PLURALIST OWNERSHIP ON LICENSES: DEVONSHIRE: A Return has been published, by order of Parliament, of the number of On-Licences in each Licensing District, where the tenant and owner on the Register are different and, also, the number of persons in each district, and the names of such persons, who are on the Register as the owners of two, three, four, or any greater number of such licenses attached to, each name. From this Return we give the statistics which relate to Devonshire. It should, however, be observed that the Home Secretary says that he doubts whether this return is of much practical value, as he has reason to believe that the registers in some cases do not contain accurate records to the ownership of licensed houses. Column I—Gives the Licensing District: Column the number of On-Licenses where the Tenant and Owner on the Register are different Persons: Column lll—Gives the number of Persons who are on the Register as Owners of Two, Three, Four, and any greater Number of Premises in respect of which On-Licenses have been granted: Column IV—Gives the Names of such Persons: Column V Gives the number of On-Licenses attached each Name. … (list, includes) … Teignbridge: 159, 14, Pinsent and Sons, 13 … Wonford, 77, 11, Pinsent and Son, 3 …
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901