Bristol’s Lost Pubs
Bedminster
Adam & Eve Little Paradise
1837 – 39. George Burgess / 1840 – 42. Grace Burgess / 1847. James Rudman / 1848 – 68. James Carro
1871 – 91. James Lavers / 1892. Herbert Lavers / 1896 – 99. Eliza Coole / 1901. James Haskins
1904 – 06. Ada Bridgett / 1909. Mary Ann Latham / 1914. Charles Hounsell / 1917 – 21. James Greenwood
Albert Hotel West Street
Albert Inn Hillgrove Buildings, Whitehouse Street
1871. John Poole / 1874 – 78. F. Jones / 1882 – 89. George Clifford / 1891. Annie Clifford / 1892. Caroline Skelly
1894. John Vowles / 1896 – 1904. Frederick Chard / 1906. John Harvey / 1909 – 21. Thomas Nicholls
1925. John Nash
Alexandra Palace Bedminster Parade
The Alexandra Palace was previously named the Foresters’ Return
1886. Sarah Ann Parker / 1887. Henry Rosling / 1888. Joseph Edward King / 1889. James Brown
1891. William Windows / 1892. John Jones / 1896. Joshua Giddy / 1899. William Durham / 1901. William Sawers
Anchor
1775. Joseph Sweet
Angel Somerset Terrace, Whitehouse Street
Apple Tree Bedminster Parade
1861 – 66. George Jacobs / 1867 – 69. T. Jacobs / 1871 – 87. John Tooley / 1888 – 89. Aaron Chappell
1891 – 92. Albert Sheppard / 1896 – 1909. Reuben Giles / 1917 – 35. Annie Price
Avon Packet Coronation Road
Barley Mow The Batches, Marsh Lane, Bedminster Down
1851 – 65. Jonathan Rennolds / 1865 to 1883. Lucy Rennolds / 1883 to 1898. William Rennolds
1898 – 1901. Ann Rennolds
Barley Mow Philip Street
1851 – 75. James Slocombe / 1876. F. Shiller / 1877 – 1908. William Warren / 1913 – 27. William Jones
1930 – 39. George Thwaites / 1943 – 85. Gladys Florence Thwaites
Barley Mow Somerset Terrace, Whitehouse Walk, Whitehouse Street
1831 – 39. John Richards / 1840 – 42. William Rogers / 1844. John Barnes / 1844 – 47. William Owen
1848 – 53. Daniel Locke / 1855 – 56. William Warren / 1856 – 61. Thomas Bishop / 1863. John Fisher
1865 – 69. John Poole / 1871 – 86. George Hutchings / 1887 to 1888. John Edward Gunnin
1889 – 92. William Blackmore / 1894 – 1901. Samuel Humphreys / 1904 – 17. Uriah Blick / 1921 – 35. Arthur Stone
1935 – 38. John Henry Shellard / 1942 – 44. Arthur Robert Whitfield Grinter / 1950. Ernest Berry
1953 – 56. James W. Collier
The tenancy of John Shellard commenced on the 4th June 1935, the rent was £40 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited. The tenancy of Arthur Grinter commenced on the 6th of October 1942, the rent was £40 per annum and the landlord was still The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited
Bartley Arms Bartley Street
1881. William Bird / 1888 – 89. Elizabeth Jane Bird / 1891 – 1901. William Hurley / 1904. Henry Lane
1909 – 31. George Steele
Bay Horse
1800 – 06. George Clark
Bedminster Hotel East Street
Bee Hive Tavern King Street
1874. Francis Hooper / 1876 – 78. R. Clark / 1882 – 83. J. Nash / 1886. John Preen / 1887. William Saunders
1888. William Graves / 1888. Benjamin Gould / 1889. Joseph Hathway / 1892. Frederick Mitchell
Bee Hive West Street
1853. John Pillinger
Bell East Street
Black Horse Nelson Parade
Boar’s Head Bedminster Causeway
1794. William Jones / 1806 – 20. Stephen Edwards / 1822 – 26. William Robinson / 1828 – 49. John Howell
1850 to 1852. Thomas Elliott / 1853. William Rees / 1861. Ann Cox / 1863 – 77. William Bevan
John Howell is also listed as a pump maker
Brass Founders’ Arms
1833 – 34. John Phillips
Brewers’ Arms South Street
Britannia East Street
1859 – 60. William Griffin / 1863. Charles Slocombe / 1866 – 69. Henry Everett / 1871. Richard Tovey
1872 to 1877. Thomas Barber / 1878 – 79. Elizabeth Barber / 1882 – 89. Frederick Ballanger
British Flag Tavern Percy Street (off license)
