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PRN | 8812 | ||||
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Site or location name | Cromarty Arms Hotel | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | Public houses, hotels and other licenced premises around the naval base at Cromarty Firth were compulsorily purchased under the Liquor Control Regulations in the Defence of the Realm Act. The eighteen premises were run by the Cromarty District Management Board until they were privatised in the early 1970s. Similar State Management of pubs occurred at Gretna, Carlisle and Enfield Lock. | ||||
Monument Type | HISTORICAL SITE;REQUISITIONED BUILDING;HISTORICAL SITE | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
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Location |
Country | SCOTLAND | ||||
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County | Cromarty | ||||
Site Location | North side of Church Street. | ||||
Postcode | IV11 8XA | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: NH7900267401 (279002, 867401) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Good (18-11-2016) | ||||
Related Sites | |||||
Victoria Inn Cromarty, Culbokie Inn | |||||
Source | |||||
Historic England (2016) The 'Carlisle Experiment' - government takes control of public houses. Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/research/current/discover-and-understand/military/the-first-world-war/first-world-war-home-front/what-we-already-know/land/state-control-of-pubs/ | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (03-04-2013) | ||||
Copiled On | 18-11-2016 | ||||
Last Updated | 18-11-2016 |
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Image metadata | CSV | 590 Kb |
Cromarty Arms Hotel (Church Street, Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty). Public houses and breweries in the Carlisle, Gretna and Annan area were taken over by the State in 1916 to control drunkenness among construction and production workers at the new armament factories at Gretna, Eastriggs and Longtown. (File name: 8812_918.jpg) |
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