Fountain Gardens

I’ve got six references to this, three names, and a map. Like the Green Post, it’s further south that what I traditionally think of as Hilsea.

• 1764-11 An Entertainment for the Officers

  His Grace the Duke of Richmond gives an entertainment to the officers of Hilsea Barracks at the Fountain Tavern.

• 1767 The Creditors of Matthew Snook

  In September, creditors of Mathew Snook meet on January 12th at the Fountain Tavern to discuss his estate.

• 1775 A Grand Firework

• 1775 To Be Sold By Auction, Second Column

• 1790 To Be Sold By Auction, Last Column

• 1790 Lost Dog

  That autumn, a setter named Rover, wearing a brass collar engraved with “John Crewe, Esq. Crewe-hall,” is lost. The owner hopes he will be returned to either the Fountain Coffee-house or the Crown Inn in Portsmouth.

• 1792 Fountain Inn, Maybe