Bristol’s Lost Pubs
Central
Kent Arms Frogmore Street
1839 – 58 John Kent / 1863 – 65 Henry Rea / 1871 Thomas Rea / 1872 Eliza A. Rea / 1874 – 76 Mary Rea
1882 M. Chambers / 1885 – 86 Raymond Dike / 1887 George Jones / 1887 George Offer / 1888 – 89 Henry Arscott
1891 George Hobbs / 1892 – 94 Frederick Savory / 1896 Charles Backhouse
King Charles King Square Avenue
Previously the King Square Avenue Wine & Spirit Vaults
1975 T. C. Stacey
King David Upper Maudlin Street
King George Tavern Canons’ marsh
1800 Elizabeth Bevan / 1816 John Bevan / 1820 John England / 1822 – 23 George King / 1826 – 31 John Bryant
1832 – 34 Ann Thorne / 1837 – 53 William Luens / 1854 – 67 William Winter / 1868 – 72 Charles Lea
1874 – 78 Thomas Bowyer / 1879 – 89 Ellen Godfrey / 1891 – 97 Richard Hancock / 1899 Eliza Hancock
1901 Elizabeth Nichols
John England also traded as a tiler and plasterer, in Rosemary Street
King George Philadelphia Street
1823 – 37 Samuel Smith / 1839 – 52 Mary Smith / 1853 to 1857 Thomas Thristle / 1858 to 1860 James Boulton
1861 George Bawn / 1863 Joseph Fish / 1867 – 69 Charles Good / 1871 – 81 William Simons / 1882 Artemus Stock
1885 – 89 Henry Sparks / 1891 Albert Burfitt / 1894 – 1901 James Withall / 1904 Walter Onion
1906 Thomas Corcoran / 1909 – 21 Robert Free / 1925 – 28 Beatrice May James
King George III Broadmead
1764 Thomas Mundy
King Of Prussia Alderskey Lane
1775 Elinor Davis / 1800 William Webb (capt.) / 1806 Ann Webb / 1816 Henry Williams / 1820 Charles Fear
1822 – 23 Edward Jones / 1826 William Morgan / 1831 – 32 Thomas Wood / 1833 William Davey
1834 Henry Sims / 1837 William Long / 1839 – 44 Michael Wycherley / 1847 – 52 Henry Beale
1853 to 1854 Jane Beale / 1855 J. Ryan / 1856 William Park / 1857 Edmund Keynes / 1858 – 59 John O’Connell
1860 M. Rowe / 1861 Frederick Stokes / 1861 John Low / 1863 Thomas Barnett / 1865 – 66 James Horsington
King Square Avenue Wine & Spirit Vaults King Square Avenue
1861 Frederick Corfield / 1863 – 76 George Henry Tovey / 1877 Annie Bennett / 1879 – 86 Thomas Challenger
1888 Mary Garland Ransom / 1891 Mary Townsend / 1892 – 93 William Helier Williams / 1896 Fred Barker
1897 William Mackey / 1901 – 09 William Stanford / 1917 Albert Mundy / 1921 Matilda Mundy
1925 – 44 Ernest Brewer / 1944 – 53 John Bezer
The tenancy of John Bezer commenced on the 18th May 1944, the rent was £38 per annum and the landlords were The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited. This pub was later named the King Charles
King Square Stores Dighton Street
1869 Elizabeth Cole
King William Philadelphia Street
1863 – 69 William Smith / 1871 Henry Hewitt / 1872 Thomas Downs / 1874 – 77 James O’Brien
1878 E. Leeworthy / 1881 Artemus Stock
King’s Arms All Saints’ Street
1837 Adam Barton
King’s Arms Baldwin Street
1752 John Wright / 1754 E. Wright / 1755 Isobell Wright / 1762 Sibella Wright / 1775 William Nichols
1794 Susannah Witherley / 1800 Thomas Jones / 1806 Edward Seager / 1816 Charles Hayes
1820 – 23 James Rugg / 1826 – 28 James Brown / 1830 – 32 Elizabeth Brown / 1833 – 34 Joseph Miller
1837 Thomas Gregory / 1839 T. Andrews jnr. / 1840 Thomas Coward / 1841 – 58 Henry Merry
1863 Alice Williams / 1865 Henry Govier / 1866 to 1867 William Tapp / 1868 Walter Stephens
