Bristol’s Lost Pubs
Redcliff & Temple
Farmers’ Arms Bath Parade
1849. Mary Reynolds
Foresters’ Arms Avon Street
1868 – 69. E. Webb / 1871 – 75. John Palser / 1876 – 79. William Parker / 1881 – 83. Edward Spiller
1885 – 86. James Small / 1887 to 1891. Evan Jefferies / 1892. James Shephard / 1893. William Coward
1896. William Watman / 1897 – 1909. Richard Brown / 1914. James Harris
On the 25th April 1881 the Foresters’ Arms was taken on a 10 year lease at a rent of £18 per annum by James Lockley, brewer of Lewin’s Mead. The lease was one of 22 sold by James Lockley to the Bristol United Breweries Limited on the 25th March 1892 for the total sum of £11,000.
Foresters’ Arms Guinea Street
1868 – 69. John Jenkins
Foresters’ Arms Temple Street
1868 – 69. John Withers
Foresters’ Rest Pipe Lane
1866 – 69. Joseph Tanner
Foundryman’s Arms Rose Street
1847. Amelia Miller / 1851. Mary Selway / 1853. Stephen thomas
Fountain Head Temple Street (wine & spirit dealer)
1806. Elizabeth House / 1816 – 56. William Peter House / 1861 – 69. Jane House
No. 61 Temple Street, lost in 1870 when Victoria Street was cut through Temple Street, Jane House removed to premises in Pennywell Road, retaining the name … Fountain Head
Fourteen Stars Counterslip
Fox Pipe Lane
1840 – 44. Abraham Reed / 1847. G. Brimble / 1848. Joseph Brimble / 1849. Martha Spill / 1853. James Philpin
1854 – 56. Thomas Elbury / 1866. S. Wilkins
Fox & Hounds Redcliff Street
1794. William Bishop / 1806. James Wellington
Friends Of Humanity Church Street
1834 – 40. James Samuels
Friendship Tower Street
1863 – 71. James Ford / 1872 to 1874. Christopher Garraway / 1875. E. Denning / 1876. C. Denning
1877. J. Cook / 1878 to 1881. Charles Neville / 1882. William Derrick / 1883 to 1885. John Henry Morgan
1886. G. Issotie / 1887 – 89. Matilda Ford / 1891 – 94. William Ditchett / 1896. George Smith
1899 – 1901. Caroline Feltham / 1904. William Henley
Full Moon Pipe Lane
1863 – 65. Thomas Chidsey / 1867 – 77. John Wooten
George Temple Street
1755. Samuel Hopper / 1792. Elizabeth Ball / 1794 – 1800. Mary Ball / 1806. Samuel Milsom
George Thomas Street
1826. Henry Brice / 1830 – 37. Gibeon Cantle / 1839 – 40. John Pitt / 1842 – 44. George Heal
1847 – 53. John Jones / 1854 – 58. James Poor / 1861. W. Broadrow / 1863 – 66. James Hippett
1867 – 72. Sarah Clibbens / 1873. William Flower / 1874. Joseph Broomsgrove
George II Mayors’ Paddock (Clarence Road)
1775. David Morgan
George & Dragon Commercial Road / Redcliff Hill
George & Dragon Temple Street
1816. Samuel Milsom / 1820. William Major / 1823 – 52. John Dann / 1853 to 1854. Thomas Church
1855 – 69. Benjamin Sargent
Thomas Church was also a crucible manufacturer
George (& Railway Hotel) Temple Gate
1751 – 1755. George Season / 1764. Humphrey Smith / 1775. George Season / 1792 – 1800. William Chason
1806 – 11. Hannah Cheson / 1816 – 40. William Ilsley / 1842 – 44. William Lancaster / 1848 – 53. John Pring
1856 – 66. Rebecca Pring / 1867 – 69. George Rich / 1871 – 75. Selina Nunney
1876 to 1882. Selina Nunney & Amelia Farrow / 1883 to 1886. Robert Comer / 1887 to 1891. James Richards
1892. Lavinia Annette Mitchell / 1894. Mrs. E. M. Richards / 1896. Fred Holmes / 1897 – 1901. Mrs. E. Rogers
1904 – 09. Alice Nation / 1917 – 31. Louisa Butcher / 1935 – 39. William Smith / 1940. Charles Tremlett
1940. William Freak / 1944 – 50. Charles Tremlett / 1956. Albert A. Bird (manager) / 1975. J. Balsdon (manager)
Giant’s Castle Temple Street / Philip Street
The sixteenth century Giant’s Castle was lost around 1838 when work began on the bridge across the Avon from Temple Back to Queen Street. The pub was re-built nearby.
