Information for record number MWA13241:
Spirit Vaults public house, Market Street, Atherstone

Summary Historic public house situated on the east side of Market Street. Now the Market Tavern.
What Is It?  
Type: Public House
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 97
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1 Spirit Vaults public house, Market Street, Atherstone. Historic public house recorded on F. White & Co.'s database which shows it in existence in 1874. Situated on the east side of Market Street, within the medieval settlement area. The listed building date (DWA328) is late C18th.
2 Became the Cricketers' Arms by 1896 and, at the end of the 20th century, became the Market Tavern. The first known occupier of 21 Market street, lying between Swan House and Beech House, is William Fox, in 1593, although the property did not become a public house until much later. The property was bought by a liquor merchant in 1811. in 1849 it was 'Sanders and Sandford, wine & spirit merchants'; by the 1851 census, the wine and spirit business was still running although the premises appear to be operating as an inn at this time. By 1896, the property had become a public house.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Atherstone A Pleasantly Placed Town
Author/originator: Alcock N & Hughes M (eds)
Date: 2008
Page Number: pp 91 - 94
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: F. White and Co.'s Warwickshire Directory 1874
Author/originator: F. White and Co.
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument INN * A public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers, etc. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument MARKET * An open space or covered building in which cattle, goods, etc, are displayed for sale. back
monument VAULT * An underground room or building with an arched roof, often used as a burial chamber. Use wider site type where known. back
monument PUBLIC HOUSE * The public house was a 19th century development, distinctive from the earlier BEER HOUSE by its decorative treatment and fittings. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back

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