1869 to 1871 Walter Greenland / 1872 to 1875 Joseph Bye / 1876 to 1877 Walter Greenland / 1878 Eliza Gaves
1879 to 1882 Henry Huxtable / 1883 Philip Huxtable
James Brown was a maltster & Burton manufacturer (strong beer) with a malt house in Clark st. St.Paul’s
King’s Arms King Street
1775 John Preece / 1792 Thomas Harwell / 1794 Jane Vigors / 1806 John Hayes
King’s Arms Milk Street
1794 John Baker
King’s Arms Narrow Wine Street
1822 Samuel Williams / 1823 Samuel Warner / 1826 James Harding / 1828 Anthony Amatt
1830 – 32 John Frankham / 1833 Henry McParland / 1834 Thomas Watson / 1837 A. Parkes
1839 – 40 Elizabeth Parkes / 1842 – 44 Edward Davies / 1851 Thomas Gibbs / 1856 T. Allen / 1863 – 65 Philip Perry
1866 – 69 George Thayer / 1871 John Thayer / 1872 to 1875 James Warren / 1876 Ann Short / 1877 C. Broome
1878 – 79 Jane Wellington / 1881 Francis Long / 1882 T. W. Long / 1883 to 1885 George Marshfield
1886 – 94 William Blackmore / 1896 F. Whittard / 1897 – 99 William Burton
King’s Arms St.James’s Back
1800 Sarah Read / 1806 – 20 James Amos / 1820 – 28 James Betts / 1830 – 31 James Pester
1832 to 1852 James Rew / 1853 to 1854 William Hanson / 1855 – 59 James Maggs / 1868 – 77 Alfred Stinchcombe
James Amos was also a brightsmith
King’s Head Baldwin Street
1830 Elizabeth Beer / 1831 to 1848 Joseph Gates / 1849 Eliza Lee / 1851 – 56 Joseph Gates
King’s Head Philadelphia Street
1794 Thomas Richards / 1822 – 34 Samuel Smith / 1844 Mary Jones
King’s Head Rosemary Street
1794 John Morgan / 1800 John Withey
King’s Head Back Street
King’s Head King’s Head Court, Wine Street
1794 – 1800 Henry Walters / 1806 Isaac Jones / 1816 – 28 Isaac Huntley / 1830 – 37 Thomas Hill
1839 – 42 Sarah Hill / 1844 Charles Haydon / 1847 to 1857 John Harris (jnr) / 1858 William Rees
Labourers’ Arms St. James’s Back
1853 Edward Riley / 1854 George Gregory
Lamb Broadmead
1752 Ann Havet / 1755 James Wimble / 1775 Francis Sawyer / 1792 – 94 John Brown / 1800 James Anderson
Lamb Mary-Le-Port Street
1830 – 39 Daniel Crawley / 1844 Jane Crawley / 1848 John Collis / 1853 – 54 W. Angleis
1856 – 61 William S. Loveridge / 1863 Sidney Bennett / 1866 George Hawkins / 1868 – 72 Richard Cowderoy
1874 John Salter / 1875 William Page
Lamb Milk Street
1764 John Uncles
Lamb No.24 Welsh Back
1831 – 34 Richard Nelmes
Next door to the Golden Bottle, after 1834 the Lamb is listed as an eating house, although in 1853, Ann Cumberpatch of the Lamb eating house is also listed as a beer retailer, the building was bombed in the war (see the Golden Bottle for picture)
Lamb & Anchor Marsh Street
1751 – 55 John Backhouse / 1762 Richard Horsley / 1766 Edward Grumley / 1775 John Lewis
Lamb & Anchor Milk Street
Lamb & Anchor New Market Passage
1775 Robert Hart
Lamb & Flag Broadmead
1764 Samuel Winkle
Lamb & Flag Eugene Street
1755 Joseph Bowgin
Lamb (& Flag) Frogmore Street
1775 Margaret Conden / 1794 Samuel Pritchard / 1800 John Sandbrook / 1806 – 16 William Culverwell
1820. George Hanley / 1822 – 23 Richard Thomas / 1826 – 32 Joshua Frost / 1833 George Eckley
1834 – 37 Joshua Frost / 1839 – 44 Samuel Evans / 1847 – 66 Robert Hole / 1867 John Turner
