Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Maltsters’ Arms Philip Street

Masonic Hotel North Street

1851 – 78. James Bevan / 1879 – 89. William Northcott / 1891. Harry Ball / 1892 – 96. James Smith
1897 – 1917. Francis Noot Bacon / 1921 – 31. Annie Elizabeth Bacon / 1935 – 44. William Derrick
1950 – 53. Lilian Whiting / 1975. D. Harvey

Masons’ Arms Brightbow (Bedminster Parade)

1794. William Telphord / 1800. Joan Powell / 1806. Richard Northmore / 1847. H. Brewer
1848 – 65. James Brewer / 1867 – 69. Mary Brewer / 1871 to 1876. John Russell / 1877 to 1878. Charles Dewfall
1879 – 80. Ann Dewfall / 1881. Robert Smith / 1882. W. Wallis / 1883. Thomas Bryant / 1886 – 92. Maria Watts
1896. Emma Francis / 1899 – 1901. Edward Collins / 1904 – 06. William Porch

Masons’ Arms Clarke Street

1886 – 1901. Jane Atkins / 1904. Jane Rich / 1906. John Rich

Masons’ Arms Whitehouse Street

1863. Jane Millett / 1865 – 66. William Millett / 1867 – 89. John Knight / 1891 – 92. William Williams
1896 – 1938. Frederick Trim

Merrywood Tavern Merrywood Road (off license)

1878 – 1911. William Daunton / 1914 – 37. James Mounter / 1938. William John Mounter

Mendip Gate Queen’s Road, Bishopsworth

1975. D. Jones (manager)

Mill Stone

1775. George Levins

Miners’ Arms Bedminster Down Road

1871 – 93. William Dufty / 1899 – 1928. James Dufty / 1931 – 35. Lucy Dufty / 1937 – 60. Florence Maud Briggs
1975. Mrs. M. P. Salvage

Moon & Stars North Street

1775. Francis Jones / 1794 – 1806. George Gowing

Myrtle Tree East Street

Nelson Porter Stores Nelson Parade

Nelson Hotel East Street

1826. B. Lansdown / 1828. Mry Hawkes / 1830. John Tucker / 1831. William Farr / 1832 – 34. James Hamilton
1837. Thomas Whittington / 1839. Elizabeth Hopkins / 1840. J. Bevan / 1842 – 44. John Hopkins
1847 – 48. Josiah Russell / 1852. William Clarke / 1853. J. Clements / 1853. James Bellringer / 1854. E. Gadd
1863 – 89. John Bennett Hasell / 1891 – 92. Frederick Giblett / 1893 – 1906. Giblett & Boone
1909 – 14. Boone & Pullen / 1928 – 37. Sidney Fussell & Sons / 1944. George Harris / 1950. Herbert Pike
1975. R. Ashton (manager)
Known locally as Fussells since the 1920’s, later named The Assembly

New Inn Bedminster Causeway

1792. Daniel Miller / 1794. William Day / 1806 – 28. John Davey / 1830 – 60. Robert Davey
1863 – 72. Hannah Davey / 1879. Robert Peters / 1881 – 82. Thomas Mercer / 1885 – 94. Joseph Norton
1897 – 99. Cornwall Barrisford Bates
Robert Davey was also a saddler and harness maker

New Inn Bridgwater Road

New Inn Regent Street

1837. M. Yates

New Pilgrim Inn Stillhouse Lane

1861 – 72. James Bevan / 1874 – 77. Christopher Elliott / 1877 – 83. Thomas Miles / 1885. Samuel Furneaux
1886. E. Williams / 1887 – 88. James Church / 1891 – 92. Albert Burgess / 1896 – 1901. Alfred Still
1904 – 09. John Bracken / 1914 – 21. Walter Frost / 1925. James Greenwood

Noah’s Ark Charlotte Street

1837 – 54. Henry Hill / 1855 to 1856. Benjamin Hill / 1857 – 58. Benjamin Cox / 1860 – 61. John Fisher
1863. John Hallett / 1865 – 77. James Hallett / 1879 – 87. William Western / 1888 – 89. Frances Western
1891 – 92. Elizabeth Jane Bird / 1896 – 99. William Horwood / 1901. Charles Gillard / 1904. R. Webber
1906. Sarah Ann Bates

