Sheerness pub history index
Aka Royal Fountain Hotel; This pub was present by 1802 and closed in around 2000. It has now been converted to residential use. **
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Sheerness, Kent . The Sheerness, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Royal Fountain Hotel, 15 West Street, Blue Town, Sheerness - circa 1830
Fountain Hotel, 15 West Street, Sheerness - in March 2011
Both kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1824/George Clarkson/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1826/G Clarkson/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1840/George Clarkson / & Wine & Spirit Merchant /../../Pigot’s Directory **
1847/Jas. Gregory/../../../Bagshaw’s Directory **
1855/L Davis/../../../Post Office Directory **
1858/Robert Pott/../../../Melville’s Directory **
1861/Robert Pott/Hotel Keeper/35/Ludham, Kent/Census
1861/Ann M Pott/Wife/37/Charing, Kent//Census
1861/Mary Ann Pott/Sister/19/Preston, Kent//Census
1861/Alice Smith/Servant/29/Windsor, Berkshire/Census
1861/Richard Sawyer/Servant/39/Harting, Sussex/Census
1861/Ann Sawyer/Servant/35/Devon/Census
1861/Hannah Bead/Servant/27/Llee, Shropshire/Census
1861/Mary Ann Barnard/Servant/14/Minster, Kent//Census
1861/George Ambrose/Servant/32/Lenham, Kent/Census
1861/George Stone/Boarder, Timber Merchant/34/Faversham, Kent//Census
1861/Jno S Oliver/Boarder, Chapain RN/37/Devonport, Devon/Census
1862/Alfred Whittaker Howe/../../../Post Office Directory
1867/Alfred Whittaker Howe/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Alfred W Howe/Hotel Keeper/42/Minster, Kent/Census
1871/Francis A Howe/Mother, Widow/74/Minster, Kent/Census
1871/Eliza Howe/Daughter/20/London/Census
1871/Charlotte Dale/Visitor, Widow/63/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1871/Charlotte Dale/Housekeeper/31/Boxley, Kent/Census
1871/Thomas Tebbutt/Barman/24/Northamptonshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Fox/Cook/28/Herefordshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Kemp/Kitchen Maid/22/Ulcomb, Kent/Census
1871/Mariah Chalk/Chambermaid/35/London/Census
1871/George Skinner/Boots/21/Kent/Census
1871/William Miller/Waiting Boy/18/Sundbery, Surrey/Census
1871/Henry Ware/Waiter/24/Kent/Census
1871/Earnest Freke/Waiter/24/Kent/Census
1871/Earnest Buckdale/Lodger, Lieutenant RN/27/Horsford, Norfolk/Census
1874/Alfred Whittaker Howe/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Alfred W Howe/Hotel Proprietor, widow/50/Minster Sheppey, Kent/Census
1881/Charlotte Dale/Housekeeper/70/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Fanny Styles/Visitor/15/Milton, Kent/Census
1881/Sarah Wadhams/Barmaid/20/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Martin/Cook, Widow/37/Margate, Kent/Census
1881/Eliza Sherriff/Chambermaid, widow/29/Ramsgate, Kent/Census
1881/Caroline Virgo/Kitchen Maid/24/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Moore/Under Waiter/16/Milton, Kent/Census
1881/Frederick Garrett/Boots/23/Ashford, Kent/Census
1891/William Johnson/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1902/J R Sinclair / Proprietor /../../Parson’s Isle of Sheppey Directory **
1918/Trust Houses Ltd./../../../Kelly’s Directory
1934/Trust Houses Ltd./../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1938/Trust Houses Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris