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Coal Exchange, 1 Bath Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire

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Originally the North Country Tavern later the Jolly Sailor and renamed the Coal Exchange by 1857. It is named the Coal Exchange in the 1841 census. Now merged with the Union Tavern. **

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My great, great, great grandmother, Sarah Sargeant, ran the Coal Exchange from c. 1830 (then, as The North Country). Sarah Sargeant is listed on the 1841 Census in The Coal Exchange. *

Sarah's husband, Henry Sargeant who died in 1828, ran "The Fortitude" in Broad Street c. 1823.

1830/Sarah Sargeant, North Country, Bath square/../../Pigots Directory *

1841/Sarah Sargeant/Publican/60/Hampshire/Census *
1841/Mary Ann Sargeant/../30/Hampshire/Census
1841/Amelia Sargeant/../20/Hampshire/Census
1841/Mary Ann Sargeant/../11/../Census

Amelia Sargeant marries a Jacob Miller, and they run the Sir Charles Napier in East street for many years.

1844/Sarah Sargeant, North Country House Tavern, Bath square/../../Pigots Directory *

Jolly Sailor :

1847/Sarah Sargeant, Jolly Sailor, Bath square & Coal Exchange/../../Post Office Directory *

1852/Sarah Sargeant, Jolly Sailor, Bath square/../../Slaters Directory **

1855/Miss Mary Ann Blechyenden/../../../Post Office Directory

Coal Exchange :

1865/Miss Bench/../../../Harrods Directory

1872/John Hill/../../../London Gazette, 18 June 1872 **

1874/John Hill/../../../London Gazette, 5 May 1874 **

1875/Mrs Sarah Richardson/../../../Post Office Directory

1878/Mrs Sarah Richardson/../../../Kellys Directory

1881/Sarah Richardson/Licensed Victualler, Widow/65/Gosport, Hampshire/Census
1881/Henry E Richardson/Son, Royal Naval Pensioner/40/Gosport, Hampshire/Census
1881/Eliza Brewster/Sister/63/Gosport, Hampshire/Census
1881/George Camp/Lodger, Working On Floating Bridge (Labourer Dock)/41/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census

1885/Mrs Sarah Richardson/../../../Kellys Directory

1889/Mrs Harriett Richards/../../../Kellys Directory

1898/Reuben Parker/../../../Kellys Directory

1911/Henry Fain/../../../Kellys Directory

1920/Henry Fain/../../../Kellys Directory

1927/Chas W Tarrant/../../../Kellys Directory

1931/Charles William Tarrant / Licensed Victualler & Caterer /../../London Gazette, 26 May 1931 **

* Provided By Christopher Sargeant

** Provided By Stephen Harris