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Description: | Union Street was so named because the Parish Union Workhouse or Poorhouse was situated here at No 2 until 1836 when it moved to a new building in Wickham Road. The old poorhouse later became the Robin Hood and Little John public house. Next door was the Blacksmith's Arms and next to that a beer house. The area was popular with sailors as Fareham was a busy port in the mid 19th century.
The Red Lion hotel which faces Union Street is an ancient coaching inn, rebuilt in 1819.
Reference:
1. Fareham Society. 1995. Fareham Town Walks, p. 7-8.
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: | Robin Hood and little John car workhouse building poorhouse street public house Red Lion Blacksmith's Arms transport Robin Hood and Little John East Street Union Street | Temporal: | start=1930-01-01; end=1940-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | G Privett; (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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