1794. John Bevan / 1800. Abraham Roach / 1811 – 16. William Davis / 1820 – 23. John Doughty
1826 – 28. Christopher John Sparks / 1830 – 31. Charles Hayes / 1832. Richard Williams
1834 – 55. Thomas Merritt / 1856. Thomas Edwards / 1858. H. Findlater / 1860. W. Flower
1863 – 65. Richard Jones / 1866. M. A. Shear / 1867 to 1874. Henry Hill / 1875. Mrs. Hill / 1876. J. Bodey
1877. ? Hazeldene / 1881. Edward Bolwell
Glass House Somerset Street
1840 – 48. Joseph Meash
Glass House Temple Street
1755. John Perrins / 1792. James Clark
Glass House Thomas Street
1806. Richard Sibley
Globe & Foresters Portwall Lane / Canynge Street
Gloster Arms (House) Tower Street
1848 – 49. S. Shillibeer / 1853. L. Shillibeer / 1856. Thomas Vernett / 1860 – 72. William Prior
1874 – 78. Josiah Nash / 1879 – 87. George Elliott / 1889. Charles Hill / 1891. George Richards
1892 to 1893. William Roberts / 1894. James Taylor / 1896. George Mapstone / 1899 – 1921. Annie Elliott
Goat Temple Street
1755. Thomas Browning / 1764. Grace Browning
Golden Anchor Guinea Street
1794 – 1800. Samuel Cridland
Golden Ball Thomas Street
1775. John Inskip
Golden Fleece Redcliff Back
1794 – 1806. Robert Parker
Golden Lion Redcliff Street
Grand Turk Redcliff Hill
1865 – 69. William Hamlin
Grosvenor Hotel Victoria Street
Guinea Street Ale & Porter Stores Guinea Street
Hand & Shears Temple Street
1775. Joseph Ball
Hand & Shuttle Temple Street
1775. Catherine Lyon
Harford Tavern Harford Street
1851. Christance Taylor / 1853. George Chapman / 1853. Elizabeth Chapman / 1857 – 75. William Bracher
1877. F. Young / 1878 – 81. Mary Ann Young / 1882. George Millard / 1883 – 89. James Wornell
1891 – 99. Mary Ann Wornell / 1901. Ada Swinburne / 1904 – 21. Rosina Pillinger / 1925 – 28. Rosina Youens
Hare & Hounds Redcliff Street
1792. William Bishop / 1800. John Hellier
Hare & Hounds Temple Street
1764. William Barnett / 1775. Martha Jones / 1792. John Bingham / 1794. John Holland / 1800. John Symonds
1806. James Stoneham
Heart & Crown Redcliff Street
1752. John Taylor / 1775. Edward Grumly
Hole In The Wall Counterslip
1755. Hugh Taylor
Holy Elm Redcliff Hill
1775. George Smith
Highland Chief Temple Street (Victoria Street)
1863 – 75. William Webster / 1877 – 79. Walter Warner / 1883 – 91. Philip Price / 1892 – 93. William Smith
1896 – 99. Henry Smith / 1904 – 28. John Tanton
Hit Or Miss Tower Street
1839 – 44. William Ponsford
Hope & Anchor Redcliff Hill
Horse & Groom Temple Street
1775. Hugh Lewis
Horse & Jockey Temple Street
1848. Thomas Mountain
Horse & Jockey Thomas Street
1792 – 94. James Cookway or Hookway?
