The Snowdrop Inn, 119 South Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2BU

Lewes pub history index

This pub was originally the Schooner Inn, destroyed by an avalanche on 27 December 1836 with loss of several livesthe worst such event ever recorded in England. It was rebuilt and appropriately renamed the Snowdrop (sometimes Snow Drop) in 1840. **

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Lewes, Sussex .

Snowdrop Inn, 119 South Street, Lewes - in May 2009

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Residents at this address.

1836/Robert Hyam(or Higham)/../../../per: The Inns of Lewes - Past & Present **

1851/H Hards/../../../P.O. Directory **

1855/Robert Simmons/../../../P.O. Directory **

1858/Henry Hawes/../../../Melvilles Directory **

1859/H Hawes/../../../Post Office Directory

1865/E Geering/../../../Simpsons Directory **

1866/E Geering/../../../Post Office Directory

1867/Edmund Geering/../../../Kellys Directory **

1870/Edmund Geering/../../../P.O. Directory **

1871/Edmund Geering/Innkeeper/51/Bishopstone, Sussex /census **
1871/Mercy Geering/Wife/50/Blatchington, Sussex /census
1871/Edmund J Geering/Grandson/4/Folkestone, Kent /census

1878/Harry Carr/../../../Post Office Directory

1881/G Payne/../../../Tomkies Directory **

1882/George Payne/../../../Kellys Directory **

1883/G Payne/../../../Holmans Lewes Directory **

1890/James Allen/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/James Allen/../../../Kellys Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex **

1899/Otto Bugmann/../../../Post Office Directory

1905/Thomas Fish/../../../Post Office Directory

1910/H Robinson/../../../Pikes Directory **

1911/Henry Robinson/Licensed Victualler & Rly Pensioner/64/Birdhams, Sussex/Census
1911/Emma Robinson/Wife, Assistant/40/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1911/Winifred Helen Unsted/Step Daughter, Cashier in Grocery/17/Glynde, Sussex/Census
1911/Edward Mercer Unsted/Stepson, Fish Hawker/16/Beddingham, Sussex/Census

1913/Henry Robinson/../../../Kellys Directory

1915/Charles Pankhurst/../../../Post Office Directory

1918/Albert Slarks/../../../Kellys Directory

1930/E W Brown/../../../Pikes Blue Book, 1931-32 **

1930, Snowdrop, Ernest William Brown, South street, Lewes .. Kellys Directory

1938/Frank Hoad/../../../Kellys Directory **

2018, The Snowdrop Inn, 119 South Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2BU

** Provided By Stephen Harris