Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Adam & Eve Little Paradise

1837 – 39. George Burgess / 1840 – 42. Grace Burgess / 1847. James Rudman / 1848 – 68. James Carro
1871 – 91. James Lavers / 1892. Herbert Lavers / 1896 – 99. Eliza Coole / 1901. James Haskins
1904 – 06. Ada Bridgett / 1909. Mary Ann Latham / 1914. Charles Hounsell / 1917 – 21. James Greenwood

Albert Hotel West Street

Albert Inn Hillgrove Buildings, Whitehouse Street

1871. John Poole / 1874 – 78. F. Jones / 1882 – 89. George Clifford / 1891. Annie Clifford / 1892. Caroline Skelly
1894. John Vowles / 1896 – 1904. Frederick Chard / 1906. John Harvey / 1909 – 21. Thomas Nicholls
1925. John Nash

Alexandra Palace Bedminster Parade
The Alexandra Palace was previously named the Foresters’ Return

1886. Sarah Ann Parker / 1887. Henry Rosling / 1888. Joseph Edward King / 1889. James Brown
1891. William Windows / 1892. John Jones / 1896. Joshua Giddy / 1899. William Durham / 1901. William Sawers

Anchor

1775. Joseph Sweet

Angel Somerset Terrace, Whitehouse Street

Apple Tree Bedminster Parade

1861 – 66. George Jacobs / 1867 – 69. T. Jacobs / 1871 – 87. John Tooley / 1888 – 89. Aaron Chappell
1891 – 92. Albert Sheppard / 1896 – 1909. Reuben Giles / 1917 – 35. Annie Price

Avon Packet Coronation Road

Barley Mow The Batches, Marsh Lane, Bedminster Down

1851 – 65. Jonathan Rennolds / 1865 to 1883. Lucy Rennolds / 1883 to 1898. William Rennolds
1898 – 1901. Ann Rennolds

Barley Mow Philip Street

1851 – 75. James Slocombe / 1876. F. Shiller / 1877 – 1908. William Warren / 1913 – 27. William Jones
1930 – 39. George Thwaites / 1943 – 85. Gladys Florence Thwaites

Barley Mow Somerset Terrace, Whitehouse Walk, Whitehouse Street

1831 – 39. John Richards / 1840 – 42. William Rogers / 1844. John Barnes / 1844 – 47. William Owen
1848 – 53. Daniel Locke / 1855 – 56. William Warren / 1856 – 61. Thomas Bishop / 1863. John Fisher
1865 – 69. John Poole / 1871 – 86. George Hutchings / 1887 to 1888. John Edward Gunnin
1889 – 92. William Blackmore / 1894 – 1901. Samuel Humphreys / 1904 – 17. Uriah Blick / 1921 – 35. Arthur Stone
1935 – 38. John Henry Shellard / 1942 – 44. Arthur Robert Whitfield Grinter / 1950. Ernest Berry
1953 – 56. James W. Collier
The tenancy of John Shellard commenced on the 4th June 1935, the rent was £40 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited. The tenancy of Arthur Grinter commenced on the 6th of October 1942, the rent was £40 per annum and the landlord was still The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited

Bartley Arms Bartley Street

1881. William Bird / 1888 – 89. Elizabeth Jane Bird / 1891 – 1901. William Hurley / 1904. Henry Lane
1909 – 31. George Steele

Bay Horse

1800 – 06. George Clark

Bedminster Hotel East Street

Bee Hive Tavern King Street

1874. Francis Hooper / 1876 – 78. R. Clark / 1882 – 83. J. Nash / 1886. John Preen / 1887. William Saunders
1888. William Graves / 1888. Benjamin Gould / 1889. Joseph Hathway / 1892. Frederick Mitchell

Bee Hive West Street

1853. John Pillinger

Bell East Street

Black Horse Nelson Parade

Boar’s Head Bedminster Causeway

1794. William Jones / 1806 – 20. Stephen Edwards / 1822 – 26. William Robinson / 1828 – 49. John Howell
1850 to 1852. Thomas Elliott / 1853. William Rees / 1861. Ann Cox / 1863 – 77. William Bevan
John Howell is also listed as a pump maker

Brass Founders’ Arms

1833 – 34. John Phillips

Brewers’ Arms South Street

Britannia East Street

1859 – 60. William Griffin / 1863. Charles Slocombe / 1866 – 69. Henry Everett / 1871. Richard Tovey
1872 to 1877. Thomas Barber / 1878 – 79. Elizabeth Barber / 1882 – 89. Frederick Ballanger

