Some history of the Board at Cradley in the county of Worcestershire.

This is the only reference I have come across for this public-house which remains something of a mystery.....

Cradley : The Board in Pigot's Trade Directory [1829]

The entry in the 1829 Pigot's Directory simply lists Cradley. I wonder where it was located? And whatever happened to it? Or did it evolve into one of the other pubs of Cradley? Indeed, the pub's name offers few clues. The Board tended to display a blank signboard, indicating a public-house of no formal sign.

Cradley : The Board in Pigot's Trade Directory [1829]

Phoebe Darby appears in a sale notice published in September 1833. The notice was advertising an auction to be held at her public-house called The Bush. However, in the aforementioned 1829 directory the Bush was kept by Edward Forrest so the two properties are not the same. So now I have a Phoebe Darby running two public-houses about which I know very little!

More information to follow ....

Licensees of the Board

1829 - Phoebe Darby
Note : this is not a complete list of licensees for this pub. The dates of early licensees are sourced from trade directories, census data, electoral rolls, rate books and newspaper articles. Names taken from trade directories may be slightly inaccurate as there is some slippage from publication dates and the actual movement of people.