Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Bishopston and Horfield

Anchor Gloucester Road

Ashley Hill Station Hotel Station Road

Ashley Inn Ashley Down Road

1851 – 65. Job Gillam / 1871 – 78. Charlotte Gillam / 1881 – 88. Alfred Gillam / 1891 -1904. Alfred Perryman
1909. Edwin Mitchell / 1914 – 17. Thomas Hutchinson / 1921 – 25. William Grimster / 1928 – 35. Thomas Phillpott
1937 – 44. Henry Schafer / 1950. Emma Jane Schafer / 1953. Edward Burley / 1975. H. E. Furney
Job Gillam was a sawyer and beer retailer. Charlotte Gillam was the daughter of Job Gillam and the sister of Alfred Gillam. The 1881 census lists Alfred Gillam as a timber dealer (Ashley Down Steam Saw Mills), his wife Jane is listed as innkeeper

Beehive Wellington Hill West

Blue Boy Gainsborough Square, Lockleaze

1960. H. V. Sandy

Courage Brewery Archive via Bristol Know Your Place

County Ground Hotel Nevil Road

Duke Of York Gloucester Road

Fellowship Filton Avenue

1931. William Hardwell / 1935 – 50. Levi Barrett / 1953 – 56. Arthur Levi Barrett / 1975. H. F. Ashford

Foresters’ Arms Ashley Down Road

Foresters’ Arms Gloucester Road

1871 – 93. Henry Priday / 1896 – 99. Frederick Bissicks / 1901. Kate Davis / 1904. George Pike
1909 – 17. Andrew Willcox / 1920 – 50. Marion Tongue / 1953 – 56. Edgar A. Gough / 1975. W. R. Thomas

Golden Lion Gloucester Road

Horfield Inn Gloucester Road

1841. George Nicholas / 1851 – 63. John Wolfe / 1865 – 72. Henry Langdon / 1877. R. Chapman
1878. J. W. Sells / 1883 – 93. Samuel Collard / 1896 – 1904. Francis Lewin / 1909. Charles Lewin
1914 – 17. David Evans / 1921 – 25. Daniel Woodman / 1928 – 31. Ida Woodman / 1935 – 53. Ivor King
1955 – 60. Frederick J. Burt / 1975. H. N. Roberts (Bristol Flyer)
More recently known as the Bristol Flyer then the Goose at the Flyer, then the Bristol Flyer again

Kellaway Arms Kellaway Avenue

1928 – 37. Albert Moxham
1940 – 53. Gertrude Mabel Gill
1956. James P. Duggan
1975. W. Lindsay

Gertrude Gill’s rent in 1940 was £80 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited

Bristol Museum collections

New Inn Gloucester Road

No. 1 Oak Road (Off license)

1891 – 96. Benjamin Clifford / 1900. William Clifford / 1901 – 05. Elizabeth Clifford / 1908. George Edwin Godwin
1911. Dinah Taylor / 1924. Ivy Myrtle Parker / 1927 – 43. Alfred Charles Ashley / 1949. Ernest G. Honeywell
1956. Ivy J. Adams

No. 2 Hatherley Road (Off license)

1884 – 87. George Tucker / 1891 – 93. Robert Johnson / 1895. Emily Sherring / 1896. Ann Powell Chaddock
1900 – 09. George Axtell / 1911 – 43. William Henry Tincknell / 1949 – 56. Joseph Hares

No. 48 Gloucester Road (Off license)
Listed as the Bishopston Ale & Porter Stores 1882 – 86, and the Co-operative Ale & Porter Stores 1887

1882 – 87. Frederick Woolway / 1891. Thomas C. Skenfield / 1892 – 94. John Mason Jones
1896 – 1901. Henry Boyce / 1903. John Newbury / 1905 – 09. Elizabeth Newbury
1911 – 13. Harry Raglan Williams / 1924 – 49. Charles H. Morley & Co. / 1955. Charles J. Morley

No. 71 Gloucester Road (Off license)

No. 158 Muller Road (Off license)

1950. Ethel Kate Heywood

Bristol Museum collections

No. 168 Gloucester Road (Off license)

1882 – 84. Samuel Chapman / 1885 – 87. Henry Hurman / 1891. Henry Clark / 1892 – 1901. Emma Townsend
1903 – 27. Charles Frederick Harris / 1930 – 43. Glibert Henry John Court / 1949 – 55. Reginald Gilbert Court

No. 216 Gloucester Road (Off license)

1892 – 96. William Butt / 1900 – 13. Peregrine John Rosling / 1924 – 43. Alice Rosling
1949. William Hector Butland / 1955. Geoffrey Edward Knowles

No. 327 Gloucester Road (Off license)

No. 387 Gloucester Road (Off license)

