| 1901 |
(GOTH MEM & ART) East
of Scotland Public House Trust Company Limited established
in Edinburgh at 29 Rutland Square to acquire and build anew
public houses that were owned and managed with temperance
as their goal. The movement was inspired by developments in
Sweden to combat widespread brandy drinking which the City
of Gothenburg had pioneered. Publicans were incentivised to
sell food and non alcoholic drinks not alcohol, and loan funds
were restricted to modest rates of interest. It reached its
high point with the nationalisation of Carlisle's Public Houses
during World War I.
(GOTH 1901 MAY 20)
The newly formed Company issued its Prospectus seeking 50
000 Shares of £1 each. Just over £13 000 was promised
and gradually called up becoming fully paid by 1910. |
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| 1903* |
The East of Scotland Public House Trust makes
its first two acquisitions:
- *White Hart Inn, Grassmarket, Edinburgh
- *The Gothenburg, Glencraig, Ballingry, Fife
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| 1905* |
Further acquisitions are made of:
- *The Anchor Bar, Kincardine, Fife
- *The Town Hall Bar, Dufftown, Banff
- *Mansion House, Prestonpans
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| 1907* |
Acquisitions continue at:
- *The Red Lion Inn, Culross, Fife
- *Land and subjects at Prestonpans from Margaret
Stevenson, daughter of the late Adam Stevenson, Controller
of Customs at Abroath
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| 1908 |
(CH211
86.94) Land purchased at Prestonpans from Belfield
& Company by the East of Scotland Public House Trust to
erect The Trust Tavern within 12 months for a
Ground Annual of ?2 and ?2 payable every 19th year in
the name of grassum commencing 1927 on Whitsunday.
The sale was subject to any requirements arising from the
Notarial Instrument in respect of George Syme (GOTH
1908 [1] and [2] ) and with Rights retained by Belfield
& Company to all coal, shale, limestone, ironstone, marl,
peat, clay sand and all other minerals and metals but not
by sinking a shaft or pit on the lands.
(CH 213 143.145)
Rev. William Boag waives his Claim over lands in his
Bond of Security for a Loan to Belfield & Company of ?50
(CH 214 190.195)
Bond & Security over all The Trust Tavern and Lands to
Thomas Nelson, Publisher and Trustees of Nelson Halls for
a Loan of ?000 at 5% pa + Annual Insurances of Buildings
for ?500 given by East of Scotland Public House Trust
(November 4th) |
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| 1909 |
(CH 218 38.40)
East of Scotland Public House Trust acquires a small piece
of land in West End, Prestonpans from Thomas and George Mackie,
formerly of the Soap Works, for ?15. |
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| 1913 |
(CH 332 57)
Disposition to Debenture Holders Scott Plummer and Others
as Trustees of all the assets of the East of Scotland Public
House Trust "for good and onerous causes and considerations".
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| 1915 |
(CH 254 87.90)
?000 Loan repaid to Trustees for the late Thomas Nelson
(June 30th) |
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| 1918 |
(CH 380 41.42)
Disposition from Debenture Holders by Scott Plummer and
Others as Trustees of all the assets of the East of Scotland
Public House Trust back to the Trust (August 3rd) |
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| 1919 |
(CH 274 152.155)
The Trust Tavern acquired by Trust Houses Limited of 227
Strand, London founded in 1903 under the leadership of
the 4th Earl Grey,a leading temperance campaigner and grandson
of the 2nd Earl Grey who as Prime Minister 1830-1834 moved
The Reform Act 1832 through the Parliament. The East of Scotland
Public House Trust Company Limited having been placed in the
hands of its Liquidator, James Black. The lands and buildings
sold were those acquired from Margaret Stevenson (1907) and
Bellfield & Company (1908) and the Mackies (1909) - (October
21st) |
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| 1921* |
Disposition by Trust Houses Limited of The
Trust Tavern in favour of Whitehall Trust Limited (May
2nd) |
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| 1925* |
Disposition by Whitehall Trust of The Trust
Tavern in favour of Trust Houses Limited (December 30th) |
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| 1930 |
(GOTH 1858 141.149
& GOTH 1930 JAN8) Belfield
& Company receives ?2:10/- from Trust Houses Limited in respect
of any due or future casualties |
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| 1950 |
(BP 5 EL 12-1
200.204) Trust Houses Limited sells 66 sq yds of land
on Redburn Road to Prestonpans Burgh Council for ?5 to
enable pavement widening (June 1st) |
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| 1965 |
(EL 65 574.168) Bass Ratcliff & Gretton acquire
The Trust Tavern from Trust Houses Limited for ?5,400 (May
24th) who in the course of their ownership change its name
to The Forth Tavern and indeed change their
own name three times (GOTH
1888 + 1966 + 1969 + 1978) managing their activities in
Scotland through Tennent Caledonian, the enterprise which
in the sixties acquired and then closed Fowler's Brewery in
Prestonpans. |
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| 1971* |
Trust Houses Limited of London merge with
Forte to become the largest British hotel and restaurant group,
sacrificing its temperance goals as it had earlier when selling
The Trust Tavern to Bass. |
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| 1979 |
(GOTH 79 MAY28)
Bass pays ?18.50 to East Lothian Council under Section
4 of The Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 in redemption
of its Feu Duty and settled its final Annual Account of ?1.50.