1868 – 69 Phœbe Dillon / 1871 – 75 Thomas Barber / 1876 Edward Lyons / 1877 Edwin Crinks Tombs
Lamb & Flag Lewin’s Mead
1752 – 55 James Dunston
Lamb & Flag Marsh Street
1762 Richard Sherlow / 1775 John Somerville
Lamb & Flag Quay
1762 William Glover
Lamb & Flag St.James’s Street
1775 William Goff
Leek Milk Street
1754 – 55 Thomas Williams
Leg Of Mutton Lewin’s Mead
1752 – 55 Mary Wroth (Wrath)
Leg Of Mutton Marsh Street
1762 Mary Hollyday
Leg Of Mutton Nicholas Street
1754 – 55 Jeffrey Bedford
Legg Of Mutton & Cauliflower Old King Street
1755 Thomas Tasker
Legg Of Mutton & Colliflour Lewin’s Mead
1764 George Kingstone
Leopard Frogmore Street
Lion Barton Street
1866 – 78 Thomas Clark / 1879 Ann Clark / 1882 – 89 Henry Rich / 1891 Ann Rich / 1892 – 97 Thomas Cook
1899 – 1901 William Thyer
Little Ship Currant Lane
1816. Mary Bevan / 1820. Thomas Johnson
Little Tower Broad Quay
1775 Thomas Hobbs / 1794 John Rossiter / 1800 John Godfrey / 1806 Elizabeth Blakely / 1816 Mary Swift
1820 – 28 Ambrose Marshall
Little Western Frogmore Street
1852 – 60 George Bishop / 1861 – 68 Martha Merrick / 1871 – 77 Thomas Hodges / 1878 Catherine Hodges
1881 – 83 Mary Smith / 1885 – 86 John Luke
Live & Let Live Stoney Hill
1889 Mary Clements / 1891 Walter Hines
Llandoger Trow King Street
London Inn Lewin’s Mead
1853 John Eddles
London Porter House Castle Mill Street
1861 James Taylor
London Porter House Pipe Lane
1861 Thomas Bull / 1863 Thomas Jeffery / 1869 – 77 William Radford
London Tavern Alderskey Lane
1800 Mary Harris / 1806 William Radford / 1816 Elizabeth Williams
Lord Clyde Castle Street
1871 – 72 T. B. Reeves / 1876 – 91 Elizabeth Graham / 1892 – 93 William Richardson / 1897 – 1901 Henry King
Lord John Russell Trenchard Street
1847 Robert Todd
Lord Nelson Cherry Lane
1842 John Harris
Lord Nelson Earl Street
1871 John Scullin / 1872 to 1874 Albert Scullen / 1875 to 1878 Alfred Bennett / 1879 Emma Bennett
1882 George Grey
Lord Nelson Lower Maudlin Street
1816 Thomas Webb / 1820 Robert Wall
Lord Raglan Cider House Passage
1859. T. B. Elliott
Lord Rodney Thunderbolt Street
1863 – 66 John Sturt
Lower Park Row Off License Lower Park Row
Mail Coach Bond Street
1975 V. C. Iles
Demolished 2006
Mail Coach Merchant Street
1839 – 44 John White / 1847 – 57 Henry Hill / 1858 – 62 Thomas Tuckfield / 1862 to 1872 Frederick Jones
1872 to 1873 John Leach / 1874 to 1875 Alfred Barnett / 1876 Emma Barnett / 1877 J. Vickers
1878 – 79 Henry Jones / 1882 Sarah Graves / 1883 George Old / 1885 – 87 Charles Hooper / 1888 William Cornish
1889 James Dart / 1891 – 99 Charles Brock / 1901 T. J. Donovan / 1904 – 11 Kate Lane / 1914 George Cox
1917 – 21 Edwin Shortman / 1925 – 31 J. W. Turner / 1935 Joseph Haberfield / 1937 – 44 Harry Robbins
1950 – 53 William Durbin
John White was a coachman and victualler. The Mail Coach closed in the early fifties, the building was taken over in 1955 by Salansons Photographics and was demolished a couple of years later
Mail Coach Narrow Wine Street
1806. Mary Hemmings / 1816 Francis Smith
Manx Arms Marsh Street
1762 William Blatchley
Marquis Of Granby Baldwin Street
1775 Ann Cooper / 1794 Sarah Gregory
Marquis Of Granby St.James’s Back
1806 – 16 George Cooper / 1820 – 23 John Godfrey / 1828 Thomas Gadd / 1830 John Williams