Nursery No.32 The Nursery (off license)

Old Friendship North Street

1816. James Parry

Old Globe

1800. James Hembrough

Old Pilgrim Inn Stillhouse Lane

1871 – 74. John Woodman / 1875 to 1877. George Pitman / 1877 – 79. Enoch Wathen
1881 – 83. Hannah Wathen / 1885 – 89. George Pitman / 1891 – 96. Robert Langdon
1899 – 1901. Mrs H. Langdon / 1904 – 06. Hannah Hazell Langdon / 1909. Annie Strike
Widower George Pitman married Amelia Handoll (Rummer Tap) in October 1871, Amelia died in 1882 and in 1884 George married Hannah Wathen the widow of Enoch Wathen, George’s first wife had been the daughter of John Redmore (Jolly Sailor) Both George Pitman and Enoch Wathen were mariners, george a fireman on steamers and Enoch a captain of the Charlotte. John Redmore was also a mariner as was Amelia Handoll’s father. This information was provided by Lee Paltridge of Perth, Western Australia

Old Somerset House Bedminster Parade

Old Steadfast Inn Bedminster Parade

1847 – 57. John Hodges / 1866 – 75. William Parsons / 1876 – 83. William Betty / 1885. Frederick Pitt Read
1886. Clement Bush / 1887. James McNicoll / 1888 – 89. John Benjamin Hobbs / 1891. John Woodville
1892 – 96. Patrick Broderick / 1899. Richard Pavey / 1901. Francis Clarke / 1904 – 09. James Thatcher
1914. Charles Fry / 1917 – 25. Catherine Parker / 1928 – 38. Norman McQuillan / 1944 – 53. Lilian McQuillan

Pail Of Barm

1794 – 1806. James White

Park House St.John’s Lane

Pear Tree North Street

1853. Frederick Terrell / 1861 – 68. Richard Terrell

Platelayers’ Arms York Street

1876. Edward Sheppard

Plough Inn Bedminster Down Road

1867 – 78. Mark Oatway / 1886 – 91. Henry Scammell / 1894 – 1906. Samuel Bryant / 1909 – 21. Mona Hooper
1925. Ernest Woodhall / 1928 – 31. Frederick Howe / 1935 – 60. Catherine L. Howe / 1975. A. E. Tucker

Plough & Windmill West Street

1823 – 44. George Tovey / 1847. Hannah Tovey / 1848 – 61. Mark Oatway / 1863 – 67. William Pearce
1868 to 1888. Richard Henry Sheppard / 1889. George Brown / 1891. Tom Nash / 1892. George Hutton
1894 – 1906. Adam Hutton / 1909. Harry Binmore / 1911. Martha York / 1914 – 50. Henry Peters
1953 – 75. Ernest W. Berry

Prince Of Wales Stillhouse Lane

1860 – 69. Henry Coombs / 1871 – 72. William Harril / 1874 – 78. Ann Harril / 1879. Enoch Wathen
1881 – 91. George Hale

Prince Of Wales Westbourne Grove

1871. William Davis / 1872 to 1874. Thomas Short Davis / 1875 to 1877. John Blitz / 1878 to 1885. George Winter
1886 – 1909. James Still / 1914. David Dunn / 1917. Mrs Frances Dunn / 1921. Henry Maidstone
1925 – 31. Frances Mainstone / 1934 – 53. Eunice Louisa Taylor / 1975. B. Grealy
John Blitz was previously a commercial traveller living at No.4 Westbourne Grove, the Princess of Wales was No.1

Queen Adelaide Queen Street

1837 – 44. John Selway / 1847 – 57. Margaret Selway / 1860. J. Turner / 1863 – 69. Mary Bennett
1871 – 82. Absalom Deacon / 1883 to 1885. Susan Deacon / 1886 to 1887. Richard Scobell
1888 – 99. Tom Searle / 1901. Annie Atkins / 1904 – 06. John Atkins / 1909 – 21. Frank Horsey

