Bridge Tavern, 106 & 108 New Road, Southampton, Hampshire

Southampton pub history index

In the 1830’s this pub was called Red Rover it is thought in honour of the stage coach that once ran from Southampton to London, a one Owen McGrath was the then landlord and its address was 1 New Road. The 1850’s saw the pub renamed the Bridge Tavern, It used to be a Forder’s Hampton Court Brewery, in July 1925 it was bought by Brickwood’s Brewery, transferring to Whitbread’s Brewery in 1971 when they purchased Brickwood’s Brewery, the pub closed in 1982 being converted into an Art Gallery as can be seen in the photo, it has since been demolished and replaced by a Premier Hotel. *

July 1917 saw landlord T Birkett fined £1 for selling intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours. *

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Bridge Tavern, 106/108 New Road, junction St Mary Street, Northam Road, 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.

1853/D Amier/../../../Post Office Directory

1863/D Amier/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/Philip Thomas Pomeroy/Bridge Tavern, New Road/../../Coxs Directory

1871/Philip T Pomeroy/Publican/22/Branscombe, Devon/Census
1871/Maria Pomeroy/Wife/25/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Martin/Step Daughter/4/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Alice Martin/Step Daughter/1/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Emily Hayward/Domestic Servant/16/Southampton, Hampshire/Census

1878/Philip T Pomeroy/../../../Trade Directory

1881/Philip Thos Pomeroy/Licensed Victualler/33/Brandscombe, Devon/Census
1881/Maria Pomeroy/Wife/35/Southampton/Census
1881/Elizabeth Pomeroy/Daughter/14/Southampton/Census
1881/Alice Pomeroy/Daughter/11/Southampton/Census
1881/Henrietta Pomeroy/Daughter/9/Southampton/Census
1881/Philip Thos Pomeroy/Son/6/Southampton/Census
1881/Edith Pomeroy/Daughter/5/Southampton/Census
1881/Ernest Pomeroy/Son/3/Southampton/Census
1881/Florence Pomeroy/Daughter/1/Southampton/Census
1881/Charlotte Wilson/Barmaid/23/Hick, York/Census

1884/W C Roberton/../../../Post Office Directory

1885/William Civil Robertson/../../../Kellys Directory

1889/Wm T Wills/../../../Kellys Directory

1891/Thomas Besant/Merchant & Licensed Victualler/42/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1891/Mary J Besant/Wife/42/Salisbury, Wiltshire/Census
1891/Elizabeyj Trigle/Niece/12/Salisbury, Wiltshire/Census
1891/Frederick Gale/Barman/22/Bridport, Dorset/Census
1891/Laura Snow/General Servant/21/Southampton, Hampshire/Census

1898/Thomas Ford/../../../Kellys Directory

1907/William Mumford Pellew/../../../Kellys Directory

1911/Samuel James Robinson/../../../Kellys Directory

1916/Thomas Birkett/../../../Kellys Directory

1920/T Birkett/../../../Kellys Directory

1927/Wm T McCall/../../../Kellys Directory

1935/Cyril Harry Jennings/../../../Kellys Directory

1940/L J Freeman/../../../Kellys Directory

1946/L J Freeman/../../../Kellys Directory

1954/A Jarvis/../../../Kellys Directory