Torquay’s pubs in the 19th century

White’s Directory of 1850 gives a list of Torquay’s  Hotels, Inns & Taverns. They were:

Apsley House, Park Hill
The Castle Inn, Lower Union Street
The Commercial Inn, Market Street
The Exeter Inn, Lower Union Street
The Globe, Higher Union Street
The Golden Lion, Lower Union Street
The Half-Moon, Lower Union Street
Hearder’s Hotel, Victoria Parade
The King William, Madrepore Place
The London Hotel, Fleet Street
The Marine Inn, Palk Street
The Market Inn, Lower Union Street
The Maritime Inn, Victoria Parade
The Rising Sun, South Street
The Royal Hotel, The Strand
The Star, Higher Union Street
The Steam Packet, Victoria Parade
The Torbay Inn, Tor Square
The White Hart, Lower Union Street
The White Swan, Swan Street

There were also Beerhouses in:

Braddon’s Row (2)
Brunswick Place
Church Lane (2)
George Street
Grill Road
Higher Union Street (3)
Lower Union Street (3)
Madeira Place (2)
Madrepore Place
Melville Street
Meadfoot Row
Melville Street
Park Lane
Pimlico (2)
South Street (2)
Temperance Street (2)
Tor
Torwood Row
Waldon Terrace

(image: beer glasses bottle and jug on pub table (c) Damon Hart-Davis)

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