1878 to 1886. Edward Henry Powell / 1887. T.S. Green / 1888 to 1890. Reuben Worner
1891 to 1893. William John Smith / 1893 to 1897. William Walton / 1898 – 1914. Mary Ann Reed
1916 – 35. Jane Beynon / 1937. Arthur Beynon / 1944. Joseph Haberfield / 1950. James A. Ridler
1953 – 56. Ernest F. S. Hooper
Bunch Of Grapes Bedminster
1794. Susannah Rose
Cape Horn New Queen Street
1871 – 72. Thomas Walker / 1874 – 77. William Marshall / 1878. Michael Casey / 1881 – 83. Robert Harvey
1886. Frederick Rhymes / 1887. Alfred Day / 1888 – 89. Elizabeth Ann Hollisey / 1891. Ann Pardy / 1892. John Bell
1899. George Webley
Chequers Tavern Whitehouse Lane / Willway Street
1865 – 87. Jesse Rumbold / 1888 – 99. Benjamin Rowse / 1901. Henry Pillinger / 1904 – 06. Mary Hampton
1909. Henry Hampton / 1914. William Bailey / 1917 – 21. Albert Evans / 1925 – 28. Nellie Catherine Foxwell
1931. Gabriel Biggin / 1934 – 38. William James Rowland
The tenancy of William Rowland commenced on the 14th May 1934, the rent was £38 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited
Clarence Hotel Dean Lane
Later named the Tap & Barrel
1874 – 76. Elizabeth Armstrong / 1877. Daniel Harries / 1878 – 79. Daniel Harries / 1881 – 83. William Chick
1885 to 1886. William Wookey / 1887 – 1901. John Coombs / 1904 – 25. Ada Maud Coombs
1928 – 53. Reginald Coombs / 1975. J. McKibbin
Cock & Bottle
1775. William Smith
Colston Arms Providence Place, Mill Lane
Coopers’ Arms Ashton Gate Road
Coronation Hotel Dean Lane
1904 – 09. Pryce Valentine / 1914 – 17. Emily Whyatt / 1921 – 28. William Hardwell / 1931 – 50. John Jenkins
1953. George Sperring / 1960 – 75. D. L. Westaway
Coronation Regent Road
1831 – 34. Martha Yeates / 1837 – 44. John Yeates / 1849 – 52. John Parkes / 1853 – 54. Henry Chaffey
1856 – 61. William Harrill / 1863. Maria Harrill / 1867 – 69. William Marshall / 1871. William Knight
1872 to 1877. William Selway / 1878. H. Kiddle / 1879. Joseph Roberts / 1882 – 83. William Davis
1886 – 87. Arthur Bishop / 1888 – 89. William E. Davis / 1891 – 96. James Hall / 1897 – 99. Charles Pegler
1901. Charles Lloyd / 1904. H. Hodge / 1906 – 28. William Sweetland / 1931. Frederick Burchill
1935. George Brown / 1937 – 38. Elsie Holley / 1944 – 50. Clara Batten / 1953. Alan Crane
Cornish Arms King Street
1899. Charles Baker / 1901. Alice Reynolds / 1904. Enoch Reynolds / 1906 – 09. Jane Denty
1911 – 17. Arthur Stone / 1921. Edward Hart / 1925 – 1937. Ethel Hart
Cricketers’ Arms Greenway Bush Lane
Cross Hands Bridgwater Road
Crown Brown’s row (Whitehouse Street)
1839. John Northcott / 1847 – 49. Henry Chaffey / 1853. James Millett / 1853 – 57. Samuel Wreford
1860 – 68. Thomas Williams / 1874 – 83. Lambert Sale
Crown Spring Street
1837 – 44. Richard Rogers / 1849. John Clewett / 1851 – 54. Jesse Clewett / 1856 – 57. Mary Wood
1861. Joseph Groves / 1863 – 68. Hannah Groves / 1869 to 1871. Ann Allen / 1872. George Lippiatt
1874. William Harrison / 1876 – 77. Ann Harrison / 1878 to 1882. Robert Harrison / 1883 to 1885. Henry Tavener
1886. William Tavener / 1887 – 89. Mark Stevens / 1891 – 1914. William Hardwell / 1917. Gertrude Julia Hogg
1921 – 25. John Jenkins / 1928 – 31. Frederick Webber / 1935. Arthur Lee
Devonshire Arms Coronation Road
1855. Henry Jones
Dove Princess Street
Dun Cow
1775. Joseph Williams
Eagle Tavern Willway Street
1871 – 77. Samuel Hardwick / 1878. Eli Bowditch / 1881 – 82. William Fewings / 1883 – 91. William Hill
1892. Joseph Wring / 1896. Mary Jane Wring / 1899. Henry Nichols / 1901. William Bryant
1904. M. Broomsgrove
Elephant
1775. Daniel Sivier
Elm Tree Bedminster Parade
1855. Mary Wood
Elm Tree Inn (Bishopsworth)
Engineers’ Arms St.Johns Lane
