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The Beach House Hotel, then Beach Hotel, Beach then Beach
Terrace and later South Terrace.
The Beach Hotel went through two forms. The Beach Hotel went through two forms.
The first building was built in the 1770s and is shown on the 1876-1882 1:2500
scale County Series Ordnance Survey map angled at approximately 45 degrees to
the nearby South Terrace roadway. A new Hotel was built alongside it in the late
1880s, and the two building existed alongside one another for a while before the
original building was demolished.
The later building remained in use until the early 1980s when it closed and was
subsequently demolished to be replaced with the Beach Crescent range of flats.
Some of the original garden walls remain in the new perimeter walling around the
new flats. *
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Littlehampton, Sussex . The Littlehampton, Sussex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Old Beach Hotel, Littlehampton - in original form (New hotel built to the right of this building)
Beach Hotel, Littlehampton - in final form (built late 1880s)
Kindly provided by Brian Haines
Images courtesy of West Sussex CC Library Service
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1828-9 / Philip Lansur /… / Pigot’s Directory - Called the Beach House Hotel
in this entry. *
1832-4 / Philip Sanser /… / Pigot’s Directory *
1838 / Leah Tupper /… / Pigot’s Directory – Leah is female first name*
1851 / Leah Tupper (Supper in Ancestry records!) / Head, Hotel Keeper / 59 /
Hascombe, Surrey / Census *
1851 / Emily Tupper (ditto) / Daughter / 24 / Littlehampton, Sussex / Census
1851 / Jane Halter / Servant, Bar Maid / 22 / Wisborough Green, Sussex /
Census
1851 / Eliza Jellett / Servant, Cook / 22 / Earnley, Sussex / Census
1851 / Stephen Collins / Servant, Porter / 18 / Slindon, Sussex / Census
1851 / Henry Tupper (Supper in Ancestry records!) / Grandson / 4 /
Wisborough Green, Sussex / Census
1851 / Thomas Parker / Servant, Ostler / 51 / Littlehampton, Sussex / Census
1851 / John C Bessel / Lodger, Vicar of Hearly Hert? / 65 / Surrey / Census
1851 / Samuel Sampson / Lodger, Barrister in Practice / 39 / London / Census
1851 / Ellen Sarah Sampson / Lodger, Wife of Samuel / 33 / Liverpool /
Census
1851 / Samuel Arthur Sampson / Lodger Son of Samuel / 11 months / St
Pancras, Middlesex / Census
1851 / Elizabeth Henly / Lodger, Nurse / 27 / Ask, Kent / Census
1861 / Leah Tupper / Head, Proprietor Beach Hotel / 66 / Hascombe, Sussex /
Census *
1861 / Ann Ford / Assistant / 23 / Billingshurst, Sussex / Census
1861 / Mary Wood / Assistant / 35 / Brighton, Sussex / Census
1861 / Elizabeth Baker / Servant, kitchen maid / 20 / Brighton, Sussex /
Census
1861 / Mary J Priest / Servant, housemaid / 20 / Arundel, Sussex / Census
1861 / Frederick Holland / Servant, porter / 20 / Horsham, Sussex / Census
1861 / Henry D Drummond / Lodger, late of Rifle Brigade / 47 / Edinburgh,
Scotland / Census
1861 / Sophia Drummond / Lodger / 38 / Prince of Wales Island / Census
1861 / Jessie Knox / Lodger, lady’s maid / Aggleshin, Scotland / Census
1867 / Thomas Butt /… / ? Directory *
1871 / Thomas Butt / Head, Wine Merchant / 58 / Littlehampton, Sussex /
Census *
1871 / Henry Butt / Son, Sailor / 24 / Littlehampton, Sussex / Census
1871 / Chas Butt / Son, Joiner / 20 / Littlehampton, Sussex / Census
1871 / Emma Oliver / Servant, Housekeeper / 30 / Wroughton, Sussex / Census
1871 / Hannah Mitchell / Servant, General Domestic / 21 / Arundel, Sussex /
Census
1871 / William Elsey / Lodger, Colonel Army / 63 / Ilford / Census
1871 / Juliet Andrews / Lodger / 20 / Wrecklesham, Sussex / Census
1874 / Mrs Mary Holliss /… / Post Office Directory *
1878 / David Shepherd /… / Post Office Directory *
