Not to be confused with the London Ale & Porter stores. The London Wine Vaults, numbered 342-343 High Street in the original address, was located where McDonalds restaurant now stands at 224-226 High Street. The premises was a wine and spirit merchants. Known also as Cook & Witherington a contemporary description of 1870 describes: ‘John Cook. Wholesale and retail wine and spirit merchants. Bass’s and Allsopps Pale Ales. Guinness Extra Stout and Alloa Scotch Ales. Established upwards of 50 years.”
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J. Williams is listed as the owner of the London Wine Vaults in the 1891 licensing book. It was licensed as an ale house with a substantial annual rateable value of £127.10s.0d., indicative of its High Street location. The London Wine Vaults was a free house. The splendidly named Charles Witherington was the owner of the London Wine Vaults in 1903. The RV per annum remained at the same value.
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Landlords at the London Wine Vaults include:
1891 T. Witherington & J.J. Cook
1891 Thomas Witherington and Joshua Jones Cook
1903,1906 Charles Witherington
1926 Charles R. Thomas (wine merchants)
? A.C. Green