Industry Ship Lane
1847. John Clemes / 1848 – 60. John Davies / 1863 – 77. Thomas Evans / 1878 – 83. Catherine Ann Evans
1886 – 87. Catherine G. Charley / 1889. William Fraser / 1891 – 93. Eliza Vincent / 1899. Henry Bush
1904 – 06. William Smith
Jolly Brewers Redcliff Street
1775. William Webb
Jolly Nailers Pile Street
The Jolly Nailers was later known as the Woolpack
1849 – 65. John Mathew Stephens (beer retailer & grocery dealer)
Jolly Potters Church Lane
1832. James Andrew
Jolly Potters Temple Back
1854 – 71. George Collings
Jolly Sailor Guinea Street
1794. John Madley / 1800. John Chaddock / 1806 – 23. Henry Shore / 1826 – 30. Keturah Shore
1831 – 49. George Butt / 1852 – 61. George Pope / 1863 – 68. John Redmore / 1869. Joseph Johnson
1871 – 72. George Lane / 1874. Emma Clark / 1875. Edward Rogers / 1876 to 1877. Thomas Reeves
1878. Mrs. Nurse / 1879 – 81. Jesse Allen / 1883. John Smith / 1884. Mary Marsh / 1885. Mrs. E. Wilkinson
1886. George W. Neck
Jolly Sailor Temple Back
Jolly Skinners Redcliff Mead Lane / Russell Street
1853. William Welch
Keys Temple Street
1792. John Collins
King David Thomas Street
1853. S. Churchus / 1854. Thomas Bicknell / 1855. William French / 1856 – 58. Charles Orchard
King’s Arms Thomas Street
1764. Hester Brookman / 1775. Samuel Bruckman / 1792. Hannah Hopper / 1794. Thomas Ropton
King’s Head Cathay
King’s Head Temple Street (Victoria Street)
Lamb Pile Street
1816 – 20. Joseph Lawson / 1822 – 26. Joshua Lawson / 1828 – 32. Sarah Lawson / 1834 – 42. Joseph Topham
1847. Sarah Topham / 1848 to 1854. Thomas Spurle / 1855 to 1865. John Seager / 1866. Edwin Orchard
1867. William Griffiths / 1868 – 76. Jenkin E. Patch / 1879. Edwin Patch
Lamb Thomas Lane
1752. Thomas Atkins / 1792. John Lovell
Lamb & Flag Pile Street
1800. Richard Beck
Lamb & Flag Temple Street (Victoria Street)
Lamb & Lark Thomas Street
1794 – 1806. William Williams / 1816. Nathaniel Williams / 1820 – 40. Lionel Emdin / 1842 – 44. William Culley
1847. William Winsberry / 1848. William Frost / 1849. John Foot / 1852. Thomas Bale / 1853. William Young
1854 to 1855. William Underhill / 1856. William Tarr / 1857. F. Tarr
Lamb & Lark Tower Street
1794. Nicholas Vinson
Langton Tavern Langton Street
1863. James Bowden / 1867 – 69. Elizabeth Williams / 1871 – 87. John Court / 1889 – 91. Elizabeth Court
1892 to 1896. Matilda Brunt / 1897 – 1901. Edward Beavis / 1904 – 06. Frances Ann Fogden / 1909. James Fogden
1914 – 28. Alice Gardiner
Laura Tavern Laura Place, Clarence Road
Leg & Crown Bear Lane, Temple Street
1792. John Ainsworth / 1794 – 97. William Angel
Little Bottle Redcliff Hill / Guinea Street
1828 – 31. Thomas Evens / 1834 – 41. Hannah Tudor Evens / 1844 – 54. H. T. & J. Evens
1856 – 72. Thomas Stephens / 1874. Thomas Hampton & Co. / 1876. Henry Parker / 1879 – 83. Frederick Cornish
1885. George White & Co. / 1887. H. White / 1888 – 93. John Green & Co / 1897. Alfred White