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| 1983 |
(EL 83 988.62)
Bass sells a garage area to David and Anne Brown of 2a
Redburn Road. |
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| 1984* |
Bass receives two Improvement Grants for
The Forth Tavern from East Lothian District Council of ?084.45
+ ?291.23 |
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| 1985 |
(GOTH 85 JAN4)
The Forth Tavern designated a Building of Special Architectural
or Historical Interest (January 4th) |
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| 1986 |
Planning Consent Given under the Town & Country
Planning Acts for a new toilet (GOTH
87 DEC14) at The Forth Tavern (Gothenburg); Licensing
Board Consent (GOTH 86
JAN16) for a new Lounge Bar to be formed from the existing
Games Room; these Plans then receiving Approval from the Fire
Brigade and a Building Warrant under the Buildings (Scotland)
Acts (GOTH 86/89 FEB13/SEP5)
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| 1991 |
(EL 91 298.10)
Bass sells (The Forth Tavern) now The Gothenburg
to James and Judith Bell for ?09 250 including VAT (No. 227)
and the attached Dwelling House ( No. 229 ) for ?0 000.
(August 29th)
(EL 91 298.14) Bass
(trading as Tennent Caledonian) grants a ?00 000 Loan to
James and Judith Bell secured against The Gothenburg (August
29th) |
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| 1992 |
(EL 92 73.1)
James and Judith Bell sell The Gothenburg and the
Dwelling House to Malcolm McIlwraith for ?40 000 (March
14th)
(EL 92 111.48) James
and Judith Bell repaid their Loan to Bass (March 31st)
(EL 92 268.49 & EL
92 73.4 & EL 92 283.4)
Malcolm McIlwraith receives Loans from Bass (?00 000)
and the Bank of Scotland (?0 000) secured against The
Gothenburg, with the loans ranked in the order shown
(November 5th) |
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| 1994 |
(EL 94 259.16)
Malcolm McIlwraith formally agrees with Bass and the Bank
of Scotland in a Deed of Declaration that The Gothenburg
and the Dwelling House are separate assets; and Bass (EL
94 259.12) and the Bank of Scotland (EL
94 259.14) waive their Security Charge for their 1992
Loans over the Dwelling House at No. 229 (September 30th)
(EL 94 275.4) Malcolm
McIlwraith borrows ?0 000 from the Woolwich Building Society
secured against the Dwelling House, 229 High Street. (October
14th) |
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| 1995 |
(EL 95 46.33)
Security Charge over The Gothenburg given to Heritage
Management Company for a Loan of ?0 000 ranking after Bass
and the Bank of Scotland. (January 16th)
(GOTH 95 MAR17) Malcolm
McIlwraith sells the land originally purchased in 1909 from
the Mackies for ?0 000 to Advanced Dimensions Stock Taking
Limited (March 17th)
(GOTH 95 APR5) *Sequestration of the estate of Malcolm
McIlwraith (April 5th)
(GOTH 95 ELN 3870 APR7)
Demand issued to Malcolm McIlwraith from Bass for Principal
and Interest of ?852.62 within 28 days or they will take
possession of The Gothenburg.(April 7th)
(GOTH 95 ELN 3870 SEP28)
Execution of Charge for Ejection from 229 High Street Dwelling
House at request of Woolwich Building Society. (September
25th) |
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| 1997 |
(GOTH 97 FEB18)
Coal Authority reports on The Gothenburg's proximity to
two coal seams last worked in 1925 at 170m and 435m (February
14th)
(ELN 98 26.24) Bass
and Woolwich Building Society advertise and then sell The
Gothenburg and the Dwelling House for ?5 000 to John
and Scott Murray (May 16th) who gives Loan Security
against the combined properties to the Royal Bank of Scotland
(EL 3870(1) 26.28) which
Security is discharged November 6th 2001 (EL
3870(2)). |
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| 1998 |
(GOTH 99 MAR31)
John and Scott Murray cease trading as The Gothenburg
and seek Planning Consent for Change of Use to 1 House and
