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Alcoholic beverages

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Records relating to the assize of bread and ale, 1500 - 1836

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/T.VII
Scope and Contents

The assize was the process whereby from 1381 the University regulated the quality and price of these goods exposed for sale in Cambridge.

Dates: 1500 - 1836
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Records relating to the licensing and regulation of vintners, 1580 - 2003

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/T.II
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

A large proportion of the records in this category - Records relating to the interactions of the town and University of Cambridge - relate to the exercise until the mid-nineteenth century of the University's extensive jurisdiction over licensing. A smaller amount covers joint University/town activity in environmental improvements. More modern papers relate to local planning issues.

Dates: 1580 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Records relating to the licensing of alehouse keepers and victuallers, 1552 - 1856

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/T.I
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

A large proportion of the records in this category - Records relating to the interactions of the town and University of Cambridge - relate to the exercise until the mid-nineteenth century of the University's extensive jurisdiction over licensing. A smaller amount covers joint University/town activity in environmental improvements. More modern papers relate to local planning issues.

Dates: 1552 - 1856
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).