British Flag Tavern Percy Street (off license)

1878 to 1886. Edward Henry Powell / 1887. T.S. Green / 1888 to 1890. Reuben Worner
1891 to 1893. William John Smith / 1893 to 1897. William Walton / 1898 – 1914. Mary Ann Reed
1916 – 35. Jane Beynon / 1937. Arthur Beynon / 1944. Joseph Haberfield / 1950. James A. Ridler
1953 – 56. Ernest F. S. Hooper

Bunch Of Grapes Bedminster

1794. Susannah Rose

Cape Horn New Queen Street

1871 – 72. Thomas Walker / 1874 – 77. William Marshall / 1878. Michael Casey / 1881 – 83. Robert Harvey
1886. Frederick Rhymes / 1887. Alfred Day / 1888 – 89. Elizabeth Ann Hollisey / 1891. Ann Pardy / 1892. John Bell
1899. George Webley

Chequers Tavern Whitehouse Lane / Willway Street

1865 – 87. Jesse Rumbold / 1888 – 99. Benjamin Rowse / 1901. Henry Pillinger / 1904 – 06. Mary Hampton
1909. Henry Hampton / 1914. William Bailey / 1917 – 21. Albert Evans / 1925 – 28. Nellie Catherine Foxwell
1931. Gabriel Biggin / 1934 – 38. William James Rowland
The tenancy of William Rowland commenced on the 14th May 1934, the rent was £38 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited

Clarence Hotel Dean Lane
Later named the Tap & Barrel

1874 – 76. Elizabeth Armstrong / 1877. Daniel Harries / 1878 – 79. Daniel Harries / 1881 – 83. William Chick
1885 to 1886. William Wookey / 1887 – 1901. John Coombs / 1904 – 25. Ada Maud Coombs
1928 – 53. Reginald Coombs / 1975. J. McKibbin

Cock & Bottle

1775. William Smith

Colston Arms Providence Place, Mill Lane

Coopers’ Arms Ashton Gate Road

Coronation Hotel Dean Lane

1904 – 09. Pryce Valentine / 1914 – 17. Emily Whyatt / 1921 – 28. William Hardwell / 1931 – 50. John Jenkins
1953. George Sperring / 1960 – 75. D. L. Westaway

Coronation Regent Road

1831 – 34. Martha Yeates / 1837 – 44. John Yeates / 1849 – 52. John Parkes / 1853 – 54. Henry Chaffey
1856 – 61. William Harrill / 1863. Maria Harrill / 1867 – 69. William Marshall / 1871. William Knight
1872 to 1877. William Selway / 1878. H. Kiddle / 1879. Joseph Roberts / 1882 – 83. William Davis
1886 – 87. Arthur Bishop / 1888 – 89. William E. Davis / 1891 – 96. James Hall / 1897 – 99. Charles Pegler
1901. Charles Lloyd / 1904. H. Hodge / 1906 – 28. William Sweetland / 1931. Frederick Burchill
1935. George Brown / 1937 – 38. Elsie Holley / 1944 – 50. Clara Batten / 1953. Alan Crane

Cornish Arms King Street

1899. Charles Baker / 1901. Alice Reynolds / 1904. Enoch Reynolds / 1906 – 09. Jane Denty
1911 – 17. Arthur Stone / 1921. Edward Hart / 1925 – 1937. Ethel Hart

Cricketers’ Arms Greenway Bush Lane

Cross Hands Bridgwater Road

Crown Brown’s row (Whitehouse Street)

1839. John Northcott / 1847 – 49. Henry Chaffey / 1853. James Millett / 1853 – 57. Samuel Wreford
1860 – 68. Thomas Williams / 1874 – 83. Lambert Sale

Crown Spring Street

1837 – 44. Richard Rogers / 1849. John Clewett / 1851 – 54. Jesse Clewett / 1856 – 57. Mary Wood
1861. Joseph Groves / 1863 – 68. Hannah Groves / 1869 to 1871. Ann Allen / 1872. George Lippiatt
1874. William Harrison / 1876 – 77. Ann Harrison / 1878 to 1882. Robert Harrison / 1883 to 1885. Henry Tavener
1886. William Tavener / 1887 – 89. Mark Stevens / 1891 – 1914. William Hardwell / 1917. Gertrude Julia Hogg
1921 – 25. John Jenkins / 1928 – 31. Frederick Webber / 1935. Arthur Lee

