Custom House Tavern, River Road, Littlehampton

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Previous research by others indicated that the Custom House Tavern was renamed the Arun View but the 1870 Kelly’s Directory listed both, each with its own proprietor; they therefore must have been separate premises. *
The following directory entries indicate this Public House’s existence but as the name does not appear again it is impossible to locate it with any certainty. It was possibly renamed the Steam Packet or rebuilt to become that. *

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.

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1861 / John Carpenter /… / Post Office Directory – indicated as in the Custom House Tavern *

1870 / John Carpenter /… / Kelly’s Directory – indicated as in the Custom House Tavern *

1871 Census:
The enumerator for District 8, which included River Road, did not complete his listings sequentially, he seems to have dodged about somewhat making the tracing of pub proprietors very difficult. *

He incorrectly annotated most of the River Road properties as being in Surrey Street from before the Ship and Anchor, number 3, to beyond the Rose and Crown, number 38. He then recorded Ferry Road (now Terminus Road), Hampton Court and Purbeck Place, finally listing the remainder of River Road annotating it as such. *

Hampton Court and Purbeck Place were not listed where they were located geographically in either River Road or Ferry Road but were listed one after the other as above. *

No proprietor found for this property; see the Steam Packet for a possible answer. *


* Provided By Brian Haines

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