1 Flat with Proposed Alterations (May 20th), with the
Officer's Recommendation and rationale in support (March
31st) |
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| 1999 |
(GOTH 99 FEB4
& GOTH 99 MAY4) Planning
Consent & Building Warrants issued with the Stipulation that
if the Murrays or their Dependents cease to live there its
Use shall revert to a Public House with 1st Floor Dwelling
House. |
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| 2001 |
(ELN 3870 (3))
John and Scott Murray sell the 1 House and 1 Flat to the
Baron & Lady of Prestoungrange for ?60 000 (October 26th)
and its Use automatically reverts to a Public House and
Dwelling House. |
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| 2002 |
(GOTH 02A) The Baron & Lady of Prestoungrange
apply for Planning Consent to (i) restore the exterior and
the Edwardian/ Art Deco Bar; (ii) to renovate the Dwelling
House; and (iii) to extend the Workshops to accommodate Kitchens
for a Bistro and a Microbrewery to brew old Fowler's Ales.
The whole to be accomplished so far as may be possible
to meet the originating goals of the East of Scotland Public
House Trust Company Limited in The Trust Tavern in
1908. |
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| 2002 |
(GOTH
02B / GOTH02C / GOTH
02D) East of Scotland Public House Limited and Fowler's
Ales (Prestoungrange) Limited established by The Baron Courts
of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun to facilitate the restoration
and re-opening. Baron Courts of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun
incorporated as a Scottish Charity to receive donations for
the work of the Arts Festival. |
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| 2003 |
(LORD
MAYOR'S TALES 1-7) Lord and Lady Mayoress of Goteborg
visit the Prestoungrange Gothenburg to open The Lord Mayor's
Bar and unveil The Gothenburg Mural on the baronial foreshore.
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| 2003 |
(GOTH 03A)
Land by Firth of Forth now owned by Sylvia Burgess
[formerly sold by Malcolm McIIwraith to Advanced Dimensions
(GOTH 95 MAR 17 above)] purchased for car parking space -
former site of Belfield Pottery - in the sum of £10,000. |
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| 2004 |
(GOTH 04A)
Baron and Lady Prestoungrange sell The Prestoungrange
Gothenburg together with car parking area acquired [GOTH 03A]
to Gothenburg Inc. for £245,000 on condition it be used
under Gothenburg Principles. |
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| 2004 |
(GOTH 04B) East
of Scotland Public House Limited enters into a 10 year restoration
and maintenance lease of the Prestoungrange Gothenburg.
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| 2004 |
(GOTH 04C) Fowler's
Ales (Prestoungrange) Limited enters into a 5 year lease to
manage and market the real ales produced at the micro brewery
at the Prestoungrange Gothenburg. |
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| 2004 |
(GOTH 04D - (Part
01) (Part
02) (Part
03) (Certificate)
Prestonpans Salt Company Limited established to pioneer
panning for salt again in the town. |
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| 2004 |
(GOTH 04E - (Part
01) (Part
02) (Part
03) (Certificate)
Pandores Oysters Limited established to re-introduce oyster
farming in Prestonpans |
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| 2004 |
(RESTORATION OPENDAYS)
Fowlers' Ales (1) and The
Prestoungrange Gothenburg (2). Major events mark the completion
of the restoration and expansion by June 19th 2004 |
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| 2004 |
(JUDICIARY)
Baron Courts of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun used
their final sessions at the Gothenburg as their Caput before
abolition, providing Declarators and Judgements and Executions
of Punishment in the Stocks - July 25th |
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