Queen’s Head Queen’s Road, Bishopsworth

1871 – 76. M. Tidcombe / 1883 – 97. Henry Fugil / 1901 – 04. Hester Gough / 1911. Henry James Matthews
1928 – 38. John Child / 1960. S. A. Parker / 1975. Mrs. G. Parker

Queen’s Head East Street

Queen’s Head New Queen Street

Railway Tavern Whitehouse Lane

1874 – 75. George Clark / 1877. H. Parsons / 1879. Robert Clark / 1881 – 82. Edwin Francis / 1883. Charles Derrick
1886. M. Wither / 1887. Mary Post / 1888 to 1891. James Voisey / 1892. Albert Brunt / 1896. Thomas Bengough
1899. John Pomeroy / 1901. Sidney Hall / 1904. John Knight

Raleigh House Raleigh Road (off license)

1900 – 14. Alfred John Buckler / 1917 – 37. William James Buckler / 1944 – 56. Elsie Mary Simmons

Raymend Hotel Raymend Road

1904. Alfred Rowland / 1906 – 09. Alfred Cook / 1914 – 31. Charles Hardwell / 1935 – 53. William Bruton

Red Cow North Street

1839 – 44. John Gingell

Red Cow West Street

Red Lion West Street

1839 -42. George Salvidge

Rising Sun Baynton Buildings (Ashton Road)

Rising Sun (Bishopsworth)

Rising Sun New John Street (off license)

1885 to 1894. John Roberts / 1895. Mary Roberts / 1896 to 1899. Arthur Lukings / 1900 to 1908. Laura Reynolds
1909 – 44. Laura Jenkins / 1950. Charles Walter Hillier

Rising Sun Spring Street

1837 – 63. John Evered / 1871 – 89. William Weeks / 1891. William Chidsey / 1892. William Feltham
1896. Jim Rendle / 1899. Bertram Hooton / 1901 – 04. Eli Stenner / 1906 – 38. Victor Sims / 1944. Leonard Greedy
1950 – 53. Elizabeth Greedy

Rising Sun Alfred Road (Windmill Hill)

1853 – 63. William Old / 1871 – 72. Sarah Jones / 1874. William Cheeseman / 1875 to 1888. William Allen
1889 – 92. John Crossman / 1896 – 1917. William Haines / 1928 – 31. James Templar / 1933 – 50. William King
1953. Walter Lippiatt
The tenancy of William King commenced on the 18th July 1933, the rent was £68 per annum, and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited

Robin Hood Queen Street

1858 – 75. Thomas Hill / 1882 – 85. Jane Bass / 1886 to 1887. G. Mills / 1888. Betsey Mills
1889 to 1891. Betsey Gully / 1892. Thomas Veal / 1896 – 99. Elizabeth Veal / 1901. W. Wright
1906. Thomas Plumb / 1909. William Pudner / 1914. William Chamberlain / 1917. Rosa Annie Saunders
1921. Emma Griffey / 1925 – 28. Matilda Jane Ashley

Robin Hood New Queen Street

1867 – 77. John Bryant / 1878 – 83. Jane Bryant

Rose & Crown North Street

1794 – 1820. Henry Shill / 1822 – 28. Samuel Shill / 1830 – 31. William Field / 1832 – 34. Isaac Cox
1839 – 40. ? Bryant / 1842. James Rood / 1843. James Roach / 1844. M. H. Hill / 1847. John Dennison
1848. Thomas Wakefield / 1849 – 53. Charles Pritchard / 1855 – 56. George Holt / 1858. Henry Willett
1863 – 77. John Pillinger / 1878. T. Pillinger

Royal Oak East Street

1792. Robert Taylor / 1800. William Craze / 1806. John Smith / 1816. Arthur Smith / 1820. William Hunt
1822 – 23. John Butler / 1826. R. Hunt / 1830 – 31. Luke Hipsley / 1832 – 33. Edmund Green
1837 – 39. George Davis / 1840. Isaac Cox / 1842. George Collins / 1844 – 53. John Davis
1854 – 63. George Davis / 1865 – 68. W. Shorney / 1869. Eliza Shorney / 1871. Benjamin Bird
1872. John Harris / 1874 – 77. James Poolman

