Table of Contents

About CAMRA

About the authors

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Note on Terminology

The Vanishing Apostrophe

Locating the Pubs

1. The Emergence of the Public House

2. The Development of the Pub

3. Designing and Planning the Pub

4. Serving and Entertaining the Customers

5. Advertisement and Embellishment

6. Over the Border

7. Great Pub Myths

8. Into the 21st Century

Notes

Illustration Credits

Bibliography

Glossary

Pub Index

Geographical Index

General Index

About the Author

Geoff Brandwood was the author of monographs on Sharpe, Paley & Austin and on Temple Moore. He was a former chairman of the Victorian Society. Andrew Davison is Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments at English Heritage. Author, Orton Waterville.

Reviews

'if there is anything which can inspire us to fight for the survival of the pub this splendid book is it.'

... a book to dip and savour to understand the full richness of a great British institution.
*Ancient Monuments Society Newsletter Autumn 2012*