Landed estates and the place of public houses: Agricultural and industrial change in the English East Midlands, c.1860–1930

Beckingham, David

Abstract

This article uses the records the Manvers and Portland estates in Nottinghamshire and north-east Derbyshire to consider the provision and management of licensed premises between the 1860s and 1930s. Using archival materials of land agents and solicitors, it examines the changing place of public houses in a range of local communities affected by agricultural decline and industrial change in the region. These include: small agricultural villages on the Manvers estate, where pubs were let with farmland; and, on the Portland estate, urbanising settlements and new colliery villages constructed in rural locations. The pub is presented as a place to see how agents balanced older social relations and responsibilities with the broader economic and social geographies remaking the region. The sale of estate pubs offers important insights into the process by which regional breweries assembled their own pub holdings, the legacy of which shaped the geography of drink well into the twentieth century.

Citation

Beckingham, D. (2024). Landed estates and the place of public houses: Agricultural and industrial change in the English East Midlands, c.1860–1930. Journal of Historical Geography, 84, 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.03.012

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 25, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 13, 2024
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 14, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 14, 2024
• Journal: Journal of Historical Geography
• Print ISSN: 0305-7488
• Electronic ISSN: 1095-8614
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 84
• Pages: 97-107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.03.012
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/34858090
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305748824000288?via%3Dihub
• Additional Information: Paper linked to exhibition 'Last orders: stories of alcohol and abstinence in the East Midlands' held at the Unversity of Nottingham from 16th June to 9th October 2022, https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/exhibitions/online/last-orders/index.aspx