Bedford Hotel, 23 Bedford Place, Southampton, Hampshire
Southampton pub history index
The 1830’s saw John Hillier landlord of this fully licensed
pub belonging to Aldridge’s Bedford Brewery which was next to the pub (where the
single storey building in this photo is) it was then called The Bedford Arms,
before becoming the Bedford Hotel, it was taken over by Brickwood’s Brewery who
used the Brewery building as a regional office and depot, it became a
Whitbread’s Brewery House in 1971 when they acquired Brickwood’s Brewery. *
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Bedfords, 23 Bedford Place, Southampton
Kindly provided by Bob Bates
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1861/William H Dean/Hotel Keeper/49/Bayswater, Middlesex/Census ****
1861/Hannah Dean/Wife/54/Weymouth, Dorset/Census
1861/William J Dean/Son, Carpenter/Southampton, Hampshire//Census
1861/Jane A Dean/Daughter, Dressmaker/22/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1861/Harriet A Dean/Daughter, Dressmaker/20/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1861/Alice A Dean/Daughter/20/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1861/Hannah Dean/Daughter/18/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth M Dean/Daughter/15/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1863/W Dean/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1871/Donald Geddes/Hotel Keeper/58/Scotland/Census ****
1871/Monica Geddes/Wife, Hotel Keeper/51/Ireland/Census
1871/Donald Geddes/Son, Hotel Keeper/26/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Alfred Geddes/Son, Surveyor/21/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Geddes/Daughter/17/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Eugenie Geddes/Daughter/14/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Frederick Geddes/Son/12/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Anna Thomas/General Servant/27/Beaulieu, Hampshire/Census
1875/Donald Geddes/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1878/John Fugett/../../../Trade Directory ****
1881/John Fugett/Licensed Victualler/30/Awbridge, Hampshire/Census ****
1881/Ellen A Fugett/Wife/33/Bramshaw, Hampshire/Census
1881/Lilian J Fugett/Daughter/2/Southampton/Census
1881/John A Fugett/Son/8 months/Southampton/Census
1881/William Fugett/Father, Coachman, widow/69/Milford, Hampshire/Census
1881/Jane Fugett/Sister, Assistant/35/Awbridge, Hampshire/Census
1881/Clara Fulcher/General Servant/18/Tramsden, Suffolk/Census
1881/Emily E Kidgell/General Servant/15/Sway, Hampshire/Census
1881/George Ribbens/Lodger, Coachman Unemployed/30/Fareham, Hampshire/Census
1881/Harry D Hoare/Lodger, Bailiff Farm Manager/33/Bitterne,
Hampshire/Census
1881/Catharine Hunt/Lodger/55/St Johns Near, Worcester/Census
1881/Harry Gordon/Lodger, Retired Officer & House Proprietor/62/Newcastle On
Tyne/Census
1885/John Fugett/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1887/John Fugett/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1889/John Fuget/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1898/William Robert Foord/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1907/Mrs Georgina Masson/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1911/Mrs Georgina Masson/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1916/Mrs Georgina Masson/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1920/Mrs Georgina Masson/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1927/Abraham W O Pugh/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1946/Sydney Osborne/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1954/Sydney Osborne/../../../Kellys Directory ****
* Provided By Bob Bates
**** Provided By Kevan