Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Wheatsheaf Thomas Street

1775. Edward Peters
1794 – 1806. Thomas Willey
1820 – 42. Samuel House
1843 – 49. William Pearce
1851. Francis Vowles
1851 to 1854. Robert Middleweek
1855 – 60. Joseph Mason
1863. Edward Meechem
1865 – 75. Levi Payne
1876 to 1877. Robert Whaits
1878 – 89. William Leaman
1891 – 93. James Walker
1894. Alfred Grindell
1896. Thomas Budd
1897. Richard Holmes
1899. Tom Eyles
1901. Thomas Stewart
1904. Horatio Roberts
1906. James Gardner
1909. James Jay
1914 – 21. Samuel Reed
1924 – 37. Hubert Daniells
1938. Caroline Daniells
1939. Caroline Anstey
1944 – 53. Lily Edwards
1955. Lily Delaney

The Wheatsheaf was the only remaining public house in Thomas Street when it was demolished in the 1950s. Although the inn was 17th century in origin, the front of the building had at some time been re-built in brick, the rafters in the stables were the only original feature left when it was pulled down.

Census 1851.

Robert Middleweek 34, head married, inn keeper, Ugborough Devon
Elizabeth Middleweek 25, wife married, Backwell Somerset
Robert Middleweek 76, father in law widower, cattle dealer, Devon Beer
Eliza Lodge 21, servant unmarried, chambermaid, Bristol
James Davis 18, servant unmarried, boots, Bristol
William Stevens 43, visitor married, horse Dealer, Cornwall Bodmin
Henry Light 24, visitor unmarried, potato dealer, Somerset Shipham
William Thomas 28, visitor married, horse dealer, Cornwall
Thomas Chick 39, visitor married, horse dealer, Somerset
John Hedden 40,Visitor married, Horse Dealer, Somerset

Census 1881.

William James Leaman 48, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol
Emma Leaman 46, wife married, Bristol
Henry Leaman 13, son scholar, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Albert Edward Leaman 9, son scholar, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Alma Margaret Leaman 3, daughter, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Caroline Church 25, servant unmarried, general servant, Bristol
Thomas Tucker 22, servant unmarried, ostler (ND), Bristol