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The Fountain Inn, High Street exists from at least 1768. On the 12th January 1874, it was the Portsmouth Institute and Home for Soldiers, founded by Sarah Robinson In 1915 it was taken over by YMCA until 1966. Demolished in 1970 for the building of Fountain court.
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1851/Thomas Drewett/Inn Keeper/48/High Wickland, Buckinghamshire/Census
1851/Susannah Drewett/Wife/43/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Thomas Drewett/Son/21/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Ann Drewett/Daughter/17/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Charlotte Drewett/Daughter/15/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Louisa Drewett/Daughter/13/Waterloo, Hampshire/Census
1851/Marianne Drewett/Daughter/11/Waterloo, Hampshire/Census
1851/Allice Drewett/Daughter/8/Waterloo, Hampshire/Census
1851/Caroline Hale/Housekeeper/36/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Harriet Barber/Chambermaid/32/Catherington, Hampshire/Census
1851/Agnes Hoare/Chambermaid/36/Aberdeen, Scotland/Census
1851/Eliza Cormick/Housemaid/37/East Indies/Census
1851/Elizabeth McCulliffe/Cook/41/Glasgow, Scotland/Census
1851/Jane White/Cook/19/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Louisa Shears/Laundress/36/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/James Dovey/Porter/32/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Andrew Winsor/Waiter/31/Winchester, Hampshire/Census
1851/William Kerr/Commercial Traveller Tobacco/60/Edinburgh/Census
1851/Joseph Farrington/Commercial Traveller Draper/30/London/Census
1851/Henry Harris/Commercial Traveller Woollens/29/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1851/George Chapman/Commercial Traveller/49/Lingfield, Surrey/Census
1851/Francis F Cole/Landed Proprietor/53/Burton, Dorset/Census
1851/C Parfett/Traderman/46/London/Census