Devonshire Arms Coronation Road

1855. Henry Jones

Dove Princess Street

Dun Cow

1775. Joseph Williams

Eagle Tavern Willway Street

1871 – 77. Samuel Hardwick / 1878. Eli Bowditch / 1881 – 82. William Fewings / 1883 – 91. William Hill
1892. Joseph Wring / 1896. Mary Jane Wring / 1899. Henry Nichols / 1901. William Bryant
1904. M. Broomsgrove

Elephant

1775. Daniel Sivier

Elm Tree Bedminster Parade

1855. Mary Wood

Elm Tree Inn (Bishopsworth)

Engineers’ Arms St.Johns Lane

Engine House

1775. Joseph Rose

Enterprise Parson Street

1944. Lionel Harvey / 1950. George Nicholson / 1953. Francis Jarman / 1975. M. E. Hoddinott
Previously at this address was the Vale House off license. The Enterprise was demolished in 2007

Essex Tavern Essex Street (off license)

1873 – 77. William Downes / 1878. John Giles / 1879 to 1899. Eliza Giles / 1900 – 16. Elizabeth Veal
1920 – 30. Thomas Veal / 1934 – 43. John Henry Stock / 1949 – 56. Gladys Elizabeth Millard

Exchange Hotel East Street

Exeter House Upton Road (off license)

Foresters’ Arms Charlotte Street

1855 – 57. John Pring

Foresters’ Arms East Street

Foresters’ Arms Whitehouse Lane

Foresters’ Return Bedminster Parade

1861 – 68. James Vickery / 1869. S. J. Vickery / 1871 – 78. George Laxton Betty / 1882. Eliza Stowell
1883. Henry Clark
James Vickery was also a painter and paper hanger. The Foresters’ Return was later named the Alexandra Palace

Forge Hammer Inn Ashton Gate

1871 – 81. Joseph Weeks / 1901. Francis Tiley / 1904 – 06. Albert Miles
Information on Joseph Weeks was kindly provided by Melanie Smith

Fountain Sion Terrace

1837. William Davis

Fox Somerset Terrace (Windmill Hill)

1853. Charles Rogers / 1861 – 63. James Govier / 1870 – 75. Edwin Griffiths / 1876 – 79. John Newport
1881 – 86. Louisa Newport / 1887 – 89. John Newport / 1891 – 94. James Friend / 1896. Mrs. A. Friend
1897. Augusta Bowers / 1899 – 1901. Henry Bowers / 1904 – 14. Augusta Bowers / 1917 – 38. Alric Bruton
1941 – 44. John Patrick Clements / 1950 – 53. Alfred James
Under the tenancy of James Govier this pub was known as the Saddler’s Arms (Mr Govier was a saddler by trade) the name was changed back to the Fox by Edwin Griffiths in 1871

Fox Tavern Somerset Crescent, York Road

1866 – 69. Emma Wickham / 1871. Thomas Sisterson / 1872 to 1875. Thomas Mercer
1876 to 1878. Matthew Whiting / 1879 – 86. Thomas Brown / 1888 – 91. Hester Linton / 1891. Charles Linton
1896 – 1917. Emma Callaway / 1928. Sophia Edwards

Friendship Little Paradise

1834. Richard Peckover / 1840 – 44. Thomas Price

Friendship North Street

1886 – 92. Albert Tozer / 1896. Frederick Isaac / 1899. Josiah Perrott / 1904 – 09. Frank Bishop
1914 – 31. Thomas Tabrett / 1935. Ernest Mogg

Friendship Whitehouse Street

1806. William Williams / 1826 – 37. William Clark / 1839 – 40. Richard Huxtable / 1842 – 44. Henry Chaffey
1847 – 49. George Pope / 1852 – 59. Arthur Vernon / 1863 – 66 William Warren / 1867. Caroline Ann Warren
1867. Caroline Ann Kerr / 1868 to 1874. William Sherwood / 1875 – 78. E. Brain / 1879. Abraham Brain
1881 – 82. George Brain / 1883. H. Jones

Friendship Inn Windmill Hill

1871 – 1909. William Bray / 1914. Henry Bray / 1917 – 21. Maurice Gould / 1925. Rosina Gould
1928 – 31. Rosina Parfitt / 1935 – 38. Frederick Burchill / 1950 – 53. Frederick Thorne / 1960. R. C. Loveridge
1975. D. W. Hooper

