Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Hat & Feather Inn London Street

1851 – 56. Thomas Hall
1861 – 95. William King
1900 – 02. Sarah A. Nethey
1906. W. H. Brearley
1911 – 19. Ruscombe Arthur Bacon (manager)
1923 – 47. William E. B. Tout
1948 – 50. Denis Roy Allen

Census 1851.

Thomas Hall 36, head married, innkeeper, Somerset Clapton
Mary Hall 50, wife married, innkeeper’s wife, Pembrook Costerton
Julia Ann Hall 17, daughter unmarried, innkeeper’s daughter, Somerset Bath
Ruth Sims 19, servant unmarried, innkeeper’s servant, Somerset Paulton

Census 1861.

William King 55, head married, publican, Somerset Pilton
Jemima King 26, wife married, Somerset Bath
William King 4, son scholar, Somerset Bath
Joseph King 2, son, Somerset Bath
Sarah Pearson 22, servant unmarried, house servant, Somerset Bath

Census 1871.

William King 65, head married, publican, Somerset Pilton
Jemima King 35, wife married, Somerset Bath
William King 14, son scholar, Somerset Bath
Joseph King 12, son scholar, Somerset Bath

Census 1881.

William King 75, head married, licensed victualler, Somerset Pilton
Jemima King 45, wife married, Somerset Bath
Joseph King 22, son unmarried, bookseller, Somerset Bath
Elizabeth Dainton 52, sister in law widow, stationer, Somerset Bath

Census 1891.

William King 85, head widower, licensed victualler, Pilton Somerset
William King 34, son widower, assisting father in business, Bath Somerset
Winifred King 40, niece single, housekeeper to uncle William King, Cranmore East Somerset
Charles Goldsworthy 12, visitor, Bath Somerset

Census 1901.

Sarah A. Nethey 48, head widow, licensed victualler, Somerset Bath
Ernest E. Nethey 19, son single, coach painter, Somerset Bath
Arthur F. Nethey 18, son single, coach trimmer, Somerset Bath
William H. Nethey 16, son single, butcher’s assistant, Somerset Bath
Robert Nethey 15, son, bootmaker’s assistant, Somerset Bath
Emma F. Nethey 13, daughter, Somerset Bath
Kate Blake 31, servant single, domestic housemaid, Somerset Bath
Elsie Nethey 18, niece single, barmaid, Wiltshire Bradford

Census 1911.

Ruscombe Arthur Bacon 34, head married, hotel manager Puriton Somerset
Kate L. M. M. Bacon 27, wife married, assisting in business, Sidmouth Junction Devon
Joseph Crossfield 15, servant, house boy, Leeds Yorkshire