Engine House
1775. Joseph Rose
Enterprise Parson Street
1944. Lionel Harvey / 1950. George Nicholson / 1953. Francis Jarman / 1975. M. E. Hoddinott
Previously at this address was the Vale House off license. The Enterprise was demolished in 2007
Essex Tavern Essex Street (off license)
1873 – 77. William Downes / 1878. John Giles / 1879 to 1899. Eliza Giles / 1900 – 16. Elizabeth Veal
1920 – 30. Thomas Veal / 1934 – 43. John Henry Stock / 1949 – 56. Gladys Elizabeth Millard
Exchange Hotel East Street
Exeter House Upton Road (off license)
Foresters’ Arms Charlotte Street
1855 – 57. John Pring
Foresters’ Arms East Street
Foresters’ Arms Whitehouse Lane
Foresters’ Return Bedminster Parade
1861 – 68. James Vickery / 1869. S. J. Vickery / 1871 – 78. George Laxton Betty / 1882. Eliza Stowell
1883. Henry Clark
James Vickery was also a painter and paper hanger. The Foresters’ Return was later named the Alexandra Palace
Forge Hammer Inn Ashton Gate
1871 – 81. Joseph Weeks / 1901. Francis Tiley / 1904 – 06. Albert Miles
Information on Joseph Weeks was kindly provided by Melanie Smith
Fountain Sion Terrace
1837. William Davis
Fox Somerset Terrace (Windmill Hill)
1853. Charles Rogers / 1861 – 63. James Govier / 1870 – 75. Edwin Griffiths / 1876 – 79. John Newport
1881 – 86. Louisa Newport / 1887 – 89. John Newport / 1891 – 94. James Friend / 1896. Mrs. A. Friend
1897. Augusta Bowers / 1899 – 1901. Henry Bowers / 1904 – 14. Augusta Bowers / 1917 – 38. Alric Bruton
1941 – 44. John Patrick Clements / 1950 – 53. Alfred James
Under the tenancy of James Govier this pub was known as the Saddler’s Arms (Mr Govier was a saddler by trade) the name was changed back to the Fox by Edwin Griffiths in 1871
Fox Tavern Somerset Crescent, York Road
1866 – 69. Emma Wickham / 1871. Thomas Sisterson / 1872 to 1875. Thomas Mercer
1876 to 1878. Matthew Whiting / 1879 – 86. Thomas Brown / 1888 – 91. Hester Linton / 1891. Charles Linton
1896 – 1917. Emma Callaway / 1928. Sophia Edwards
Friendship Little Paradise
1834. Richard Peckover / 1840 – 44. Thomas Price
Friendship North Street
1886 – 92. Albert Tozer / 1896. Frederick Isaac / 1899. Josiah Perrott / 1904 – 09. Frank Bishop
1914 – 31. Thomas Tabrett / 1935. Ernest Mogg
Friendship Whitehouse Street
1806. William Williams / 1826 – 37. William Clark / 1839 – 40. Richard Huxtable / 1842 – 44. Henry Chaffey
1847 – 49. George Pope / 1852 – 59. Arthur Vernon / 1863 – 66 William Warren / 1867. Caroline Ann Warren
1867. Caroline Ann Kerr / 1868 to 1874. William Sherwood / 1875 – 78. E. Brain / 1879. Abraham Brain
1881 – 82. George Brain / 1883. H. Jones
Friendship Inn Windmill Hill
1871 – 1909. William Bray / 1914. Henry Bray / 1917 – 21. Maurice Gould / 1925. Rosina Gould
1928 – 31. Rosina Parfitt / 1935 – 38. Frederick Burchill / 1950 – 53. Frederick Thorne / 1960. R. C. Loveridge
1975. D. W. Hooper
Full Moon North Street
1816. Robert Green / 1822 – 23. James Twose / 1826. William Thomas / 1828. Isaac Knight / 1830. Jane Peters
1831. Moses Holbrook / 1832. Catherine Hurn / 1834. Moses Holbrook / 1837 – 40. M. Grant
1842. George Moore / 1844 – 48. J. Rees / 1849. Henry Chivers / 1853. Joseph Perrott / 1854. ? Tatsell
1855. John Gibbs / 1859 – 63. George Fryer / 1865 – 66. Frederick Longbotham / 1867 – 69. J. Cox
1871 – 74. George Cornish / 1875 to 1877. James Brooks / 1878. T. H. Eyles / 1882 – 83. Robert Allen
1886 – 89. Mark Gould / 1891. Ann Lee / 1892. Sylvester Soffe / 1896 – 1950. Charles Williams / 1953. Alfred Wyatt
1975. D. J. Geaney
George Fryer was also a carpenter. In 1938 the rent paid by Charles Williams was £40 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited.
