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« on: Sunday 22 January 23 15:57 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the prompt reply - good to hear from you also.
As regards Evan Morris, did you know there is a report in the Cambrian in 1833.
"Beer Houses - Caution. Evan Morris, retail seller of beer, in the parish of Monkswood, Monmouthshire, has been duly convicted before Rev. J.B. Davies and Rev. A Gabb, in the mitigated penalty of 2l. and costs, for having knowingly suffered unlawful games and gaming on his premises on Sunday, the 5th day of May last."
Presumably Evan ran the beer house alongside his other (presumably main) occupation.
The 1830 Beer Act created beer houses. I think beer houses were controlled by the excise department and as long as some simple conditions were met, beer house licenses were granted automatically and were often just a single room in a house. They could only sell beer. Fully-licensed pubs were regulated by local magistrates, who could grant and revoke licenses. They had longer opening hours and could sell spirits.