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Possibly also called Ferry Coffee Tavern. *
The use of Tavern would suggest that it was a Public House or similar
establishment selling alcoholic drinks but equally it could have been a Coffee
Shop/Café type establishment. It was located immediately next to the Locomotive
but was run by different people. It appears to have been in existence for just a
few years. *
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The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1887 / Mrs Rebecca Prince /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1891 / Rebecca Prince, widow / Head, Proprietor Coffee Tavern / 57 / Arundel,
Sussex / Census *
1891 / Rebecca M Prince / Daughter, Pupil teacher / 21 / Ringwood, Hants /
Census
1895 / Mrs Rebecca Prince /… / Kelly’s Directory *
1899 / Miss Victoria Lillian Scarpe /… / Kelly’s Directory – called Ferry Coffee
Tavern *
(She married William Belchamber or Robert Freeman in Q2 1903 East Preston.) *
1901 / John Cooper / Head, Florist & Seedsman / 44 / Greenwich, Kent / Census *
1901 / Sarah Cooper / Wife / 43 / Nantley Scouse, Hants / Census
1904 /… /… / Bennett’s Directory – no manager listed and called Ferry Coffee
Tavern *
John Cooper is listed as living at 3 Terminus Road, the same address as Rebecca
Prince did in the 1891 census, and is still at the address in 1911. His
occupation appears to be the same in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses and this
calls into question the entry in the Bennett’s Directory above. No entry for a
Ferry Coffee Tavern was found elsewhere in either census but there appears to be
19 properties missing in the 1901 Census that were listed in 1891. The name
seems to suggest that it was near the Ferry which would put it in the locality
of the Arun View and Steam Packet Inns.*
* Provided By Brian Haines