Full Moon Spring Street
1837 – 42. James White
Gatcombe House Gatcombe Road, Bishopsworth
1975. J. Edgar
General Elliott East Street
George Inn East Street
1792. Enoch James / 1794. John Collins / 1806. Mary Savery / 1816 – 22. Daniel Allen / 1823 – 26. Henry Brown
1828 – 32. George Salvidge / 1834 – 44. Henry Brunt / 1848 – 49. John Griffin / 1853 – 56. George Fryer
1857. William Lansdown / 1858 to 1859. Charles Gray / 1859. William Hullett / 1863. Robert Civill
1865 – 66. Edward Tice / 1867 – 77. William Northcott
George Inn Wells Road
1853. Richard Newick / 1856. Thomas Plummer / 1863. George Cox / 1872 – 78. Michael Cotter
1879 – 86. Margaret Cotter / 1888. Philip Foxwell / 1897. Walter Putnell / 1899 – 1904. George Driver
1914 – 31. Alfred Clark / 1934 – 38. Amelia Clark / 1941 – 44. May Clark / 1950 – 60. George H. J. Hill
1975. M. S. Gerrish
The tenancy of May Clark commenced on the 25th of August 1941, the rent was £100 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited
Globe East Street
Gloster Tavern Whitehouse Street
1882. Thomas Miles / 1883. Edward Nash / 1887. Edward Thwaites / 1888. James Gould / 1889. John Lowman
1891. Henry Long / 1892 – 93. Charles Darch / 1896. Thomas Ackerman / 1897. William Allen
Golden Cockerel Highridge, Bishopsworth
1975. H. Cutler
Green Man King Street
1853. John Rich / 1857 – 58. Catherine Phipps / 1872 – 92. Thomas Withey / 1896. Mary Ann Withey
1899. Frederick Graddon / 1901 – 04. Henry Williams
Greville House North Street (off license)
Grosvenor Arms Coronation Road
1871 – 77. Ann Leakey / 1878 – 79. Charles Hill / 1883 – 85. Clara Wadley / 1887 – 1901. Henry Heale
1904. George Charley / 1906 – 09. William Landsdown / 1914. Annie Taylor / 1917 – 21. William Thrush
1925 – 38. Albert Roberts / 1944 – 53. Arthur Baylis / 1960. E. Hodge / 1975. S. E. Hall
Happy Landings Hengrove Lane
1944 – 53. James Bicker / 1960 – 75. D. Lyons
Hartcliffe Inn Brock’s Road, Hartcliffe
1960. D. J. Jacobs / 1975. G. Thomas
Hen & Chicken(s) North Street
Hope Inn Bedminster Parade
1879 – 91. Henry Hemmens / 1892 – 99. Georgina Hemmens / 1904 – 06. Alfred Pope / 1914. John Thomas
1917. Howard Salter / 1921 – 32. Blanche Kate Porch / 1933 to 1938. Samuel Neale
Horse & Groom Bedminster Parade
1840 – 42. John Hands / 1844. Mary Hands / 1847 – 53. William Gillard / 1853 – 54. Charles Linton
1861 – 66. John Daunton / 1867 to 1875. Jane Daunton / 1876 to 1882. James Clark / 1883. Emma Clark
1885. Mary Ann Woolcock / 1886 – 89. Henry Stokes / 1891 – 92. Charles Henry Burgess / 1896. Charlotte Burgess
1899 – 1901. Albert Hoare / 1904. Fred Copp / 1906. Henry James / 1909. John Millard / 1914 – 21. Henry Hickory
1925 – 28. Ada Hickory / 1931. Ada Hampson / 1935. Henry Hickory / 1936 – 44. Horace Frank Perry
1950. Lillie Perry / 1953. Kennedy Jones