Rummer Bedminster Parade

Rummer Tap Stillhouse Lane

1855 – 57. William Sweet / 1871. Amelia Handoll
This appears to be the rear of the Rummer, Bedminster Parade

Rummer York Road

1859. Joseph Crink / 1860. ? Hewlett / 1863. Philip Price / 1865 – 66. William Gardner / 1867 to 1874. Ann Hill
1875 to 1885. George Chidgey / 1886 to 1888. Albert James Pope / 1889 to 1891. Frederick Watkins
1892 to 1896. James Attwood / 1897. Frederick Robe / 1899 – 1904. Susan Ann / 1906 – 09. Alfred Clark
1928. Frederick Clark / 1931 – 38. George Lavis / 1944. Maud Abbey / 1950. George Pook / 1953. Percy Gillard

Saddlers’ Arms Windmill Hill

1861 – 63. James Govier / 1871. Edwin Griffiths
See ‘The Fox’ Windmill Hill

Sargent Arms Sargent Street

1871. John James / 1872. Samuel Spear / 1874 – 77. Stephen Vowles / 1878. J. Thomas
1879. Edward Henderson / 1885. William Treble / 1886 to 1887. T. Hole / 1888. Henry Slade / 1889. George Poole
1891. Thomas Lamborn / 1892. Frederick Light / 1896 – 99. Thomas Organ / 1901 – 1904. William Lloyd
1906. William Vincent / 1914. Mary Fram

Sawyers’ Arms Providence Place (Mill Lane)

1847. Elijah Tamplin / 1848 to 1853. William Chaffey / 1853. Richard Jenkins / 1854 to 1856. D. Jenkins
1857 – 69. R. Jenkins / 1871 – 82. George Parker / 1883. J. Summers / 1885. John Pitman / 1886 – 88. John Pavey
1889 – 1928. Mark Green

Ship Regent Road

1837 – 39. Robert Chaddock / 1853 – 67. Daniel Hill

Ship & Castle Ashton Vale

1871 – 78. Thomas Barnes / 1882 – 88. Mary Barnes / 1893 – 1914. William Labdon / 1928. George Labdon
1931. George Cockram / 1935 – 44. William Turpin / 1950 – 53. George Poole

Somerset Inn George Street, Redcliff Crescent West, York Road

1853. Simon Dumble / 1857 – 58. W. Davey / 1860 – 63. Henry Dancey / 1867 – 76. John Giles
1882 – 83. David Smith / 1886. William Hussey / 1887 – 99. Eliza Howell / 1904. Miss. H. Newman
1906 – 17. Eliza Howell / 1921. Maud Beatrice Beard / 1925 – 38. Joseph Urch / 1944 – 53. Victor Randall

Southville Alpha Road
Later known as the Imp

1863. James Petherick / 1866 – 69. Amos Yemm / 1871. Sarah Matthews / 1872 to 1877. Elijah Pearce
1878 – 83. Emily Pearce / 1886 – 89. Emily Eliza Strover Hurn / 1891. Emily McDonald
1892 – 1901. George Charley / 1904. Thomas Parker / 1906. Samuel Hollis / 1917 – 21. Eliza Minnie Hawley
1925. William Jarrett / 1928. Harry Withey / 1931 – 50. Charles Baker / 1953. Edward Smith

Sportsman’s Arms West Street

Spotted Cow North Street
Later known as 139° North

1870 – 79. James Wellstead / 1880 to 1889. Aaron Jones / 1890 to 1896. Frederick Francis
1897 to 1908. Annie Thayer / 1909. Alfred Thayer / 1911 – 14. Frank Pratt / 1917 – 21. Emily Mary Rogers
1925 – 31. William Adams / 1935 – 40. Alice Atkinson / 1940 – 53. Elizabeth Bryant

Spotted Horse Sheene Lane (West Street)

Spotted Horse Providence Place (Mill Lane)