Masons’ Arms Barrs Lane
1755 George Barnes / 1764 Francis Jefferis
Masons’ Arms Lower Montague Street
1806 Joseph Hughes / 1816 Elizabeth Hughes / 1822 Joseph Churcher / 1823 – 72 John Davis
1874 James Endicott / 1875 to 1878 Frederick Orchard / 1879 Thomas Orchard / 1881 – 82 James Lacey
1883 – 86 Wadham Clark / 1887 William Hall / 1888 – 91 Sidney Daw / 1892 C. Griggle
Masons’ Arms Trenchard Street
1839 – 47 Joshua Frost / 1851 – 58 John Quin
Masonic Tavern Thunderbolt Street
Melbourne Tavern Limekiln Lane (St.George’s Road)
1858 George Bailey / 1871 – 77 Henry Bennett
Merchants’ Arms Merchant Street
1844 – 56 J. G. Perry / 1858 – 59 Richard Hillier / 1860 William Grant / 1861. Thomas Baker / 1863 James David
1865 Henry Barber / 1866 Henry Coombs / 1867 Edmund Jobbins / 1868 John Toms / 1869 James Bowsher
1871 – 72 James Burcher / 1874 – 83 Charles Hooper / 1885 – 87 Alex Cameron / 1888 John Newton
1889 Elizabeth Rogers / 1891 – 93 Joseph Kelly / 1896 – 99 Edwin Bailey / 1901 Arthur Jordan
1904 – 09 Charles Holley / 1914 Alexander Miller / 1917 – 28 Eli Courtney Holley / 1931 Lilian Bicker
1935 – 44 John Sprackling / 1950 Reginald Porter / 1951 – 53 Harry Edward Salisbury
Merchants’ Arms Prince Street
Mermaid Lewin’s Mead
1752 Ann Davis / 1755 Anny Stout / 1764 Ann Stout / 1775 Morris Palmer / 1794 John Vaughan
1800 – 06 James Godwin / 1820 – 30 Jacob Senter / 1831 to 1833 Samuel Cousens / 1834 William Sharyar
1837 ? Speed / 1839 – 60 Richard Smith / 1861 – 83 James Lockley / 1885 – 87 John Morse / 1888 Mary Ann Morse
1889 to 1893 Walter Ellis / 1894 Executors of Walter Ellis / 1896 Eleanor Offer / 1897 – 99 John Hart
1901 Mrs. A. Matthews / 1904 E. J. Bryan / 1906 James Emmet / 1909 William Wills
Mermaid Back (Welsh Back)
1752 William Beynon / 1754 Thomas Bynon / 1754 William Howes / 1755 Thomas Bynon
Milford Tavern Quay
1823 Mary Corcoran
Millwrights’ Arms Welsh Back
1853 Elizabeth Bull / 1853 – 57 William Bush / 1861 Elizabeth Graves / 1863 – 67 Mrs. E. Bull / 1868 – 69 E. Grimes
1871 F. Graffunder / 1872 – 77 W. Underhill
Montague Arms Lower Montague Street
1869 – 71 G. W. Bartlett / 1872 Edmund Jancey / 1874 – 76 Henry Tripp / 1877 – 78 R. Clake / 1883 Selina Wilshire
1885 – 86 James Cooper
Moon & Stars Broadmead
1754 Widow Thomas / 1755 John Bell
Moon & Stars Lewin’s Mead
1752 John Shelston / 1755 Matthew Dunn
Morning Star Back Street
1861 – 65 Dennis Meehan / 1866 to 1868 R. Coombs / 1869 Jane Boles / 1871 – 72 Alexander Fraser
1874 Peter Groves / 1875 Richard Turner / 1876 to 1877 George Gardner / 1878 Frederick Ham
Morning Star Broad Weir
1857 Harriett Stephens / 1858 William Denton / 1860 – 61 John Shorland
Morning Star (Of Gwent) Trenchard Street
Morning Star Woodwell Crescent
Was later named the Wheatsheaf
1861 – 63 John Hook
Mulberry Tree Broad Street
1792 – 94 Joseph Williams / 1806 Thomas Mead / 1816 William Meredith / 1822 William Ogborne
Museum Tavern Museum Avenue
Myrtle Tree Horsefair
1806 Samuel Woodhouse
Myrtle Tree Woodwell Crescent, St.George’s Road
1868 – 69 J. Hickey / 1871 Francis Martin / 1872 – 79 William Bowles / 1882 – 94 Robert Wilkins
1896 William Carlile / 1897 Eliza Carlile / 1899 – 1917 George Carew / 1921 – 38 Ethel Amelia Skinner