1899. George White & Co. / 1901 – 06. Margaret Sullivan / 1909 – 25. Charles Attwood / 1928 – 38. Sidney Attwood
(Little) Ship Redcliff Street
1775. John Dally / 1794. Sarah Devereux / 1800. Mary Bevan / 1806 – 16. George Oliver / 1820. Thomas Siviter
1823 – 28. Sarah Siviter / 1830 – 31. James Battle / 1832. William Thomas / 1834. ? Heath / 1837. Thomas Jones
1839 – 40. Mary Robertson / 1842. William Wilcox / 1847 – 71. James Pye / 1872 – 78. Henry George James
Live & Let Live Colston Street
1881 – 87. William Wood / 1889 – 97. John Froom / 1904. Elizabeth Froom / 1909. Frank Froom
Live & Let Live Temple Street
1860. J. Fudge
Live & Let Live Church Lane, Tower Street
1867 – 72. James White / 1874 – 78. Richard Porter
Lord Nelson Redcliff Hill
Lord Nelson Somerset Street
1822. Thomas Johnson
Louis Napolean Temple Street
1858. Elizabeth Clark / 1861 – 69. Henry Coome
Mail Coach Redcliff Street
1816 – 37. Joseph Hill / 1839 – 69. William Hooper / 1871. William Brent Coombs
Joseph Hill was a carpenter and dealer in spirits
Marquis Of Worcestershire Temple Street
1866. W. Fowler / 1867. Jane Ashley / 1868 – 69. Thomas Joint
Masons’ Arms Avon Street
1822 – 23. Charles Williams / 1826 – 28. Robert Mockridge / 1832. Uriah Bryan / 1837 – 48. John Seagar
1849 to 1856. James Pullin / 1857. John Day / 1863 – 68. James Barnes / 1871 – 78. Thomas Lonnen
1879. Edwin Mans / 1881 – 86. Thomas Sweet / 1887 – 99. George Bartlett / 1904. James Withall
1914 – 21. Alfred Prigg / 1925. Sarah Roberts
Masons’ Arms Redcliff Street
1856. W. Park
Masons’ Arms Russell Street
1840 – 42. Thomas Jones
Masons’ Arms Temple Street
1848 – 49. G. Barry / 1851 – 55. Joseph Young / 1857 – 67. Thomas B. Green / 1871. Henry Jones
1874. Frank Foster / 1875 to 1887. Thomas Gove / 1888 to 1891. Henry James West / 1892. Charles Truman
1893. George Hints / 1896. Robert Barrow / 1897 – 1904. Charles Attwell
Masons’ Arms Tucker Street
1755. John Shear / 1764. Thomas Isaac / 1775. Moses Ferris
Mayor’s Arms Clarence Road
Midland & Great Western Hotel Bath Parade
1879 – 1904. James Lowry Usher / 1906. H. Bray / 1914 – 25. Harry Harries / 1928. Peter Plummer
1931 – 35. Thomas Lewis / 1937. Frederick Aston
Millwrights’ Arms Temple Back
1847 – 48. William Jeffries / 1849. H. Grimes / 1853. John Halmarack / 1853 – 54. Charles Bevan
1863 – 76. John Whitrow / 1877 – 83. George Dando / 1885 – 87. William Trudgian / 1889. Daniel Marks
1891. Thomas Watkins / 1892 – 1921. Meshach Cook
Mulberry Tree Rowley Place
Myrtle Hall Redcliff Hill
Myrtle Tree Redcliff Hill
1837. William Rosser / 1839 – 44. Thomas Whittington / 1847 – 52. John Lovell
Myrtle Tree Thomas Street
Nelson’s Arms Hillsbridge Parade (Clarence Road)
1816 – 20. James Iles / 1822 – 26. John Iles / 1830 – 31. Sarah Iles / 1832 – 34. William Jenkins
1837 – 40. William Heath / 1842 – 53. Hannah Heath / 1854 to 1857. Charles Norris / 1858 to 1862. Mary Davidge