1887. Edwin Barratt / 1891 – 94. Henry George Ashman / 1896 – 1908. Thomas Hutchinson
1911 – 13. Florence Mabel Moore / 1924 – 27. Florence Mabel Zimmerman / 1930 – 55. Raymond Cyril Dowling

Old Fox Inn Gloucester Road

Park House Oak Road (off license)

Prince Of Wales Gloucester Road

Robin Hood’s Retreat Gloucester Road

1871 – 78. John Watts / 1882. Henry Tanner / 1883 – 1904. John Harris / 1909 – 17. George Garraway
1920 – 38. Henry Lewis Tripp / 1940 – 44. Austin Edward Baylis / 1950 – 53. Robert Powles / 1960. D. W. Wakefield
1975. T. M. Hennessy
In 1940 the rent paid by Austin Baylis was £52 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co Limited

Royal George Filton Road

1851 – 61. William Schubert / 1871. Charles Schubert / 1881 – 91. Anton Schubert / 1891 – 1901. Henry Schubert
1909 – 17. Anton Sunderland / 1921. Sarah Ann Hall / 1925 – 38. Theodore De Cokele / 1938. Francis Howard
1944 – 53. Albert King / 1975. J. D. Morgan
In the 1851 census Charles Schubert is the head of household listed as ‘late beer retailer’ his son William is listed as ‘beer retailer’, in the 1871 census Charles is back in charge . The rent paid by Francis Howard in 1938 was £170 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited. Later named the Inn on the Green

Royal Hotel Gloucester Road

1870 – 78. John Galliford / 1879 – 86. Benjamin Weaver / 1893 – 1909. Michael Clune / 1914 – 38. Samuel Hankins
1944 – 50. Clara Tanner / 1953. Leslie Malcolm / 1975. R. H. Hawkins
On the corner with Overton Road, the Royal Hotel was later named the Gloucester and the Hobgoblin. In the 1901 census, Edith Masters is listed as manageress, this information was provided by Hugh Watkins

Royal Oak Gloucester Road

Royal Standard Gloucester Road

1851. John Clark (publican and gardener) / 1853. Mary Batters

Ship Horfield Common

Victoria Inn Gloucester Road

1871 – 74. William Hall / 1877 – 86. Reuben Rosling / 1892 – 99. William Brown / 1901. Samuel Phipps
1903 – 09. Henry Heale / 1910 – 17. Matthew Sutton / 1921. Elizabeth Sutton / 1925 – 38. Julia Elizabeth Sutton
1944 – 50. Hannah Jelley / 1953. Wilfrid Jelley / 1975. W. J. Mathews

Volunteer Gloucester Road

1853 – 61. William Bull (Butt ?) / 1872 – 78. M. Wagg / 1886 – 87. Julia Hoult

Waggon & Horses Gloucester Road

1851. William Price / 1853. Ellen Ellaway / 1861. George Curdell / 1865 – 74. Joseph Curdell

Wellington Hotel Gloucester Road

Brislington

Bloomfield Inn Bloomfield Road

1937. Julia Jeanes / 1944. Edward Hale / 1950 – 53. William Newton / 1960 – 75. S. F. J. Barrett

Good Intent Broomhill Road

1943 – 50. Charles Morgan Haydn / 1953 to 1962. George Moore
Information on George Moore was kindly provided by Clive Moore. Clive mentions that George also had spells at the Black Swan, Eastville and the Black Horse, West Street, Old Market

Hollybush Inn Bristol Hill

King’s Arms Inn Bristol Hill

1844 – 54. Orlando C. Tipton / 1856 – 65. James Meredith / 1871 – 97. Matthew Slate / 1901 – 06. Edward Bowden
1914 – 37. Tom Garrett / 1938. William Adlam / 1944. William Entwistle / 1950 – 60. Edith E. Entwistle
1975. A. G. Toms

Langton Court Hotel Langton Court Road

Belle Vue Stores No. 26 Bellevue Road / Park (Off license)

1881 – 88. John Ashelford / 1891 – 95. William A. Poole / 1901 – 04. Amy Elizabeth Poole
1908 – 14. Henry Coggins / 1922 – 44. George Herbert Hopton / 1949 – 56. Victor Balson

Pilgrim Inn Grove Road / Hollywood Road

Sandringham Hotel Sandy Park Road

1900 – 20. Henry King / 1920 – 53. Ernest Philip Henry King (manager)
The rent paid by Ernest King in 1920 was £180 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol United Breweries Limited

White Hart Brislington Hill

Filton

Anchor Inn Gloucester Road

Horse Shoe Inn Gloucester Road

King George VI Station Road

1938. William Walter Webb

Plough Inn Gloucester Road

1871 – 81. Eliza Barton / 1883 – 88. Philip Shield / 1891 – 97. Emma Shield / 1901 – 10. Elizabeth Evans
1912. Philip Shield / 1923 – 31. Albert Westmancott / 1935. Susannah Shield / 1937 – 60. Albert Westmancott