1944 Charles Skinner / 1950 Alfred Cross / 1953 Frank Chard / 1975 C. R. Smith
The Myrtle Tree is still trading
Nag’s Head Canons’ Marsh (Butts)
1752 Thomas Mathews / 1755 – 57 John Mathews / 1764 Michael Connor / 1775 Unity Connor / 1792 Mary Cull
Nags’s Head King Street
1767 John King / 1792 Samuel Ashford / 1794 Elizabeth Ashford / 1806 Mary Bowther / 1816 Philip Harris
1820 Morgan Morgans / 1822 John Drew
Nag’ Head & Key Horsefair
1754 – 55 Francis Ducket
Naked Boy Broad Street
1752 Charles Spake
(Royal) Naval Volunteer King Street
Nelson Christmas Street
1816 – 20. Thomas Edwards / 1823 – 44 George Butt / 1847 – 48 Charles Bright / 1849 Ann Bright
1851 B. J. Janes / 1852 John Douglas
Nelson Tavern Head of Quay
1806 – 11 James Cross / 1816 – 20 Sarah Cross
Neptune College Street
1820 – 33 Thomas Napton / 1834 Henry Stone Wait / 1837 Ann Wait / 1839 – 44 Richard Smith
1847 William Frost / 1849 ? Smale / 1852 – 55 John Harris / 1856 to 1858 Mrs. J. Harris / 1859 Thomas Frewin
1863 James Wooten / 1865 Valentine Beaumont / 1866 John Waldren / 1867 Henry Slade
The Neptune was at No.52 College Street, Thomas Napton was also a grocer & tea dealer at No.51
New Globe Christmas Street
1752 Mr. Price / 1753 Thomas Price / 1764 ? Price / 1775 – 94 Thomas Price / 1800 Eleanor Price
1806 – 22 William Pike / 1823 – 26 Joseph Bridges / 1828 – 31 James Evans / 1832 – 40 William Lancaster
1842 – 56 George Wadge / 1857 Richard Wadge
George Wadge was also a ship and house joiner employing 4 men and 1 boy at premises in Bell Avenue
New Inn Back Street
1752 John White / 1754 – 55 William White / 1755 Christian Scanfield
New Inn Host Street
1794 Thomas Edwards
New Inn No.14 Rosemary Street
1832 – 34 Thomas Croker
New Market Tavern Horsefair
1844 Thomas West
New Quay Inn St.George’s Road
New Ship Inn Deanery Road
1879 Enos Selling
Newport Boat Back Street
1752 – 55 William Perry / 1755 – 62 Daniel Leary / 1775 Thomas Jones
Nightingale Inn Broad Quay
1867 Alfred West
Noah’s Ark Back Street
1752 – 1762 David Young
Noah’s Ark Welsh Back
1752 – 55 Anthony Oliver / 1762 James Henning / 1775 Christian Davis
Oak Inn Penn Street
1853 – 55 James Coleman
Oakhill Porter Stores St.Nicholas Street
1863 John Millard / 1871 – 75 Charles Gregory / 1876 – 78 George Gallop
Odd Fellows’ Arms College Place
1868 J. Wallbridge / 1871 – 72 John Leakey / 1874 – 75 E. M. Coles / 1876 – 79 William Marshall
1881 John Rocket / 1882 – 83 Edward Phelan / 1885 John Rockett / 1886 H. Lambert / 1887 George Osborne
1888 Thomas Bebbington
Odd Fellows’ Arms Little King Street (corner of Welsh Back)
Previously known as the Sailors’ Return
1859 – 68 James Westall / 1869 Thomas E. Wookey / 1870 to 1871 William Bass / 1872 – 79 Jane Bass
1882 – 99 Tom Rudman
Odd Fellows’ Hall Castle Green
1863 James Walker / 1866 Alfred Dyke / 1867 Alfred Osborne / 1868 to 1876 Henry Pethybridge / 1877 E. McGill
1879 – 86 Thomas Beavis / 1887 to 1888 Walter Burridge / 1889 Ellen Elizabeth Atkinson / 1891 Harrison Leggett
1892 – 1901 George Harris / 1904 – 06 George Derbey / 1909 Walter Hale
On the 25th March 1888 the Odd Fellows’ Hall was taken on a 14 year lease at a rent of £24 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.