Spring Tavern Philip Street

Squirrel Bedminster Causeway

1775. Thomas Hooper / 1792 – 94. William Daniel / 1800. John Cook / 1806. Robert Webb

Star North Street

1775. Francis Gerrard / 1792 – 1800. John Greenway / 1806. Thomas Wall / 1816 – 26. William Hitchings
1828 – 32. Henry Brunt / 1833 – 34. William Osborne / 1837. James Griffiths / 1839. William Searle
1840 to 1857. James Martin / 1858 – 76. Henry Petty / 1876 – 79. Walter Young / 1881 – 83. William Emery
1886 – 96. Joseph Daubney / 1897 – 1921. Joseph Daveridge / 1925 – 53. Henry Trewin
William Hitchings was also a chair maker. After spells as the Florikan & Firkin and Aurora, the Star was later named ‘Salt’

Star Inn Bower Ashton Terrace

1853. William Purnell / 1861. Robert Purnell / 1871. William Powell / 1872. Charles Newton
1874 – 75. William Young / 1876 – 78. Alfred Green / 1881 – 82. Richard Treble / 1883. George Fryer
1885 – 1904. William Weeks / 1909. William Harwood / 1911 – 14. James Howell / 1917 – 62. William J. Wedlock

Swan Philip Street

1871. John Vowles / 1871 – 79. Olinthus Cook / 1881 – 82. George Stokes / 1883 to 1915. John Hill
1916 to 1935. Charles Tweney / 1936 to 1940. William Condon
On the corner with Doveton Street the Swan was bombed on the 2nd December 1940

Talbot House Phipps Street (off license)

1882. Thomas Weeks / 1884 – 85. John Handcock / 1887 – 88. Eliza Handcock / 1890 – 1901. John Nathaniel Pitt
1903. E. Pitt / 1908. Mrs. M. A. Miles / 1911. Jane Carter / 1913. Mrs. Francis Burgess
1924 – 27. Andrew Thomas Forsey / 1936 – 38. Florence Kate Weeks / 1949 – 56. Rosina Morgan

Tanners’ Arms Clarke Street

1867 – 69. James Burge / 1871 – 72. William Pitman / 1874 – 76. William Mountjoy / 1878. J. Slocombe
1879. George Naylor / 1882. W. Hardwick / 1885 – 92. George Russell / 1896 to 1897. William Wookey
1899. William Slade / 1901. Charles Wicks / 1904. George Parker

Telegraph Hotel Bedminster Down Road

Tennis Court

1775. James Dabbs / 1800. Philip Beacham / 1816. Isaac Clark / 1822. Henry Morgan

Three Bee Hives

1775. Ann Rossiter

Three Crowns

1775. James Stock

Three Cups & Salmon

1792 – 1806. John Green

Three Horse Shoes West Street

Trafalgar House Coronation Road

1855 – 56. Richard Terrill / 1857. Robert Phillips / 1858. R. Pleace / 1860 – 69. Alfred Hill

Travellers’ Rest East Street

1847 – 67. James Wakefield / 1868. ? Tovey / 1869 to 1887. James Hall / 1888 – 89. Mary Ann Hall
1891 – 92. Thomas Marshall / 1896 – 1909. Christopher Croker

Try Again Tavern Leigh Street

Turk’s Head East Street

1847. James Hill / 1849. John Brimble / 1853 – 54. Charles King / 1855 – 91. Stephen Burridge

Union Somerset Terrace, Whitehouse Walk

1831 – 34. Michael Cordy / 1837. Peter Fish

Vale House Parson Street (off license)

1900 – 31. Ernest Mantell / 1934 – 37. Emily Mantell
Vale House stood on the site where later was built the Enterprise Inn

Victoria Tavern Brightbow (Bedminster Parade)

1853. George Dyke / 1865 – 69. John Young

Victoria Tavern Clark Street

1883 – 86. Thomas Mills / 1887 – 89. Harriet Mills / 1891 – 92. Wellington Bevan / 1896. Thomas Knight

Victoria Tavern Whitehouse Street

1899. D. Bowen / 1901. W. Lewis / 1904. Henry Hutchings / 1906. Charles Ball / 1909. Albert Dibble
1914. W. Kingdom / 1917 – 28. John Mountford / 1931. James Buller

