After the departure of Roman authority in the fifth century and the fall of the Romano-British kingdoms, the Anglo-Saxons established alehouses that may have grown out of domestic dwellings, first attested in the 10th century. These alehouses quickly evolved into meeting houses for folk to socially congregate, gossip and arrange mutual help within their communities. The Wantage law code of Æthelred the Unready prescribes fines for breaching the peace at meetings held in alehouses.
After the departure of Roman authority in the fifth century and the fall of the Romano-British kingdoms the Anglo-Saxons established alehouses that may have grown out of domestic dwellings first attested in the 10th century These alehouses quickly evolved into meeting houses for folk to socially congregate gossip and arrange mutual help within their communities The Wantage law code of Æthelred the Unready prescribes fines for breaching the peace at meetings held in alehouses