Bulls Head, 55 French Street, Southampton, Hampshire
Southampton pub history index
This 14th century building, which was badly damaged in the
wartime bombing of the city, has recently been restored because it is one of the
finest examples of 14th-century architecture in the country. It is now listed as
an ancient monument and is owned by English Heritage. Currently a museum, the
building has had a varied career since it became a beer house known as the Flag
back in 1820 and Benjamin Bond was the landlord. Eldridge Pope, the Dorchester
brewers, took over the lease of the pub in July 1883 and finally bought it for
£425 in January 1895. The brewery sold the building to the local authorities in
1932 or thereabouts. It was not a pub for all those years, however, because it
was refused a licence in 1912. The brewery received the sum of £1541 4s in
compensation and the building became a boarding house. The pub's address became
58 French Street when the street was renumbered in the first decade of the 20th
century. The Building to the left is the back of The Duke of Wellington another
old pub. *
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Bulls Head, 55 French 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.
1871/Harry Lever/Bulls Head, 50 French Street/../../Coxs Directory ****
1881/John Holdaway/Publican/38/Southampton, Hampshire/Census ****
1881/Ruth Holdaway/Wife/37/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1881/Thomas Holdaway/Son/7/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1881/Sophia Holdaway/Daughter/3/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1881/Ruth Holdaway/Daughter/2/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1881/Emily Nott/General Servant/16/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1898/Henry Allen/Beer Retailer, 55 French street/../../Kellys Directory ****
* Provided By Bob Bates
**** Provided By
Kevan