Full Moon North Street

1816. Robert Green / 1822 – 23. James Twose / 1826. William Thomas / 1828. Isaac Knight / 1830. Jane Peters
1831. Moses Holbrook / 1832. Catherine Hurn / 1834. Moses Holbrook / 1837 – 40. M. Grant
1842. George Moore / 1844 – 48. J. Rees / 1849. Henry Chivers / 1853. Joseph Perrott / 1854. ? Tatsell
1855. John Gibbs / 1859 – 63. George Fryer / 1865 – 66. Frederick Longbotham / 1867 – 69. J. Cox
1871 – 74. George Cornish / 1875 to 1877. James Brooks / 1878. T. H. Eyles / 1882 – 83. Robert Allen
1886 – 89. Mark Gould / 1891. Ann Lee / 1892. Sylvester Soffe / 1896 – 1950. Charles Williams / 1953. Alfred Wyatt
1975. D. J. Geaney
George Fryer was also a carpenter. In 1938 the rent paid by Charles Williams was £40 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited.

Full Moon Spring Street

1837 – 42. James White

Gatcombe House Gatcombe Road, Bishopsworth

1975. J. Edgar

Courage Brewery Archive via Bristol Know Your Place

General Elliott East Street

George Inn East Street

1792. Enoch James / 1794. John Collins / 1806. Mary Savery / 1816 – 22. Daniel Allen / 1823 – 26. Henry Brown
1828 – 32. George Salvidge / 1834 – 44. Henry Brunt / 1848 – 49. John Griffin / 1853 – 56. George Fryer
1857. William Lansdown / 1858 to 1859. Charles Gray / 1859. William Hullett / 1863. Robert Civill
1865 – 66. Edward Tice / 1867 – 77. William Northcott

George Inn Wells Road

1853. Richard Newick / 1856. Thomas Plummer / 1863. George Cox / 1872 – 78. Michael Cotter
1879 – 86. Margaret Cotter / 1888. Philip Foxwell / 1897. Walter Putnell / 1899 – 1904. George Driver
1914 – 31. Alfred Clark / 1934 – 38. Amelia Clark / 1941 – 44. May Clark / 1950 – 60. George H. J. Hill
1975. M. S. Gerrish
The tenancy of May Clark commenced on the 25th of August 1941, the rent was £100 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited

Globe East Street

Gloster Tavern Whitehouse Street

1882. Thomas Miles / 1883. Edward Nash / 1887. Edward Thwaites / 1888. James Gould / 1889. John Lowman
1891. Henry Long / 1892 – 93. Charles Darch / 1896. Thomas Ackerman / 1897. William Allen

Golden Cockerel Highridge, Bishopsworth

1975. H. Cutler

Green Man King Street

1853. John Rich / 1857 – 58. Catherine Phipps / 1872 – 92. Thomas Withey / 1896. Mary Ann Withey
1899. Frederick Graddon / 1901 – 04. Henry Williams

Greville House North Street (off license)

Grosvenor Arms Coronation Road

1871 – 77. Ann Leakey / 1878 – 79. Charles Hill / 1883 – 85. Clara Wadley / 1887 – 1901. Henry Heale
1904. George Charley / 1906 – 09. William Landsdown / 1914. Annie Taylor / 1917 – 21. William Thrush
1925 – 38. Albert Roberts / 1944 – 53. Arthur Baylis / 1960. E. Hodge / 1975. S. E. Hall

Happy Landings Hengrove Lane

1944 – 53. James Bicker / 1960 – 75. D. Lyons

Hartcliffe Inn Brock’s Road, Hartcliffe

1960. D. J. Jacobs / 1975. G. Thomas

Hen & Chicken(s) North Street

Hope Inn Bedminster Parade

1879 – 91. Henry Hemmens / 1892 – 99. Georgina Hemmens / 1904 – 06. Alfred Pope / 1914. John Thomas
1917. Howard Salter / 1921 – 32. Blanche Kate Porch / 1933 to 1938. Samuel Neale

