Merry Christmas Beer House
These premises were apparently a beer and lodging house at 59 All Saints Street between 1848 and 1852, with the licensee listed as Edward Paris.[1]
It had 12 beds to let, lodgers sleeping two to a bed giving an occupancy of 24 persons[2]. The drains were questionable, draining in open channels from one floor to the next, finally exiting onto the street.[3]
In 1848 a Carpenter called Thomas Wright, 29, was charged with stealing a blanket from the Merry Christmas'. Eliza Paris wife of the landlord was a key witness. The prisoner was found guilty and given seven months in the 'Lewes House of Correction' including 14 days solitary.
1851 Census Return[edit]
Edward Paris, 39, Licensee and Bricklayer
Robert Paris, 10, Son
Clare Paris, 6 Daughter.
Thomas Paris, 4 Son.
Eliza Paris, Wife, not listed.
The other twelve people (6 couples) are all listed as lodgers and travellers from various parts of the country: Hampshire, Kent, Wales, Scotland and Loughton.[4]
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References & Notes
- ↑ Historical Hastings group - Alan Jeffries
- ↑ Returns under the Common Lodging Houses Act
- ↑ 1850 Cresy Report surveying Hastings' drains and sewers
- ↑ Hastings Forum: The "Merry Christmas" Pub - Hastings Forum, accessdate: 19 December 2019
