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Description: | Portchester was a busy village in the early 1900's. There were several large farms and market gardens nearby. There were visitors to the castle and there was also a successful pottery industry.
The New Inn was a famous old public house once owned by Lion Breweries of Winchester, one of six in the village. Situated in Castle Street, it was famous for being covered with ivy and was also known as the Ivy House. At one time the ivy penetrated the thick walls and grew all around the inside walls of the famous Ivy Room. After closing down as a public house it became a private residence for a time before becoming a tea room in the 1920's. Later it became a private residence again and the owners decided to have all the ivy removed, a decision which upset many of the older residents. A few doors down is the Cormorant which dates from around 1815.
It is possible that the pub was at one time a contact for the local Wicor smuggling gang.
Reference:
1. Emery, John. 1985. Fareham in old Picture Postcards, p.87, 89.
2. Crouch, George T. 1982. Story of Portchester, p.35.
3. Montgomery, Alan. 1984. My Goodness! My Portchester!, p.24-25.
Copy photograph of a photograph. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | inn hill Castle Street building Portsdown Hill New Inn smuggling street tea room house Wicor brewery public house Portchester Castle Lion Breweries castle Ivy House Cormorant | Temporal: | start=1900-01-01; end=1920-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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