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Neptune Inn, 8 Albert Terrace, Hove, Brighton

At 10 Victoria Terrace in 1913 & 1938

Neptune Inn, 10 Victoria Terrace, Hove, Brighton - in May 2011

Neptune Inn, 10 Victoria Terrace, Hove, Brighton - in May 2011

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1859/H Williams/../../../Post Office Directory

In 1871, 1881 and 1891 census, the publican was William Welfare. His first wife was Kesiah Steer, who he married in 1862, and I suspect they took over the pub some time after that; by the 1871 census Kesiah had died. In 1877, William married Catherine Martha Ward (my grandfather's sister) and the couple are running the pub in 1881. They are still there in 1891, but Catherine Martha Welfare died in 1898, and I think William then gave up the pub, as he is no longer there in 1901. William died in 1902. *

1866/W Welfare/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/William Welfare/Licensed Victualler, Widow/40/Fletching, Sussex/Census *
1871/Edward Welfare/Son/8/Hove, Sussex/Census
1871/Harriett Welfare/Daughter/7/Hove, Sussex/Census
1871/Eliza Welfare/Daughter/7/Hove, Sussex/Census
1871/Naomi Ringer/Domestic Servant/25/Lewes, Sussex/Census
1871/Susannah Martin/Domestic Servant/20/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1871/Frederick Collins/Potman/36/Bognor, Sussex/Census

1878/William Welfare/../../../Post Office Directory

1881/William Welfare/Publican/46/Fletching, Sussex/Census
1881/Catherine Welfare/Wife/36/West Grinstead, Sussex/Census
1881/Edward Welfare/Son/18/Hove, Sussex/Census
1881/Sophia Ewins/Barmaid/18/West Grinstead, Sussex/Census
1881/Ellen Combes/General Servant/20/Nuthurst, Sussex/Census

1890/William Welfare/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/William Welfare/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex **

1891/William Welfare/Inn Keeper/59/Fletching, Sussex/Census *
1891/Catherine Welfare/Wife/45/Westgrist, Sussex/Census
1891/Eliza Welfare/Daughter, Barmaid/26/Hove, Sussex/Census
1891/Mary Welfare/Daughter/8/Hove, Sussex/Census
1891/Ada Edwards/Domestic Servant/18/Brighton, Sussex/Census

William Welfare of the Neptune Hove: His probate in 1902 was granted to Edward Welfare engineer (son by his first marriage) and James Ansell, draper. William's second wife Catherine Martha Ward was related to James Ansell, who was the brother of the George Ansell of the Windmill on Clapham Common. The family connections also extend to the Frederick French who ran the Bridge Hotel in Uckfield and the Henry James Walker who ran the Joiners Arms in Bethnal Green. Catherine Martha Ward, James and George Ansell, Frederick French and Henry Walker were all descendents of my great great grandfather James Ward. *

I have found that William's brother Richard Welfare was also a publican, at the Freemasons Tavern, Hastings. *

1899/Isaac Leech/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Sussex **

1905/Charles Scott McLaren/../../../Post Office Directory

1913/George Stone/../../../Post Office Directory

1918/James Rowe/../../../Post Office Directory

1930/Jas Tooley/../../../Post Office Directory

1938/Jas Tooley/../../../Post Office Directory


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