__NOTOC__ A beerhouse was a type of

public house A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...

created in the United Kingdom by the

Beerhouse Act 1830 The Beerhouse Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 64) was an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which liberalised the regulations governing the brewing and sale of beer. It was modified by subsequ ...

( 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 64), legally defined as a place "where beer is sold to be consumed ''on'' the premises". They were also known as "small" or "Tom and Jerry" shops Existing public houses were issued with licences by local magistrates under the terms of the Retail Brewers Act 1828 ( 9 Geo. 4. c. 68), and were subject to police inspections at any time of the day or night. Proprietors of the new beerhouses, on the other hand, simply had to buy a licence from the government costing two

guineas The guinea (; commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where m ...

per annum, equivalent to about £150 as of 2010. Until the Wine and Beerhouse Act 1869 ( 32 & 33 Vict. c. 27) gave local magistrates the authority to renew beerhouse licences, the two classes of establishment were in direct competition. The Ordnance Survey conventional sign for beerhouses is BH.

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