Eagle, 150 Millbrook Road,  Southampton, Hampshire

At 132 Millbrook Road in 1898 and 1907

Southampton pub history index

This 1860’s Forder’s Hampton Court , a William Watts was landlord at this time, in 1925 Brickwood’s Brewery took over the pub which in 1971 became a Whitbread’s Brewery pub, it closed on 25th January 1981. * The building remains today, alongside the new business centre, but now a provate residence. **

March 1920 saw landlady Bessie Vere fined £50 for selling over priced whiskey from an unmarked bottle. *

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Eagle, 150 Millbrook Road, Southampton

Freemantle Business Centre next to the site of the Eagle - see below

Both kindly provided by Bob Bates

Eagle, 150 Millbrook Road, Southampton  - today a private residence

Kindly provided by David Cunningham

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1871/Robert Davies/../../../Coxs Directory

1884/G H Hunt/../../../Post Office Directory

1898/Richard Stone Major/Eagle, 132 Millbrook road, Freemantle/../../Kellys Directory

1907/Arthur Alexander/../../../Kellys Directory

1927/Rt John Fuller/../../../Kellys Directory

1935/Fras S Tringham/../../../Kellys Directory

1940/Jas Downing/../../../Kellys Directory

1946/Jas Downing/../../../Kellys Directory

1954/A Kingsbury/../../../Kellys Directory

My mother, Betty Cunningham, was the only barmaid in this pub and worked there for some 8 years before it's closure in 1981. The Landlords names were Eric and Eadie (I do not remember the surname), the pub closed when they retired from the pub business. **