Is it a legal requirement to place your name over the door of a public house in the UK?
I seem to remember that the licensee used to place his or her name over the door of a public house but when I look over the door of some pubs they do not have the plaque I Thought that it was a legal requirement
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Further to the other replies; Licences to sell alcohol are now held personally by the licensee and do not relate to the premises specifically. A separate licence for the premises issued by the local council dictates opening hours, use of music, dancing etc.
It's no longer a legal requirement, and seems to have been gradually phased out.
In the Victorian age, judging by old photographs from the 1850s to 1870s, the licensee name was always displayed in big letters, in a bigger font size than the name of the actual pub! Evidently this requirement was whittled down to just having the name above the door, and now none at all.
It is no longer a legal requirement to show the licensee's name over the door - this changed when licencing became part of the local council's function.
A premises licence is now provided in two separate parts - the main licence and a summary document.
The summary document (or a certified copy) must now be "prominently displayed at
or on the premises concerned". Usually that is at or just inside the door, though some landlords still keep to the tradition of displaying their name over the door as well.
Look before you go into the pub, it's easier to find than on the way out.
that's a leagl requirement: section sixty 5 of the "cities progression Clauses Act 1847" "The occupiers of properties and different homes in the streets shall mark their properties with such numbers because of the fact the commissioners approve of, and shall renew such numbers as in lots of situations as they alter into obliterated or defaced; and each such occupier who fails, interior one week after word for that purpose from the commissioners, to mark his homestead with a selection authorized of by potential of the commissioners, or to renew such selection whilst obliterated, would be liable to a penalty no longer exceeding [2fe39780d78118f9fd3c46929248e819[F20£20]][2fe39780d78118f9fd3c46929248e812fe39780d78118f9fd3c46929248e81evel 2fe39780d78118f9fd3c46929248e81on the common scale], and the commissioners shall reason such numbers to be marked or to be renewed, because of the fact the case could require, and the expence thereof would be repaid to them by potential of such occupier, and could be recoverable as damages."
they have to have their licence certificate on show behind the bar now instead, if they have neither the name over the door or the licence up theyre in trouble
It is show that tenant has the license for the pubic house.