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accommodation ludlowaccommodation Ludlow, inns and alehouses, Ludlow town, accommodation in Ludlow town, local breweries, the marches, Ludlow, locally made wine, Ludlow beer, hotels, ale houses, bread and ale, ale and wine, holiday cottages, accommodation Ludlow You may find the text below interesting to read if you are planning to stay in our holiday cottages.  "Bread and ale were the necessities of life" was the accepted principle of the bread and ale act in 1267 which was called the "Assize of Bread and Ale", and for 300 years this act ensured that the retail price of ale was fixed according to the price of corn and malt. As at that time ale was the only safe liquid to drink, so people did, all day and every day as people of today drink tea and coffee. Not surprisingly then it was about this time that Inns and Alehouses started to appear in significant numbers, and there was a gradual increase in the sale of locally made wine. The Alehouses only sold ale, Taverns sold ale and wine, and Inns or "hostels" provided food, drink and accommodation in Ludlow town for pilgrims and travellers. The first formal licensing law at the end of the 15th century empowered Justices of the Peace to obtain sureties for good behaviour from landlords, and had the power to close an alehouse, 50 years later the Justices obtained the power, which they still retain, to both licence and suppress ale houses, hence "licensed premises". 1553 saw an Act of Parliament curtailing the number of Taverns to one per town and so limiting the sale of wine, but still there were numerous alehouses. Then when Ludlow Town became the capital not only of the Marches, but virtually the whole of Wales, the Court of the Marches brought large numbers of strangers into the town from long distances and the demand for lodging with food and drink developed. This extension of inns in the town accounted for one fifth of all the trades people in Ludlow Town, so progressing to the over 100 licensed premises of recent times. These were mainly in the form of normal homes where the ale was made in the cellar, served to the customer in the living room downstairs, with the family living upstairs some times in just one room. O I have been to Ludlow fairSo ale drinking had become a way of life, and even the Ludlow and District Victuallers agreed with magistrates for a planned reduction of the number of licensed premises. So reduced they were, and in 1911 only 40 remained still fewer today, but with our 13 alehouses and 3 Hotels, there are still enough to provide one with a good night's accommodation and a splendid pint from one of the Local Breweries. |
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