1863 – 79. John Morse / 1881. Francis Frappell / 1882 – 83. Samuel Palmer / 1886 – 89. Alfred Lewis
1891. Emma Sylvester / 1892 – 99. George Heath / 1901. George Thorne / 1904. A. Brewer / 1906. Arthur Partt
1909. William Rowe / 1914. Albert Light / 1917 – 28. Francis Sansom / 1931. Charles Cullimore
1935. Elizabeth Shill / 1937 – 38. Harold Callaway / 1944 – 56. Herbert Leat
Neptune Redcliff Mead Lane
1853. George Castle / 1861 – 63. John Bennett / 1865 – 66. Maria Bennett / 1867 to 1868. E. Ellbury
1869 – 77. Jesse Reeves
Neptune Tucker Street (Bath Street)
1792. William Forster / 1794 – 1806. William Johnson
New Inn Thomas Street
1831 – 37. William Evered / 1839 – 60. James Jollyman / 1861. John Shorland / 1863 – 65. Louisa Bletchley
Oak Temple Street
1775. John Wedmore & John Williams
Odd Fellows’ Arms No. 11 Somerset Place
1847. William Prosser / 1849. William Wiggins / 1851. Eliza Mayne / 1853 – 61. James Cock / 1863 – 75. Ann Cock
1876 – 79. Francis Price / 1881 – 82. Luke Gee / 1883. Caroline Gee / 1885. Henry Wood / 1888. Robert Langdon
1889. George Parfitt / 1891. William Grimsby / 1892 – 94. Mary James / 1896. John Hooper
1899 – 1901. George Bowyer / 1906. George Webb
Eliza Mayne is listed as a lodging house keeper
Old Arm Chair Guinea Street / Alfred Place (Grocery & off license)
Old Arm Chair Redcliff Street
1863 – 74. Samuel Webb / 1874 – 77. Sarah Gregory
Samuel Webb was also a chair maker
Old Britannia Pipe Lane
1865 – 69. Thomas Baker
Old Fox Redcliff Street
Old Plough Hillsbridge Parade (Clarence Road)
1831 – 34. Joseph Doble / 1837 – 40. John Pocock / 1842 – 57. John Howard Randall / 1858 – 63. William Pearce
1865 – 66. Thomas Gregory / 1867 – 69. William Pearce / 1871. William Warren / 1874 – 87. Alfred Butt
1889. Douglas Brighton / 1891 – 96. Harry Hawkins / 1897. William Good / 1899. Mrs Mann / 1901. Thomas Lane
Olive Branch Redcliff Street
1858. Charles Pidgeon / 1860. Henry Sully
Olivers (Bell) Victoria Street
Ostrich Lower Guinea Street
Patriot Tavern Temple Street
1865. Edward Hyatt / 1866. Thomas Hill / 1867 – 72. William Tovey
Pelican Thomas Street
1753. William Kittoe / 1764. Robert Palmer / 1792 – 94. Joseph Pope (Pope’s Head & Pelican)
Phoenix Harford Street
1863 – 72. Thomas Morgan / 1874 – 89. Elizabeth Morgan / 1891 – 1901. Francis Price / 1904. C. Gardiner
1906. Joseph Lewis
Phoenix Temple Street
1752 – 55. John Beard / 1764. Christopher Lambert
(Young) Phoenix Pile Street
The prefix ‘young’ seems to have been dropped during the mid 1830’s
1800 – 06. John Neal / 1813 to 1814. William Spray / 1816. James Jermyn / 1820. Richard Williams
1822 – 48. Stephen Seagar / 1849 to 1852. Esther Seagar / 1853. William Alexander Hampton
1854 – 68. Thomas Hale
Pig & Butcher Temple Street
1848. S. Pain
Pilgrim Tucker Street
Pipers’ Arms Temple Back
1851 – 53. James Poor
Pipe Makers’ Arms Temple Street
1866. Philip Norman