Old Bell Back Street
1852 Mary Roberts / 1853 Thomas Stockholm / 1859 – 63 Mrs. Elizabeth Stockholm / 1866 – 74 George Stockholm
1875 to 1876 Elizabeth Stockholm / 1877 Walter Frost / 1878 Patrick Lucey
Old Britannia No.13 Lower Castle Street
1833 – 39 Aaron Bateman / 1853. James Benge
Old Castle Castle Street
Old Cider House Lower Maudlin Street
1831 – 47 William Fry / 1848 – 49 Ann Fry / 1853 – 65 John Pingstone / 1866 – 72 Ann Pingstone
1874 John Knight / 1875 to 1878 C. Street / 1879 John Lubin / 1881 – 82 Frank Burston / 1883 Henry Knight
1885 – 86 William Bendall / 1887 John Preen / 1888 James Martin / 1889 Charlotte Baker / 1891 George Hinks
Old Crow St.Augustine’s Back
1764 John Harding
Old Crown Broad Weir
Old Duke King Street
1800 George Long / 1806 Joseph Martin / 1816 Thomas Martin / 1828 Joseph Martin / 1831 – 32 Elizabeth Martin
1833 – 42 Joseph William Smith / 1844 Jane Smith / 1847 John Johns / 1847 to 1862 David Thomas
1862 Maria Thomas (executrix of David Thomas) / 1862 – 63 Christopher D. Peters / 1864 – 67 James Rexworthy
1868 Richard Bodley / 1871 Edwin Sellick / 1871 to 1888 Edmund Ball / 1889 Mary Ball / 1890 Emily Jane Cullen
1891 to 1892 Alfred Leach / 1892 to 1899 William Roberts / 1900 – 06 William Sainsbury
1909 – 17 Thomas Slocombe / 1921 – 38 William Slocombe / 1944 – 53 James Jones / 1960 T. A. Davies
1975 K. Aniol
Previously named the Duke’s Head, the Old Duke is still trading
Old England Tavern Prince Street
Was later named the Cardiff Castle
1863 – 65 John Williams / 1866 William Baker
Old Fox Frog Lane
1871 – 72 Edward Phelan / 1876 W. J. Robinson / 1877 William Bryant
Old Globe Christmas Street
Old Highlander Old King Street
1764 Robert Glissold
Old Port Tavern Narrow Quay
Old Porter House Narrow Wine Street
Old Queen Mary Quay
1794 Henry Stephens
Old Ship Tavern Limekiln Dock
1806 – 16 Thomas Smart / 1820 – 23 Joseph Smith / 1826 – 39 Mary Jones / 1840 – 47 John Stone
1848 – 56 Lewis Morgan / 1858 – 61 Jane Shipp / 1861 James Turner / 1863 – 65 Emma Findlater
1866 – 75 John Rich / 1876 Mrs J. Broad / 1877 – 91 William Russell / 1891. Mary E. Bryant (manageress)
1894 – 96 Granby Russell
Old Noah’s Ark Bristol Back
1775 William Morgan / 1800 Thomas Coulstring
Oliver Cronwell Lower College Green
1865 John Williams / 1866 to 1867 Edmund Weight / 1868 George Winstone / 1869 Richard Silk
1871 – 77 Augustus Bezzant
Osborne Wine Vaults North Street
Oyster Barrels Back Street
1752 – 55 Robert Hurn / 1762 Robert Hearn
Oxford Mary-Le-Port Street
1866 John McNeil / 1867 S. Davis / 1868 Annie Ray / 1869 – 77 John Down