Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Golden Lion Fishponds Road

1875 – 87. William Hobbs
1891 – 93. Alfred Nash
1895 – 1913. Grantley Gilbert Browning
1916. Harry Morgan
1920. Horace Donaldson
1924. Albert Owen
1927 – 30. Frederick Stallard
1934 – 36. Reginald Harvey
1937. James Hood
1943 – 56. Christopher James G. Hood

Census 1881.

William Hobbs 47, head married, beer house keeper, Gloucestershire Fishponds
Jane Hobbs 47, wife married, South Wales Abercrychan

Census 1891.

Alfred W. Nash 23, head married, beer retailer, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Elizabeth J. Nash 23, wife married, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Charles Nash 1, son, Gloucestershire Stapleton
John Nash 10 days, son, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Alice Hamsel 15, domestic servant, Bristol St.Philip’s

Census 1901.

Grantley G. Browning 30, head married, publican, Bristol Fishponds
Elizabeth A. Browning 26, wife married, Gloucestershire Stroud
Sarah M. Browning 3, daughter, Bristol Fishponds
Lilian E. Browning 1, daughter, Bristol Fishponds
Harriet King 17, servant single, domestic, Gloucestershire Wotton under Edge
Eva E. Freebury 18, sister in law single, barmaid, Gloucestershire Stroud

Census 1911.

Matilda Clifford 21, single, barmaid at G. Browning’s Fishponds, Bristol
Sarah May Browning 13, daughter school, Bristol

Licensee Grantley Browning and family were living in Saunders Lane, Staple Hill at the time of the 1911 census