holt Plant & Deakin chain’s pubs in the Black Country.

W40030

Black Country Good Beer Guide.

CAMRA

CAMRA

 

 

nd 1983-5?

 

W40031

Black Country Good Beer Guide.

CAMRA

CAMRA

 

 

1994

 

W40032

Black Country Pubs

Pearson / Wade

 

 

 

 

 

W40033

The Story of the Old Chapel Inn (and its licensess)

 

Smethwick Local History Society

 

 

 

Obtainable from: SLHS Publications Officer, 275 Barclay Road, Smethwick, B67 5LA

W40034

Willenhall's Pubs Past & Present.

Irene Bowen & Robert Williams

Willenhall History Society

 

 

 

 

W40035

Hen & Chickens Hotel, Birmingham: A Fragment of Local History

Edwards

 

Birmingham

 

1878

24 pages plus advertisements with a few illustrations in the text. The only copy I know of is in the Birmingham Reference Library.

W40036

The Great Stone Inn

S Price & N Molyneux

Northfield Society

Northfield

 

1986

This is Occasional Paper No 17 by the Northfield Society. It is 13 pages of detail, drawings & photos. It focuses on the construction of the building tucked away in a Birmingham suburb.

W40037

Public Houses & Entertainment in Digbeth & Deritend

Tracey Duffield & Joseph Black

 

 

 

1987

This is volume 9 of the series Digbeth & Deritend, A History. 37 pages on pubs & 18 pages on entertainment. As well as listing 133 pubs in this area of Birmingham, pub signs, Temperance Movement, Licensing Committee, there is an illustrated rogues gallery of habitual drunks around 1900 plus a bibliography. Available in Birmingham libraries

W40038

Staffordshire Tavern Checks. A Catalogue for Burton-on-Trent, Lichfield, Stafford, Uttoxeter and Other Smaller Localities

Neil B. Todd and Andrew Cunningham

Neil B. Todd and Andrew Cunningham

 

 

2003

£6.50 postpaid (£7.50 by airmail) from Neil B. Todd, 26 Walnut Place, Newtonville, MA 02460-1819 USA (personal sterling cheques accepted).

S30027

Staffordshire Tavern Checks. A Catalogue for Bilston, Willenhall, Walsall and Vicinity

Neil B. Todd, Andrew Cunningham and Malcolm C. Eden

Neil B. Todd, Andrew Cunningham and Malcolm C. Eden

 

 

2002

 

S30028

Black Country Good Beer Guide

Editor: David King

CAMRA

 

1-85249-225-2

2006

The guide features around two hundred real ale pubs recommended by the four Black Country CAMRA branches and their members: Dudley, Halesowen and Stourbridge, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

This is a major guide to the Black Country, containing many pages of tourist information and local folklore. In addition to giving you information about places to visit in the Black Country, the Guide also tells you the nearest pubs that feature in the guide and how to get there.

W40039

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