Foulness pub history
Residents at this address
During the Napoleonic Wars two Coastal Semaphore Stations were established on the island, manned by the Rochford Hundred Volunteers and from 1798 to 1815 Amelia Bennewith was listed in the ale-house recognizances as the Licensee of a third Public House on the island called the Rochford Hundred Volunteers, located in the north east of the village. In 1825 the pub became the parish poor house but it was demolished by the War Office towards the beginning of World War I.
The licensee in 1800 and 1801 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Amelia Bennewith, at the Rochford Hundred Volunteers, Foulness.
The licensee in 1804 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Amelia Bennewith, at the Rochford Hundred Volunteers, Foulness.
The licensee in 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Amelia Bennewith, at the Rochford Hundred Volunteers, Foulness.