Address earlier given as Market Street. This pub is now closed and in mixed retail/residential use. There is another Sherborne pub called the Mermaid, on the Bristol Road at the edge of the town. **
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Mermaid, South Street, Sherborne - in August 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1823/Mrs Sanger/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1841/George Symes / 30 / Publican /../../../1841 census **
1841/Sarah Symes / 30 /1841 census **
1841/Mary Symes / 2 /1841 census **
1841/Eliza Symes / 7m /1841 census **
1841/Charles Gartell / 17 /1841 census **
1844/George Symes/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1851/James Whittle/../../../Hunt’s Directory **
1852/Daniel Chubb/../../../Slater’s Directory **
1855/C Bugg/../../../Post Office Directory
1859/A Hare/../../../Post Office Directory
1875/Samuel Marsh/../../../Post Office Directory
1889/Samuel Saunders/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Fred Charles Hawkins/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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