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A former beerhouse. previously Lawsons beerhouse. The Wellington by 1881; but described as the Sir Colin Campbell when purchased in 1887, and as an old established beerhouse. In 1902 as the Wellington, it had four bedrooms and a club room upstairs, and on the ground floor, a barparlour, a snug, a tap room, and a kitchen. It was granted a full on license in February 1949.
York Herald. Saturday, 1 January 1887
Lawson.— December 29th, at the Wellington Inn, Alma terrace, York, aged 74, William Lawson. Will be interred at Fulford on Monday, at 12.30. (Friends will please accept this intimation).
1911 census, Wellington Inn, 47 Alma terrace, Mr Wilson
1913, Chas. Cooper, Wellington inn, 47 Alma terrace, Fulford road
1953, Wellington Inn, George Leatt, 47 Alma terrace
1955, Wellington Inn, George Leatt, 47 Alma terrace
*HM - Hugh Murray Directory of York Pubs 1455-2003