Plough Thomas Street
1764 – 75. Edward Jones / 1792 – 94. Henry Drury
Plough Thomas Street
1869 – 79. William Salisbury / 1881 – 96. Charles Strainge / 1899 – 1901. Emma Strainge / 1904. Charles Strainge
1906 – 21. Mrs. E. Strainge / 1925. Frederick Macey / 1928. Thomas Smith
Plume Of Feathers Redcliff Street
1752. James Bracey / 1775. Thomas Cole / 1787. John House / 1792 – 94. Harry Mills / 1800. John Harris
1806. Samuel Hunt / 1816. William Young / 1820 – 32. John Box / 1837 – 39. William Timberlake
1840. James Gotley / 1842 – 44. Philip Lewis / 1847 – 48. J. B. Chapman / 1849 to 1855. Ann Chapman
1855 to 1862. Thomas Hardy Gover / 1862 – 71. Moses Kingstone / 1872. John Pope
Portcullis Tavern Phippen Street
1852. John Selley / 1853. Edward Johnson / 1853 to 1854. Isaac Crocker / 1855 – 60. John Hathaway
1865 – 81. Mary Clouter / 1882 – 83. Rebecca Sanders / 1886. H. Lilly / 1887. Frederick Creed
1889 – 93. James Warfield / 1896. William Evans / 1899. Charles Roe / 1901. James Thatcher
Porter Stores 129 Thomas Street / 29 Victoria Street
1865 – 1874. William Leonard / 1876. R. Shaddock / 1881. Rhoda M. Griffith / 1883. Henry Wathen
Portwall House (Tavern) Portwall Lane
Potters’ Arms Redcliff Mead Lane
1853. Robert Smith / 1858 – 60. Richard Vickery
Potters’ Arms Temple Back
1867 – 68. James Plumley / 1869 – 72. Elizabeth Ditchett / 1874 – 77. Edwin Crinks / 1878 – 79. Thomas Iles
1881 – 83. Thomas Sully / 1886 – 87. W. Butler / 1889. William Open / 1891. William Baker
1892 to 1893. George Hope / 1894 – 1906. William Coombs
Potters’ Arms Temple Street
1867 – 69. Edwin Vowles
Prince Of Wales Bathurst Basin
1865 – 66 James Davies
Prince Of Wales Commercial Road
Prince Of Wales Pipe Lane
1848. George Gardiner / 1853. Mary Giddings / 1857. J. Cox
Prince Of Wales Redcliff Street
1860. Edwin Pickering / 1861. E. Pickering (widow) / 1863. John Dumbel Curry / 1867. Thomas Stack
Prince Of Wales Thomas Street
1853 – 56. John Hewlett / 1858. John Higgins / 1860. James Pike / 1861 – 63. Edward Lake
John Hewlett was also a shoeing smith
Princess Royal Redcliff Hill
1866. Walter Walters
Punch House Redcliff Back
1792. ? Jerman / 1794. Susannah Inman / 1800. Edward Seager / 1806. John Ross Newman
1816 – 31. John Finch / 1832. Richard Parington / 1834 – 47. Issac Crocker / 1848 to 1852. William Pring
1853. Henry Sinnett / 1854. Henry Rees / 1855 to 1857. William Rees / 1858 to 1860. John Edwards
1861 – 63. Henry Thomas Harris / 1865 – 74. Charles Hockey / 1875 – 79. James Warren / 1882 – 87. Mrs. Warren
1889 – 1901. Albert Warren / 1904 – 14. Charles Hancock / 1917. William Moreton / 1921. Joseph Harper
1925 – 28. George Stephens / 1931 – 38. John Mountford
Queen Adelaide Temple Street
1832. James Urch
Queen’s Head Redcliff Street
1752. Charles Wood / 1792 – 1806. William Williams / 1816 to 1840. Samuel Rich / 1840 to 1857. Mary Ann Rich
1858 to 1871. Marshall Flower