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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Dorset => Topic started by: LisaLade on Saturday 24 September 05 17:40 BST (UK)
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I have discovered my ancestor John Dibben was a publican and ran a pub called "The Britannia Inn" on Poole Quay in 1861.
Does anybody know if this pub still exists or, if not, where it was?
Thanks,
Lisa Lade
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I have an awful feeling its just been knocked down and redeveloped,will check with peeps today who will know whats happened, there is a britannia inn in parkstone on britannia rd a suburb of poole ,but thats not your one.
your one was/is the one on the quay very near the NELSON pub.facing out to the harbour.
reagrs chloe
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Hi Chloe
Thanks for the info - had a feeling it wasn't there anymore as I have been to Poole quite a few times and I don't remember it - also it's not listed anywhere.
If you could let me know anymore info then I would be grateful.
Cheers,
Lisa
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hi lisa
peepes i spoke to last night thought it might have become the "poole arms",
dug out 1861 census and found john, his neighbouring pubs were the poole arms on one side and the "portsmouth hoy" on the other side,
presuming the" portsmouth" became the" nelson arms",that places john in the pub between the two.
the nelson and poole arms are still there, so i think your britannia is either the hideous amusement arcade or poole marine centre,if my memory serves me right the last time i was down there[i was drunk] the marine centre still has its old facade and was'nt totally flattened.
you could try writing to SCAPLENS COURT MUSEUM just put poole quay for the address ,that will find it,they are bound to have a picture of the quay around that time,its a brilliant little museum and they are very helpful.
hope all this helps
regards chloe
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Chloe,
Thanks very much for the info again. I will contact the museum and see how it goes.
Cheers,
Lisa
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have found out just this morning in a friends book on old poole, that in 1910 john carter's warehouse on the quay was where the britannia inn was ,thats gone too now and we think it might be the site of the poole tourism office.
QUOTE FROM ANN NORBURY'S BOOK
POOLE QUAY JOHN CARTER'S WAREHOUSE WHICH USED TO BE THE BRITANNIA INN,BETWEEN THE POOLE ARMS AND THE PORTSMOUTH HOY.POOLE POTTERY KILNS ARE ON THE RIGHT.
regards chloe
p.s my friend said she will scan the page for u if u want to send me your e-mail address in a private message
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Hi Chloe
Funny you should send me this message because I found a couple of photos on the net with the Portsmouth Hoy and Poole Arms with a big white building in the middle called John Carter something or another!
The building is still there but obviously is now a shop or something by the looks of it.
I had a feeling that was probably the Britannia.
Don't worry about sending the page to me as I've got these photos and my mother-in-law is visiting Poole next week so will be doing some more investigating for me.
Thanks for everything,
Cheers,
Lisa
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Hi reading your lisa's and chloe's - I live in poole near poole quay - if you need more informations - call Waterfront Museum but I think the roofing have been redesigning at the moment and ask for Pat or David in family history dept. They will be happy to help. They have done surnames indexes on cards. I am sure yours will be found among these millions of cards. Good luck!
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Thanks for that info - I will try the museum.
Cheers,
Lisa
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Hi Lisa, just saw this post about the Dibbens on Poole Quay. We own the shop that once was the Britannia Inn and appreciate your thread was quite a few years back. The building was a pub for 30/40 years we believe after being built around 1849 - we have the deeds here so your relatives, the Dibbens, would have been the first licensees on a thriving quay which is probably why they stayed there so long. Up until a couple of years ago there was a Ms Dibben who never married and was running a shop a stones throw away from our shop. She was well in to her 90s when she died and her shop at one time was a big concern and had been part of large business. Probably a relative of yours, thought you may find this of interest. She has one neice I think here in Poole.
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Hi George,
Thank you for your message. Looking at the original thread I can't believe my last post was in 2005! The time goes way too fast.
Anyway, I was really interested to see that you now own the shop that was The Britannia Inn. I haven't done much on my family history for a few years now as I hit a brick wall with all the lines I was tracing but it was great to hear from you.
My parents used to take me on holiday to Bournemouth every year when I was a child and we always visited Poole as it was my mum's favourite place - she never knew that that was where her family all originated from which is very strange. We walked up and down the Quay numerous times and never knew! Our house was full of Poole pottery items and I've even got some items here from the 70s!
I bet the Ms Dibben you mentioned was probably a distant relative of mine, although there seem to be quite a few Dibbens in Dorset and Hampshire.
Strange to think that you now run the shop where my ancestors once worked and slept! If ever I get down to Poole again I will pop in and see you, although I haven't been down there for years but I would love to soon.
If you find out any other information about the Dibbens then please let me know, I would be really grateful.
Thanks again,
Lisa