Our History

More Than Just a Pub

Previously named 'The Fox Beerhouse' it became generally known as the Fox and Hounds, the name which it has retained in one form or another for over 140 years. It is first recorded on the census for 1851 with Selina Purcell recorded as a beerhouse keeper.

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Throughout history the pub has had a shady existence including the manslaughter of Frederick William Fry aged 17, operating without a license and staying open way past open hours; which was 10pm in 1869. Reports show ‘that the house was not a very well conducted one and there had been much drunkenness there lately’. (See Hampshire Telegraph, 22nd May 1869).

 The pub was denied a spirits licence many times with Henry Ford supporting the application of Charles Warren for a licence for the “Fox” beerhouse, at Stakes, in the parish of Farlington.  Mr. Ford went on to urge the necessity of another spirit house in the neighbourhood, and alleged that the nearest house in four directions were one, one and a half, two, two and a half miles away, respectively. He submitted that the case was a remarkably strong one, and appealed to the bench to take it into their favourable consideration.

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In the later part of the 19th century and into the 20th century the Fox and Hounds became a favorite old country pub for day trippers and visitors alike.

In 1936 the old public house was demolished and a new one built to the rear of the old one. Which is now the Fox and Hounds that we all know and love as your local community pub.

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