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In 1863 the premises were leased by the Bishop of Winchester to a John Snook, in 1902 the pub was taken over by Crowley’s Alton Brewery under whose ownership it remained until 1947 when Watney’s Brewery took it over. The 1950’s saw the redevelopment of the area with the pub being demolished to make way for flats. *
May 1903 saw Mr Whyte the landlord being fined £2 for selling intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours and in April 1909, Mr Weeks the landlord was fined 10/- for selling drink to a drunken person. *
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Builders Arms, 7 Union Street, 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.
1863/Charles Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Charles Brown/7 Union Street, Orchard lane/../../Coxs Directory
1881/Ralph M Downs/Innkeeper, Widow/52/Scotland/Census
1881/Sophia King/General Servant, Widow/37/Salisbury, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Philip Donner/Boarder, General Labourer/50/(British Subject),
Germany/Census
1884/Ralph M Downs/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Geo Harris Weeks/../../../Kellys Directory
1920/Geo Harris Weeks/../../../Kellys Directory
1927/Albert Jas Vernon Dykes/Builders Arms, 7 Union Street/../../Kellys Directory
* Provided By Bob Bates