Preston Watson was the wine and spirit merchants of the town. The premises consisted of a fine three-storey house with shop, a large coach house and two or three other houses on both sides of The Pallant that were used for mineral water production, bottling and storage... these premises were demolished and Waitrose now stands on the site. ( Sept 21, 2007.) A Memory of Havant South Hants Mineral Water Co. seems to have had offices in Fareham, Havant and Chichester and been known by a variety of names including Portsdown and South Hants Mineral Water Co. In his book, Steve Jones mentions the Gloyne and Brewing in ‘Malting Havant’, Brewery and states that the brewery premises were later used by the South Hants Mineral Water Co. among others. From the September 2, 1870 London Gazette, NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between Messrs. George White and Alfred Chignell, under the firm of White and Chignell, of Havant, in the county of Southampton, Chemists and Druggists, Soda-water Manufacturers, Printers, Stationers, and Newsagents, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.—As witness our hands this 24th day of August, 1870. George White. Alfred Chignell. In her talk on in 2013, Christine Bury mentioned Family and Other ‘My Trades’ that the late 19th century, White & Chignell, Chemists became Havant ‘In Mineral Water Co. and we have a bill of goods record (shown here) for South Located in West Street. Hants Mineral Water Co.’ (Thanks to Christine Bury, Chairman of the Havant History Group)
Preston Watson was the wine and spirit merchants of the town. The premises consisted of a fine three-storey house with shop, a large coach house and two or three other houses on both sides of The Pallant that were used for mineral water production, bottling and storage... these premises were demolished and Waitrose now stands on the site. A Memory of Havant ( Sept 21, 2007.) South Hants Mineral Water Co. seems to have had offices in Fareham, Havant and Chichester and been known by a variety of names including Portsdown and South Hants Mineral Water Co. In his book, ‘Malting and Brewing in Havant’, Steve Jones mentions the Gloyne Brewery and states that the brewery premises were later used by the South Hants Mineral Water Co. among others. From the London Gazette, September 2, 1870 NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between Messrs. George White and Alfred Chignell, under the firm of White and Chignell, of Havant, in the county of Southampton, Chemists and Druggists, Soda-water Manufacturers, Printers, Stationers, and Newsagents, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.—As witness our hands this 24th day of August, 1870. George White. Alfred Chignell. In her talk on ‘My Family and Other Trades’ in 2013, Christine Bury mentioned that ‘In the late 19th century, White & Chignell, Chemists became Havant Mineral Water Co. and we have a bill of goods record (shown here) for South Hants Mineral Water Co.’ Located in West Street. (Thanks to Christine Bury, Chairman of the Havant History Group)