1881 / David Shepherd / Head, Hotel keeper / 44 / Hatfield, Herts / Census *
1881 / Margaret Shepherd / Wife / 42 / Swanton, Norfolk / Census
1881 / May Shepherd / Daughter / 4 / Littlehampton, Sussex / Census
1881 / Henry David Shepherd / Son / 2 / Littlehampton, Sussex / Census
1881 / Jane Redman / Servant, waitress / 19 / Riply, Surrey / Census
1881 / Mary Wood / Servant, kitchen maid / 20 / Rudgwick, Sussex / Census
1881 / Robert Cook / Servant, errand boy / 14 / Sydenham, Kent / Census
1881 / Charles Hy Vincent / Visitor, Solicitor / 40 / Norwich, Norfolk /
Census
1882 / Samuel Tozer Sanders /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1887 / Ealing Pitts /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1891 / Louisa Chaine / Head, Manageress / 44 / Sussex / Census *
1891 / Ellen V Smith / Bookkeeper / 34 / Somerset / Census
1891 / Sarah Filby / Housekeeper / 50 / Cambridgeshire / Census
1891 / Ellen Moss / Barmaid / 27 / Warwickshire / Census
1891 / William Cordy / Porter, domestic servant / 42 / Norfolk / Census
1891 / Susan Cordy / Cook / 51 / Gloucestershire / Census
1891 / Julia Shull / Waitress / 27 / Hants / Census
1891 / Alice Sleasman / Chambermaid / 24 / Sussex / Census
1891 / Georgina Barratt / Chambermaid / 20 / Kent / Census
1891 / Ellen Blanch / Waitress / 23 / Middlesex / Census
1891 / Ada Woodan / General servant domestic / 18 / Middlesex / Census
1891 / Mabel Ethel Taylor / Visitor, scholar / 9 / Middlesex / Census
1891 / Jane Badcock / Visitor, lady’s maid / 26 / Sussex / Census
1891 / Arthur L Briggs / Boarder, cotton spinner from Lancashire / 47 /
Castle Bridge, Lancs. / Census
1891 / Ada Briggs / Boarder / 31 / Farsley, Yorks / Census
1893 / D Shepherd /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1898 / D Shepherd /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1901 / Ernest Whitebread / Head, Head official, club secretary / 44 / New
Brompton, Kent / Census *
1901 / Lizzie Whitebread / Wife / 41 / London / Census
1901 / Herbert V Whitebread / Son, Hotel secretary / 20 / S Hemington,
London / Census
1901 / Douglas H Whitebread / Son / 19 / Acton, London / Census
1901 / Henri Cornellier / Servant, Hotel Manager / 42 / France / Census
1901 / George Abraham / Servant, waiter / 51 / Bedfordshire / Census
1901 / Charles Bunyan / Servant, waiter / 19 / Hampstead, London / Census
1901 / Nettie Bennitt / Servant, chambermaid / 24 / Bedfordshire / Census
1901 / Edith Bell / Servant, housemaid / 38 / Salisbury, Hants / Census
1901 / Mary Kelly / Servant, chambermaid / 28 / London / Census
1901 / Hetty King / Servant, housemaid / 19 / Brighton, Sussex / Census
1901 / Edith Cavey / Servant, chambermaid / 22 / London / Census
1901 / Georgina Taylor / Servant, cook / 32 / Berkshire / Census
1901 / Jean Reuggli / Servant, porter / 21 / Switzerland / Census
1901 / William Lazeby / Servant, porter / 21 / Peckham, London / Census
1901 / William Woodford / Servant, billiards marker / 23 / London / Census
1901 / James west / Servant, motor car mechanic / 23 / London / Census
1901 / Mary Phelps / Servant, assistant housekeeper / 24 / Dorset / Census
1901 / Eva Drake / servant, hotel book keeper / 28 / Peckham, London /
Census
1901 / Margarite Gant / Servant, barmaid / 20 / London / Census
1901 / Ernest Simpson / Boarder,? / 23 / London / Census
1901 / Leo Young / Boarder,? / 21 / Portsmouth, Hants / Census
1901 / Ernest Davidson / Boarder,? / Germany, British subject / Census
1901 / Julian Handt / Boarder,? Director / 27 / Austria, British subject /
Census
1901 / John Parkinson / Visitor, Geologist Scientist / 29 / London / Census
1901 / Ernest James / Visitor, Hotel Proprietor / 36 / Hampstead, London /
Census
1901 / Grace James / Visitor / 34 / London / Census
1901 / Samuel Brown / Visitor, Paper Maker (Agent) / 31 / London / Census