Horace Perry’s tenancy commenced on the 14th April 1936, the annual rent was £35 and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited
House That Jack Built St.John’s Lane
Previously known as the Engineers Arms
Jolly Collier North Street
1834 – 39. James Spratt
Jolly Colliers West Street
1851. Hester Rennolds / 1853 – 65. Moses Rennolds / 1871 – 72. Hester Rennolds / 1874 – 76. Isabella Rennolds
1879 – 91. Charles Henry Berkeley Rennolds / 1892. James Dufty / 1899 – 1904. Sarah Ann Summerhayes
1906. John Davey / 1909. Wilfred Labdon / 1914 – 31. John Bishop / 1935 – 38. Ellen Elizabeth Bishop
1944 – 53. Alfred Fraley / 1975. C. A. Pratt
In the 1851 census Moses Rennolds (Reynolds) is listed as a surveyor of highways, and his wife Hester as general shop and retailer of beer. Named the Colliers’ Arms in the 1861 census
Jolly Sailor East Street
1775. Roger Gregory / 1792. Susan Gregory / 1794. Susannah Grigg / 1800 – 28. Henry Walters
1831 – 34. William Hampton / 1837 – 47. William Whitnell / 1848 – 63. Sarah Whitnell / 1866 – 68. George White
1871. Harriett White / 1872 to 1875. Thomas Pook / 1876 – 89. Harriet Pook / 1891 – 99. Horatio Walter Newton
1904. Mrs. M. J. Newton / 1906 – 14. Mary Jane Knight / 1917. Henry Knight / 1921 – 38. Florence Hadfield
1944 – 60. Frederick T. Trim
Jolly Sailor Phipps Street (off license)
1883. R. Anstey / 1885 – 86. George Bartlett / 1888 – 89. Harry Lloyd / 1890 – 1911. Frederick James Batten
1914. Emily Crumpton / 1925 – 37. Alfred Frederick Crumpton / 1944 – 50. Rose Tyrrell / 1956. Florence Taylor
King Charles In The Oak
1794. Bartholomew Coombes
King’s Arms West Street
1792 – 94. William Frappell / 1806 – 56. William Oldfield / 1856. Mrs. S. Oldfield
King’s Head Boot Lane
1794. I. H. Harding
King’s Head Inn Bridgwater Road
Lamb West Street
1794. Isaac Williams / 1816 – 28. George Yeates / 1830. Martha Yeates / 1831 – 58. George Yeates
1863 – 74. George Smethurst / 1875 – 89. Edward White / 1891. William Jacobs / 1892. Elizabeth Cleal
1896. Richard Tooby / 1899. Mrs H. Tooby / 1901. John Powlesland / 1904 – 14. Alfred Still / 1917. Charles Marr
1921 – 38. Howard Bruton / 1944. Thomas Fisher / 1950 – 53. John Thomas
In Mathews’ Directory 1831 George Yeates is listed also as the chief constable of Bedminster
Leicester House Mill Lane
1882. J. Bromsgrove / 1883. Joseph Hall / 1885 – 87. Henry Daunton / 1888 – 96. George Stenner
1899 – 1911. Frederick Stenner / 1914 – 38. Joseph Cottle
Little Ship Regent Road
1854 – 71. Daniel Hill / 1874 – 77. Stephen Hitchcock / 1879. Thomas Elbury / 1881 – 83. Ann Cook
1885 – 87. Leonard Organ / 1888 – 1909. Frederick George Aplin / 1914. Ellen Evans
Live & Let Live Greenway Bush Lane (off license)
1882 – 86. George Blake / 1888. William Blake / 1890 – 1938. William James Edwards / 1944. Constance Brown
1950. Beaulah Jones
London Inn Cannon Street
London Waggon
1794. Joseph Rex
Luckwell Hotel Luckwell Road