Fishponds

Bawn’s Shop Fishponds Road (Off license)

Berkeley Arms No. 286 Lodge Causeway (Off license)

1900 to 1913. Charles Worth / 1924 – 31. Annie E. Turner / 1934 – 44. Herbert Gill / 1949. Florence Lilian King
1955 – 60. Alfred J. Stone

Black Boy Forest Road (Off license)

Black Horse Regent Place, Fishponds Road

1870 – 1881. Edwin Browning

Chester House Lodge Causeway (Off license)

Cross Hands Downend Road

Cross Keys Fishponds Road

Digby House No. 590 Fishponds Road (Off license)

1896 – 1901. George Walters / 1903. G. Fowler / 1905 – 08. Edwin Fowler / 1911. Amelia Selina Patient
1913 – 20. Ada E. Owen / 1924 – 38. Albert Henry Teuchar / 1943 – 56. James Hatcher

Downend Hotel Downend Road

Farriers’ Arms Fishponds Road

1869 – 1911. George Daws / 1911 – 25. Caroline Daws / 1928 – 44. Frank Langley / 1950 – 53. Stanley Summerhill
1960. C. F. G. Webb

Fishponds Hotel Lewington Road

Full Moon Fishponds Road

Golden Lion Fishponds Road

Greyhound Lodge Causeway

Imperial Stores No. 626 Fishponds Road (Off license)

Marlborough House No. 24 Ridgeway Road, corner of Marlborough Avenue (Off license)

Masons’ Arms Tyning Lane
Later named the Railway Inn, Railway Hotel, Peckett’s Flyer and the Railway Tavern

Old Oak Tree New Buildings (Off license)

1881 – 87. Daniel Smith / 1891 – 1906. Ann Smith / 1909. George Tudball / 1914 – 21. William Apsey
1924 – 27. William Henry Cleminson / 1934 – 49. Emily Caroline Dunster

Peckett’s Flyer Station Road
Previously the Masons’ Arms, Railway Inn and the Railway Hotel, later the Railway Tavern

Portcullis Fishponds Road

Railway Hotel Station Road
Previously the masons’ Arms and the Railway Inn, later Peckett’s Flyer and the Railway Tavern

Spotted Cow Lodge Causeway

Seymour House Filwood Road (Off license)

Stag’s Head Fishponds Road (Off license)

Star Inn Fishponds Road

Strawberry House No. 92 Downend Road (Off license)

Sun
1897. William Elkanah Wookey

Stapleton

Beaufort Arms River View (Off license)

Bell Inn Bell Hill

Masons’ Arms Park Road

Old Tavern Inn Blackberry Hill

White Lion

1853. James Maggs

Shirehampton, Avonmouth, and Lawrence Weston

Avonmouth Hotel Portview road, Avonmouth

1917. Joseph Walford
1925. Charles Griffiths
1928. Lillian Tapp
1931 – 38. Harry Godwin
1944. Thomas Healey
1950 – 56. Colin F. Boyd

Avonmouth Tavern
1975. K. W. Johnsey

Avonmouth Hotel Railway Terminus, Avonmouth

Bee Hive Inn Bradley Crescent / Pembroke Road, Shirehampton (Off license)

English Rose Broadlands Drive, Lawrence Weston

1955 – 65. Alfred R. Woodall 1975. P. Hodgkinson

The English Rose was built in 1955 by Bristol United Breweries Limited. It was demolished February 2008.

Courage Brewery Archive via Bristol Know Your Place

Giant Goram Barrowmead Drive, Lawrence Weston

1975. F. Hamblin

The Giant Goram was built by Simonds’ Brewery in 1959 and was the last surviving pub in Lawrence Weston until it closed in September 2019

George Inn High Street, Shirehampton

Greyhound Park Place, Park Road, Shirehampton

Hope & Anchor Lower High Street, Shirehampton

1881 – 93. Elizabeth Pritty (Pretty) / 1901 – 04. William Pike / 1909 – 17. Elizabeth Fanny Pike
1921 – 37. David Stephens / 1938. Mrs. Stephens / 1944 – 53. Frederick Jewell / 1960. W. C. Bevin
1975. Mrs. M. Warrant

