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In September 1868 on being leased for an annual rent of �20 from Mr Thomas Bradley by Welsh�s Lion Brewery it turned from a private residence into a beer house, it�s address then being 1 Grace�s Buildings. It was sold on to the Old Shirley Brewery who later sold it on to Barlow�s Victoria Brewery, when it closed in 1931 it was under the ownership of Brickwood�s Brewery, after which it was used as an office for the Phoenix Coal Company, until it�s demolition in the 1960�s You can see from the position of the Gasometers that it�s site now sits under St Mary�s Stadium. Originally it was called Belvedere Inn (note spelling), it was also locally known as the Mud & Duck, due to one of the landlords keeping ducks on a muddy piece of land next to the Pub, the Belvidere Arms and the Belvidere Inn from 1908. *
Notoriety: Not a customer friendly establishment, in September 1914 the then landlord Mr R Needham was fined 5/- for assaulting one! *
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Belvidere Arms, 1 Belvidere Road, Southampton
Belvidere Arms, 1 Belvidere Road, Southampton - in 1905
This 1905 photo shows landlord William Morey�s with his daughter�s and some of his customers.
Both kindly provided by Bob Bates
Residents at this address
1881/Mary A Gillingham/Licensed Victualler, Widow/59/Wimborne, Dorset/Census
1881/John Hill/Lodger, General Labourer, Widow/58/Southampton,
Hampshire/Census
1881/Thomas Moody/Lodger, General Labourer, Widow/64/Downton,
Hampshire/Census
1881/William Williams/Lodger, Mariner/46/Aigburth, Lancashire/Census
1887/William Welch/../../../Kellys Directory
1898/William Summers/../../../Kellys Directory
1907/Arthur Ball/../../../Kellys Directory
1911/Arthur Ball/../../../Kellys Directory
1916/Arthur Ball/../../../Kellys Directory
1925/Arthur Ball/../../../Kellys Directory
1927/Arthur Ball/../../../Kellys Directory
1935/Jas Hallowes/../../../Kellys Directory
1940/Jas Hallowes/../../../Kellys Directory
1954/Geo Edward Whitcher/../../../Kellys Directory
* Provided By Bob Bates