Victory Clarke Street

1871 – 77. Joseph Broomsgrove / 1879. Thomas Crook / 1881. T. Mills / 1881 – 83. Isaac Bailey
1885. Mark Benson / 1886 to 1887. Martin Benson / 1888 – 92. Samuel Phipps / 1896. Robert Watkins
1899 to 1903. Mary Matilda Hamlyn / 1906. Ann Chidgey / 1909. Elizabeth Tucker / 1914 – 28. Henry Weeks
1931 – 35. Florence Weeks
Information on Mary Hamlyn was kindly provided by Fred Boulton

Volunteer Whitehouse Street

1847 – 57. Jane Smart / 1858. Daniel Cother

Waggon & Horses

1792. John Brumton

Waterloo House (Inn) King Street

Waverley Arms Merrywood Road (off license)

1882 – 1909. Elizabeth Whyatt / 1911. Laura Emily Whyatt / 1913 – 35. Laura Emily Williams
1937 – 56. Alice B. Chilcott
Listed in the 1880s as Elm View House

West Of England Whitehouse Street

1877 – 83. Mary Gane / 1888. Frederick Allen / 1889. Sarah Williams / 1891 – 96. Frederick Perrott
1899 – 1901. Joseph Wiltshire / 1904. Walter Haylett / 1906 – 09. James Holland / 1912. Clara Holland
1913 to 1916. Florence Nicoll / 1917. Albert May / 1921. Charles Tranter

Wheatsheaf Bedminster Parade

1806. William Hughes / 1816 – 23. Robert Chaplin / 1826 – 39. Jane Warbutton / 1840 to 1856. Henry Coombs
1857. C. Warburton / 1859. Thomas Davey / 1863. Edward Stone / 1865. Thomas Farmer / 1866. John Williams
1867 to 1874. Henry Fry / 1875 – 79. William Major / 1882 – 83. Emily Major / 1885 – 94. Thomas Henry Lethbridge
1896 – 97. John Rosseau / 1899. Miss Butcher / 1901. Charles Smithson / 1904 – 09. Charles Jenkins

White Hart Bedminster Parade

White Horse West Street

Whitehouse Tavern Whitehouse Street

1871 – 75. Joseph Corp / 1877. G. Beaver / 1877. John Watkins / 1878. J. Brooke / 1879. Charles Cochlin

White Lion North Street

1847 – 56. George Smele / 1857. Robert Delve / 1861 – 79. Charles Davis / 1881 – 83. Mary Ann Davis
1885. Benjamin Davis / 1886 to 1887. Benjamin Jacobs / 1888 to 1901. William Prater / 1904 – 09. Martha York
1914 – 38. Tom Venn

White Lion Spring Street

1837 – 44. Richard Huxtable / 1847. D. Lock / 1848 – 49. John Knapton / 1853. Samuel Bryant
1853 – 83. Francis Prideaux / 1885 – 94. John Alcock / 1896. Eliza Vincent / 1897. Albert Snook
1899 – 1909. Robert Harvey

White Squall Regent Road

1867 – 91. Thomas Knight / 1893 – 99. Thomas Nicholls / 1904 – 14. John Porter / 1917 – 21. Herman Gallop

William IV Spring Street

1831. John Evered / 1832. William Evered / 1833. John Evered

Willway Tavern Willway Street

1871. George Parker / 1872 to 1886. Herman Tozer / 1887 – 89. Elizabeth Tozer / 1891 – 1906. Alfred Tozer
1909. William Saunders / 1914 – 21. Leonard Wyatt / 1925 – 31. Robert Wyatt

Windmill

1775. Thomas Gough / 1794. Jacob Phillips

Windmill Hill Tavern Windmill Hill

1871 – 77. Albert Stone / 1878. S. Joynes / 1882 – 83. Charles Green / 1885 – 86. John Griffiths / 1887. F. Richards
1888 – 89. Edwin Jaques / 1891. Albert Bickley / 1892 – 1904. Charles Summerell / 1909. Arthur Ellis

Windsor Castle Whitehouse Lane

Winterstoke House Ashton Drive
Off license

1949 – 55. Bertram Frank Smitten