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White Hart, 55 High Street, Lewes

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This pub was established in around 1717. In the 1832 & 1839 Pigot's it is listed as the Royal Sussex Hotel and White Hart Inn **

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

White Hart, 55 High Street, Lewes - in May 2009

White Hart, 55 High Street, Lewes - in May 2009

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Residents at this address.

1759/William Verall/../../../per: The Inns of Lewes Past & Present **

1761/Thomas Scrace/../../../per: The Inns of Lewes Past & Present **

1832/John Pollard/../../../Pigots Directory **

1839/Francis Emary/../../../Pigots Directory **

1851/J Stenning/../../../Post Office Directory

1855/John Stenning/../../../P.O. Directory **

1858/Mrs Ellen Stenning/../../../Melvilles Directory **

1859/Mrs E Stenning/../../../Post Office Directory

1865/Ellen Stenning/../../../Simpsons Directory **

1866/Mrs E Stenning/../../../Post Office Directory

1867/Mrs Ellen Stenning/../../../Kellys Directory **

1870/Mrs Ellen Stenning/../../../P.O. Directory **

1878/Mrs Hannah Hunsley/../../../Post Office Directory

1881/C Cooper/../../../Tomkies Directory **

1882/David Wilkinson/../../../Kellys Directory **

1883/W G Barry/../../../Holmans Lewes Directory **

1890/Mrs B M Cumming/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Henry Tuff/../../../Kellys Directory of Sussex **

1901/Henry Tuff/Hotel Keeper/52/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1901/Emily J G Tuff/Wife/43/Harbledown, Kent/Census
1901/Fanny G Tuff/Daughter/23/Milton Sittingbourne, Kent/Census
1901/Flora M Tuff/Daughter/19/Sittingbourne, Kent/Census
1901/Winifred G Tuff/Daughter/17/Wilmington, Kent/Census
1901/Edith A Warren/Book Keeper/23/Devon/Census
1901/Alice H L Reed/Assistant Housekeeper/24/Streatham, Surrey/Census
1901/Alfred E Wells/Waitress/30/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1901/Charles Humphrey/Boots/25/Southampton, Hants/Census
1901/Charles Bedwell/House Boy/17/Fletching, Sussex/Census
1901/Annie Wholing/Cook/48/Newport, Mon/Census
1901/Harriett Annescaeu??/Waitress/21/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1901/Elizth M Simmons/Housemaid/20/Seaford, Sussex/Census
1901/Ellen Rickson/Kitchenmaid/22/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census

1905/Henry Tuff/../../../Kellys Directory of Sussex **

1910/W Beaty/../../../Pikes Directory **

1911/Elizabeth Ann Beaty/Hotel Proprietoress, Widow/50/Holbeach, Lincolnshire/Census
1911/John L Domdall/Boarder, Clegyman, Widow/67/Dublin/Census
1911/Jessie Irving/Boarder, Housekeeper/47/Annan, Scotland/Census
1911/Arthur Errington Ridsdale/Boarder, Doctor Retired/41/Chingford, Essex/Census
1911/Philip Walter/Boarder, Captain Royal Navy Retired/46/St Georges Hanover Square, London/Census
1911/Eleanor Millicent Walter/Boarder/13/Coxwold, York/Census
1911/Sarah Jones/Cook/55/West Bromwich, Staffordshire/Census
1911/Nellie Ison/Waitress/25/St Albans, Herts/Census
1911/Elizabeth Pullen/Chambermaid/26/Low Heath, Sussex/Census
1911/Dorothy Elliott/Kitchenmaid/20/Isfield, Sussex/Census
1911/Sarah Elizabeth Martha Stace/Scullery Maid/16/Heighton, Sussex/Census
1911/George Best/Boots/21/Lewes, Sussex/Census
1911/Alfred Ernest Wells/Waiter/40/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1911/Harriet Anne Greenfield/Barmaid/44/Cootham, Sussex/Census
1911/Barbara Helen Simmons/Linen Keeper/27/Newhaven, Sussex/Census

1913/Mrs Elizabeth Ann Beaty/../../../Post Office Directory

1918/E A Beaty/../../../Post Office Directory

1930/H W Walton/../../../Pikes Blue Book 1931-32 **

1938, White Hart Family Hotel, H W Walton, proprietor, 55 High street .. Kellys Directory **


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