1904 / W H Heads? /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1906 / Christopher Snowden /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1909 / Christopher Snowden /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1909 / Arthur Gascoigne /… / Kelly’s Directory – must have been a change in
landlord this year *
1911 / Arthur Gascoigne / Head, Hotel Manager / 42 / Marylebone, London /
Census *
1911 / Mildred Gascoigne / Wife / 41 / Newport, Monmouthshire / Census
1911 / Godfrey Gascoigne / Son / Cromer, Norfolk / Census
1911 / Raymond Gascoigne / 2 / Littlehampton, Sussex / Census
1911 / Emma Johnson / Servant, hospital nurse midwife / 44 / Islington,
London / Census
1911 / Enid Batt / Servant, hotel housekeeper / 30 / Bristol, Somerset /
Census
1911 / Edith Walker / Servant, bookkeeper / 31 / Brighton, Sussex / Census
1911 / Nora Pearce / Servant, hotel storekeeper / 38 / Axminster, Devon /
Census
1911 / Minnie Green / Servant, chambermaid / 26 / Church Newell, Dorset /
Census
1911 / Emily Burslowe / Servant, chambermaid / 41 / Brighton, Sussex /
Census
1911 / Eloise Gray / Servant, chambermaid / 23 / Newington, London / Census
1911 / Emily Knight / Servant, chambermaid / 25 / Camberwell, London /
Census
1911 / Maud Knight / Servant, staff maid / 27 / Brighton, Sussex / Census
1911 / Annie Cornick / Servant, stillroom maid / 21 / Leigh, Dorset / Census
1911 / Edith Hill / Servant, barmaid / 30 / Norwood, London / Census
1911 / Alfred Spicer / Servant, porter / 24 / Eastbourne, Sussex / Census
1911 / Stanley Hazell / Servant, porter / 26 / Devises, Wilts / Census
1911 / William Waldi / Servant, clerk / 24 / Cork, Cork / Ireland / Census
1911 / Fritz Hallmein / Servant, waiter / 22 / Germany / Census
1911 / Nora Myers / Boarder / 52 / Horncastle, Lincolnshire / Census
1911 / Rollo Myers / Boarder, student / 19 / Chislehurst, Kent / Census
1911 / Ellen Boke / Boarder, children's nurse / 41 / East Lavington, Sussex
/ Census
1911 / Richard Paget / Boarder, retired army officer / 57 / Westminster,
London / Census
1911 / John Coutauld / Boarder, Architect / 30 / Braintree, Essex / Census
1911 / Henrietta Coutauld / Boarder / 27 / Wimbledon, Surrey / Census
1911 / Jeane Coutauld / Boarder / 1 / Hitchin, Herts / Census
1911 / Theodore Holland / Boarder, professional musician / 32 / Wimbledon,
Surrey / Census
1911 / Joseph Camp / Boarder, Chauffeur / 41 / Lambeth, London / Census
1911 / Beryl Browne / Boarder / 21 / Wimbledon, Surrey / Census
1911 / Robert Latham / Boarder, Chauffeur / 22 / Wandsworth, London / Census
1911 / Sephima Lamotte / Boarder / 50 / Norwood, Surrey / Census
1911 / Margaret Lamotte / Boarder / 21 / Shirley, Surrey / Census
1911 / Robert C Dunnigardner / Visitor, law student Inner Temple / 42 /
London / Census
1918 / Arthur Gascoigne /… /… /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1922 /G S Stacey /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1923 / R Stacey /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1924 / G S Stacey /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1925 / R Stacey /… / Littlehampton Directory – strange that the initials
swap alternate years, husband & wife? *
1927 / L Radford /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1938 / L Radford /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1947 / A Vilaseca /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1950 / V G Graham /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1953 / No person named under entry /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1967-8 / Marcel M Genoli /… / Littlehampton Directory *
1969-70 / Marcel M Genoli /… / Littlehampton Directory *
* Provided By Brian Haines
** Littlehampton
Museum
*** Littlehampton History Society books