Horse & Groom Bedminster Parade

1840 – 42. John Hands / 1844. Mary Hands / 1847 – 53. William Gillard / 1853 – 54. Charles Linton
1861 – 66. John Daunton / 1867 to 1875. Jane Daunton / 1876 to 1882. James Clark / 1883. Emma Clark
1885. Mary Ann Woolcock / 1886 – 89. Henry Stokes / 1891 – 92. Charles Henry Burgess / 1896. Charlotte Burgess
1899 – 1901. Albert Hoare / 1904. Fred Copp / 1906. Henry James / 1909. John Millard / 1914 – 21. Henry Hickory
1925 – 28. Ada Hickory / 1931. Ada Hampson / 1935. Henry Hickory / 1936 – 44. Horace Frank Perry
1950. Lillie Perry / 1953. Kennedy Jones
Horace Perry’s tenancy commenced on the 14th April 1936, the annual rent was £35 and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited

House That Jack Built St.John’s Lane
Previously known as the Engineers Arms

Jolly Collier North Street

1834 – 39. James Spratt

Jolly Colliers West Street

1851. Hester Rennolds / 1853 – 65. Moses Rennolds / 1871 – 72. Hester Rennolds / 1874 – 76. Isabella Rennolds
1879 – 91. Charles Henry Berkeley Rennolds / 1892. James Dufty / 1899 – 1904. Sarah Ann Summerhayes
1906. John Davey / 1909. Wilfred Labdon / 1914 – 31. John Bishop / 1935 – 38. Ellen Elizabeth Bishop
1944 – 53. Alfred Fraley / 1975. C. A. Pratt
In the 1851 census Moses Rennolds (Reynolds) is listed as a surveyor of highways, and his wife Hester as general shop and retailer of beer. Named the Colliers’ Arms in the 1861 census

Jolly Sailor East Street

1775. Roger Gregory / 1792. Susan Gregory / 1794. Susannah Grigg / 1800 – 28. Henry Walters
1831 – 34. William Hampton / 1837 – 47. William Whitnell / 1848 – 63. Sarah Whitnell / 1866 – 68. George White
1871. Harriett White / 1872 to 1875. Thomas Pook / 1876 – 89. Harriet Pook / 1891 – 99. Horatio Walter Newton
1904. Mrs. M. J. Newton / 1906 – 14. Mary Jane Knight / 1917. Henry Knight / 1921 – 38. Florence Hadfield
1944 – 60. Frederick T. Trim

Jolly Sailor Phipps Street (off license)

1883. R. Anstey / 1885 – 86. George Bartlett / 1888 – 89. Harry Lloyd / 1890 – 1911. Frederick James Batten
1914. Emily Crumpton / 1925 – 37. Alfred Frederick Crumpton / 1944 – 50. Rose Tyrrell / 1956. Florence Taylor

King Charles In The Oak

1794. Bartholomew Coombes

King’s Arms West Street

1792 – 94. William Frappell / 1806 – 56. William Oldfield / 1856. Mrs. S. Oldfield

King’s Head Boot Lane

1794. I. H. Harding

King’s Head Inn Bridgwater Road

Lamb West Street

1794. Isaac Williams / 1816 – 28. George Yeates / 1830. Martha Yeates / 1831 – 58. George Yeates
1863 – 74. George Smethurst / 1875 – 89. Edward White / 1891. William Jacobs / 1892. Elizabeth Cleal
1896. Richard Tooby / 1899. Mrs H. Tooby / 1901. John Powlesland / 1904 – 14. Alfred Still / 1917. Charles Marr
1921 – 38. Howard Bruton / 1944. Thomas Fisher / 1950 – 53. John Thomas
In Mathews’ Directory 1831 George Yeates is listed also as the chief constable of Bedminster

Leicester House Mill Lane

1882. J. Bromsgrove / 1883. Joseph Hall / 1885 – 87. Henry Daunton / 1888 – 96. George Stenner
1899 – 1911. Frederick Stenner / 1914 – 38. Joseph Cottle

Little Ship Regent Road

1854 – 71. Daniel Hill / 1874 – 77. Stephen Hitchcock / 1879. Thomas Elbury / 1881 – 83. Ann Cook
1885 – 87. Leonard Organ / 1888 – 1909. Frederick George Aplin / 1914. Ellen Evans

Live & Let Live Greenway Bush Lane (off license)

1882 – 86. George Blake / 1888. William Blake / 1890 – 1938. William James Edwards / 1944. Constance Brown
1950. Beaulah Jones

London Inn Cannon Street

London Waggon

1794. Joseph Rex

Luckwell Hotel Luckwell Road