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Pubs & Inns - Cockett

 

Cockett Inn

Cockett Inn near Cefn Coed Hospital and old quarries near by, 1953.

Cockett Road & Waunarlwydd Road Junction, 2005
Cockett Inn, Cockett Swansea
Cockett & Waunarlwydd Junction

Reproduced from the (1953) Ordnance Survey map, without reference to the Cockett Inn..

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(C) H34 BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INNS, PUBLIC HOUSES, HOTELS, SOCIAL CLUBS 1873 12 Sept. Swansea licensing: William Williams, Cockett Inn, Cockett, double licence P6.
(C) H34 BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INNS, PUBLIC HOUSES, HOTELS, SOCIAL CLUBS 1876 14 Jan. Swansea police: case against John Williams of Cockett Inn for selling beer illegally adjourned.P6
(C) H34 BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INNS, PUBLIC HOUSES, HOTELS, SOCIAL CLUBS 1876 04 Feb. Swansea police: license of the Cockett Inn, tranferred from William Williams to John Williams. P3
(C) H34 BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INNS, PUBLIC HOUSES, HOTELS, SOCIAL CLUBS 1876 10 March Swansea police: Mr Williams, Cockett Inn, fined £1 for selling beer out of hours on Sunday to Mr Gibbs. P6
(C) H34 BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INNS, PUBLIC HOUSES, HOTELS, SOCIAL CLUBS 1876 10 March Swansea police: Cockett Inn, out of hours beer sale case:Mr Gibbs needed drink after 4 mile walk in sleet and snow. P6
(C) Q21 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AND POLICE, DRUNKENNESS, VAGRANCY,PUBLIC NUISANCE, SURETIES 1876 10 March Swansea police: Cockett Inn, out of hours beer sale case:Mr Gibbs needed drink after 4 mile walk in sleet and snow. P6
(C) Q21 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AND POLICE, DRUNKENNESS, VAGRANCY,PUBLIC NUISANCE, SURETIES 1876 10 March Swansea police:Mr Williams, Cockett Inn, fined £1 selling out of hours beer on Sunday to Mr Gibbs. P6

 

The Cockett Inn can be seen from OS maps of 1879 - to date 2012, currenly still in use.

 

"At Cockett Inn the road dips sharply in the direction of the Cottage Homes, St. Peter's Church,

after which it slopes down again to meet the cross-roads and traffic lights by Cockett Bridge and Station."

N.L. Thomas, Swansea District and Villages - Cockett p.100, printed 1969.

 

REFERENCE: (C) Cambrian [web filtered] | (LIC) Licence records | (WGA) West Glamorgan Archives | Available from the Swansea County Hall

 

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