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Barcombe pub history index
Built in 1790, and sitting on the banks of the River Ouse. The pub saw the last barges plying trade and moving bricks that were used to build the Balcombe Viaduct for the railway in 1846. It re-opened in 1963 as the Anchor House.
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Sussex Advertiser. 10 February 1823
The Farming Stock, Husbandry Tackle and Household Furniture of the late Mr Smith, on the premises, sistuate close to the Anchos Public House, in the parish of Barcomb, comprising seven cows with and in Calf, one Horse, two Hogs, one Dung cart, one Market cart and various husbandry implements.
In 1841 at the Anchor, Barcombe, Lewes
James Funnell, Carpenter aged 50 and born in Sussex
Mary Funnell aged 50 and born in Sussex
William Funnell aged 25 and born in Sussex
James Funnell aged 20 and born in Sussex
Mary Funnell aged 20 and born in Sussex
Mary Stephenson, Female Servant aged 15
Elizabeth Morley, Female Servant aged 10 and born in Sussex
John Constable, Ag labourer aged 30 and born in Sussex
Amos Elphick, Male Servant aged 15 and born in Sussex
In 1851 at the Anchor Inn, Barcombe, Lewes,
James Funnell, Inn keeper farmer 116 acres aged 60 and born in Barcombe, Sussex
Mary Funnell, Wife aged 60 and born in Barcombe, Sussex
Elizabeth Morley, Niece, Dress maker aged 21 and born in Barcombe, Sussex
John Constable, Servant, Ag labourer aged 40 and born in Barcombe, Sussex
Charles Baker, Servant, Ag labourer aged 23 and born in Barcombe, Sussex
Emily Best, House servant aged 16 and born in Fletching, Sussex
1855, Anchor, J Funnell, Barcombe, Lewes
In 1861 at the Anchor Inn, Gallops, Barcombe, Lewes
John Lidbetter, Miller journeyman inn keeper aged 40 and born in Reading, Sussex
Sarah Lidbetter, Wife aged 30 and born in Sussex
James Lidbetter, Son aged 12 and born in Clayton, Sussex
Louisa Lidbetter, Daughter aged 10 and born in Brighton, Sussex
Jane Lidbetter, Daughter aged 8 and born in Brighton, Sussex
Sarah Lidbetter, Daughter aged 6 and born in Southwick, Sussex
George Lidbetter, Son aged 1 and born in Barcombe, Sussex
John Lidbetter, Son aged 1 and born in Barcombe, Sussex
Sussex Express. 06 July 1956
The Anchor House, Barcombe Tel 14
Proprietor W G Almond
Now accessible by road via Barcombe
Boating and Teas
Open every day till dusk.
Sussex Express. 22 March 1963
THe Anchor, Barcombe Mills was granted a provisional seasonal on license for drinks to be sold from April to October.
Mr Charles White and his wife came to the Anchor House in the early part of last year when he retired as a manager of a rubber station in Malaya where he had been 27 years.
Since 1925 people had hired boats on the river and last year Mr White had hired boats to about 3,600 adults. About 95 lunches and 625 teas had been served at the house. The house was originally a riverside public house.
Sussex Express. 17 May 1963
The Anchor Inn, at Barcombe, which was closed in 1900, opened again on Thursday last week with a cocktail party given by the new proprietors, Mr and Mrs Derek White.
Anchor House, as it will now be called, lies on the right bank of the River Ouse at Barcombe and was built in about 1800.
The original Anchor Inn catered for barges, whose horse-drawn barges travelled up the Ouse from Newhaven to Ryelands bridge, with varied cargoes including stone used to build the Balcombe viaduct for the railway in 1846.
The construction of the railway caused the decline of the river traffic, and the last barge moored at the Ancor in 1861.
The Anchor continued to be used by a few locals until the innkeeper was caught smuggling, and the licence was confiscated.
In 1900, the property was acquired by Sir William Grainger, who made various alterations. Due to lack of demand he relinquished the license soon afterwards, and the house was now used as a small private school.
In about 1920, or perhaps earlier, the school closed and the property has been used for a boating business ever since.