Lamplighters’ (Hall) Hotel Station Road, Shirehampton

Lifeboat High Street, Shirehampton

Long Cross Inn Long Cross, Lawrence Weston

1960 – 69. George W. Green / 1975. St.Clair Poppenbeck

Marine Hotel Avonmouth

Masons’ Arms Lawrence Weston Road, Lawrence Weston

Miles Arms Hotel Avonmouth Road, Avonmouth

Penpole Inn Kingsweston Lane, Lawrence Weston

1960. C.C. F. Townsend / 1975. E. C. Bamford

Rising Sun Pembroke Road, Shirehampton

Royal Hotel Gloucester Road, Avonmouth

Westbury-on-Trym, Henbury, and Stoke Bishop

Adelaide Westbury village

1861. Sophia Edwards (baker and publican)

Beaufort Arms Albert Place

1871. George Hughes / 1872 – 74. Mrs. Hughes / 1883 – 1901. Edward Hughes / 1904. Alice Yetman

Black Swan Stoke Lane

1853. William Chard / 1879 – 97. Henry J. Tedder / 1901 – 25. Henry Robbins / 1928 – 35. Ada Robbins
1937 – 38. Stanley Rosser / 1944 – 53. Ernest Small / 1853. William Chard / 1960. Jack H. G. Gray
1975. G. F. Collis
A Sydenham Chard is to be found on the 1851 census, publican of Stoke Lane, (possibly the Black Swan), and on the 1861 census as beerhouse and shop keeper, Stoke Lane.

Blaise Inn Henbury Road

Eastfield Inn Henleaze Road

Foresters’ Arms Westbury Hill

Friendship (Hallen)

1853 – 1861. Robert Cook (& farmer)

Henbury Ale & Porter Stores Henbury Road

King William IV (Hallen)

Lamb & Flag (Cribb’s Causeway)

1883 – 88. William West / 1897. Henrietta Applin / 1904. George Dyer / 1923. Charles Thompson
1928 – 37. Fred Brownston / 1938. Charles Mathews / 1960. Matthew Baldwin

Malt House Trym Road off license

Mill Pill Shirehampton Road, Stoke Bishop

1928. Percy Cecil Smith / 1931 – 38. Thomas Jesse Prestidge / 1944 – 50. William Tucker

Later became a fully licensed public house named the Mill House :
1975. T. Eaton

Bristol Museum collections

Old Oak (Hallen)

1853. William Cornish / 1861. Edwin Webb / 1871 – 74. William Webb / 1876. Caroline Webb
Beer house and grocer’s shop.

Old Crow Brentry

Post Office Tavern Westbury Hill

1871 – 86. Joseph Bird / 1893 – 1934. Thomas Taffe / 1935 – 38. Alice Hunt / 1944 – 56. Leonard Giles
1960. L. T. Halliday / 1975. D. Oram

Prince Of Wales Stoke Lane

1891. Daniel Strugnell / 1909 – 25. Alice Yetman / 1928 – 38. Ivy Parker / 1944. Arnold Chillcott
1950 – 60. Arthur Chillcott / 1975. W. T. Kelloway (manager)

Progress Inn Westbury Lane, Coombe Dingle

1938 – 44. Samuel Tooze / 1950 – 60. Charles J. McDonnell / 1975. R. T. Woolf (manager)
No longer a pub, the Progress was more recently named the Iron Bridge, this is a reference to a nearby iron footbridge which links the Kingsweston estate to the Blaise Castle estate and is reputed to be the highest bridge above sea level in the Bristol area

Royal Oak Walters Lane

1871 – 74. John Griffiths / 1883 – 86. John Bryant / 1893 – 1901. Emma Bryant / 1909. Richard Griffiths
1914 – 21. Emily Allsopp Griffiths / 1925 – 44. George Griffiths / 1950 – 53. Ethel May Sherborne
1960. Stanley Sherborne / 1975. D. Shearsmith (The Mouse)
Known locally as the Mouse, the name was officially adopted in the 1970s

Salutation Inn Henbury

Three Stars Stoke Bishop

1841 – 56. John Griffin / 1870 – 72. Charles Bevan / 1881 – 83. Elizabeth Bevan

Victoria Chock Lane

1853. S. Tarrell / 1861 – 74. Frederick Tedder / 1881. Joseph Floyd / 1891 – 93. Jane Floyd / 1901. James Smith
1909. Richard Cox / 1914 – 30. William Henry Foster / 1931 to 1948. Ella Annie Keey
1948 – 1971. Frederick Walter Brown / 1975. D. H. Coombe
Information from 1914 to 1971 was kindly provided by Iris Thompson, Iris is the daughter of Frederick Brown who was landlord at the Victoria from 1948 until his retirement in 1971. Ella Keey was the daughter of William Foster, they too were members of Iris’s family.

Westbury House No. 8 Etloe Road, Westbury Park (Off license)

1885 – 1906. William Woolacott / 1908. Sarah Woolacott / 1911 – 31. Herbert Purchase
1934 – 55. Reginald Gilbert Fletcher
William Woolacott was also a fly proprietor (cab owner)

White Horse High Street

1853 – 93. Henry Tedder / 1901 – 28. Thomas Bevan / 1931 – 37. Elizabeth Bevan / 1938 – 44. Kathleen Bevan
1950 – 75. William J. J. Webb

White Lion Passage Road