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Picture source: Barry Taylor

The Bridge Tavern was situated on Northam Road, on the corner of Kinsway and New Road. Present by the 1830s when it was known as The Red Rover. Renamed The Bridge Tavern in the 1850s. Used as The Bridge Gallery on closure in 1982 and now converted to flats. The Southampton to London Railway runs right behind this building and parallel to Northam Road - then through a tunnel from here under the East Park Terrace Parks and Southampton High Street. Landlords, dates and sources: 1878-Philip T Pomeroy-Trade Directory 1881-Philip Thos Pomeroy-Licensed Victualler-33-Brandscombe, Devon-Census 1881-Maria Pomeroy-Wife-35-Southampton-Census 1881-Elizabeth Pomeroy-Daughter-14-Southampton-Census 1881-Alice Pomeroy-Daughter-11-Southampton-Census 1881-Henrietta Pomeroy-Daughter-9-Southampton-Census 1881-Philip Thos Pomeroy-Son-6-Southampton-Census 1881-Edith Pomeroy-Daughter-5-Southampton-Census 1881-Ernest Pomeroy-Son-3-Southampton-Census 1881-Florence Pomeroy-Daughter-1-Southampton-Census 1881-Charlotte Wilson-Barmaid-23-Hick, York-Census 1885-William Civil Robertson-Kellys Directory 1889-Wm T Wills-Kellys Directory 1898-Thomas Ford-Kellys Directory 1907-William Mumford Pellew-Kellys Directory 1911-Samuel James Robinson-Kellys Directory 1916-Thomas Birkett-Kellys Directory 1920-T Birkett-Kellys Directory 1927-Wm T McCall-Kellys Directory 1935-Cyril Harry Jennings-Kellys Directory 1940-L J Freeman-Kellys Directory 1946-L J Freeman-Kellys Directory 1954-A Jarvis-Kellys Directory

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