Category: Easton

Prince Albert Croydon Street
Off license

Census 1901.

Elizabeth Wilmot 58, head widow, off license & grocery, Wiltshire Codford
Elizabeth Wilmot 26, daughter single, help in home & shop, Somerset Whatley

Census 1911.

Gilbert James Harding 34, head married, grocer’s assistant, St.George Bristol
Ellen Mary Harding 35, wife married, beer retailer off license, St.George Bristol
Albina Winifred Nellie Harding 12, daughter, St.George Bristol
Gertrude Blanche Harding 10, daughter, St.George Bristol
Florence Ivy Harding 9, daughter, St.George Bristol
William Gilbert Harding 5, son, St.George Bristol

Post Office Tavern Stapleton Road

The tenancy of Arthur Lewis commenced on the 2nd August 1951, the rent was £40 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited. What follows is a schedule of fixtures & fittings attached to the tenancy agreement.

Bar
No.3 Jeunesse stove as fitted
Ascot gas water heater and stand as fitted
Harper gas radiator as fitted

Cellar
Cellar heater as fitted

Scullery
Porcelain sink
Galvanised boiler

Bathroom
Porcelain bath as fitted
New Rapid geyser
Porcelain washbasin with chromium plated tap

Bar
The seating as fixed around bar
The mahogany top counter with hinged door and flap
5-pull Dalex black and chromium handled beer engine with sectional tubular steel piping complete
The stainless steel washup as fitted with tap, outl
The back of bar fittings
Partition with 3 glazed miranese glass screen dividing bar
2 coloured glass framed window screens

Generally
The electric light installation excluding bulbs and shades

Census 1861.

William B. Clark 34, head married, carpenter, builder and publican, Bristol
Emily Clark 35, wife married, Thornbury Gloucestershire
Emily Clark 8, daughter scholar, Bristol
James Clark 5, son scholar, Thornbury Gloucestershire
Laura Clark 9 months, daughter, Bristol
Hester Prewett 78, mother in law widow, publican’s widow, Hill Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Holloway 14, servant, Bristol

Census 1871.

Charles Dixon 40, head married, publican, Cudwell Wiltshire
Mary Dixon 33, wife married, Glastonbury
Mary Webb 18, servant unmarried, general servant, Lydney

Census 1881.

William Bain 32, head married, beerhouse keeper, Scotland
Elizabeth Bain 23, wife married, Wiltshire Calne
Martha Sumler 14, sister in law, school, Wiltshire Calne

Census 1891.

Daniel Wilshire 44, head married, licensed victualler, Gloucestershire Bitton
Martha Wilshire 40, wife married, Gloucestershire St.George
Agnes Burchill 32, servant single, barmaid, Gloucestershire Mangotsfield

Census 1901.

John Thomas Oram 31, head married, publican, Bristol
Louisa Oram 28, wife married, Somerset Frome
William Oram 1, son, Bristol

Census 1911.

Harry Buckle 35, head married, licensed victualler, Chippenham Wiltshire
Kate Buckle 34, wife married, Clifton Bristol

Plough Easton Road

Census 1881.

Charles Edwin Cooksley 25, head married, publican, Somerset Bedminster
Ellen Elizabeth Cooksley 25, wife married, Somerset Easton in Gordano
Percy Oliver Cooksley 3, son, Somerset Bedminster
Charles William Basil Cooksley 1, son, Bristol St.Philip’s

Census 1891.

Thomas Bryant 61, head widower, inn keeper, Nailsea Somerset
Samuel Bryant 24, son married, mason, Nailsea Somerset
Annie Bryant 26, son’s wife married, Yeovil Somerset
Louise Bryant 2, son’s child, Clevedon Somerset
Walter Bryant 1 month, son’s child, Nailsea Somerset

Census 1901.

Samuel W. Bryant 34, head married, beer retailer, Somerset Nailsea
Annie P. Bryant 36, wife married, Somerset Yeovil
Daisy Bryant 14, daughter, Somerset Clevedon
Edith L. Bryant 12, daughter, Somerset Clevedon
Walter J. Bryant 10, son, Somerset Nailsea
Annie Bryant 5, daughter, Bristol
Stanley Bryant 5 months, son, Bristol

Census 1911.

Samuel Walter Bryant 44, head married, beer retailer, Nailsea Somerset
Annie Priscilla Bryant 46, wife married, assisting in business, Yeovil Somerset
Daisy Bryant 24, daughter single, teacher at school, Clevedon Somerset
Louise Bryant 23, daughter single, assisting in business, Clevedon Somerset
John Bryant 20, son single, fitter, Nailsea Somerset
Ann Bryant 15, daughter school, Bristol
Stanley Bryant 10, son school, Bristol

Pilgrim Pennywell Road
Early address for the Pilgrim was: No. 1 Albion Place, Canning Street

Census 1871.

William Pennington 40, head married, beer retailer, Bristol
Harriett Pennington 38, wife married, Bristol
Henry George James Pennington 7, son scholar, Bristol
Florence Ann Minnie Pennington 5, daughter, Bristol
John Arthur William Pennington 1, son, Bristol
Sarah Phipps 23, relative unmarried, dressmaker, Bristol

Census 1881.

William Pennington 50, head married, beer retailer, Bristol
Harriett Pennington 49, wife married, Bristol
Henry Pennington 17, son unmarried, assists father in public house, Bristol
Flory Pennington 15, daughter, assists father in public house, Bristol
Arthur Pennington 11, son scholar, Bristol

Census 1891.

Benjamin Pennington 47, head widower, beer & wine retailer, Bristol
Lillian Pennington 19, daughter single, Bristol
Ada Pennington 18, daughter, Bristol
Frank Pennington 14, son, Bristol

Census 1901.

Benjamin Pennington 57, head widower, beer & wine retailer, Bristol
Ada M. Pennington 28, daughter single, Bristol
Frank A. Pennington 24, son single, clerk in clothing establishment, Bristol
Albert G. Pennington 22, son single, clerk at Co-operative Stores, Bristol

Census 1911.

Thomas Hyde 48, head married, beer retailer, St.Philip’s Bristol
Ellen Hyde 45, wife married, St.Philip’s Bristol
Ernest William 22, son single, butcher, St.Philip’s Bristol
Frederick Hyde 19, son single, apprentice coach painter, St.Philip’s Bristol
Water Hyde 17, son single, butcher, St.Philip’s Bristol
Gilbert Hyde 15, son single, butcher’s errand boy, St.Philip’s Bristol
Reginald Hyde 11, son school boy, St.Philip’s Bristol (spinal complaint since age 7)

Paxton Arms Easton Road

Census 1861.

John Passmore 47, head married, brewer and licensed victualler, Devon West Buckland
Hester M. Passmore 37, wife married, Temple Combe Somerset
Emma Passmore 15, daughter, Bristol
William Henry Mortimer 30, visitor married, Bath Somerset
Elizabeth A. Mortimer 29, visitor married, Bath Somerset

Census 1871.

Thomas Sweet 49, head married, publican, Bristol
Gertrude Sweet 56, wife married, Kent
Emily Sweet 16, daughter unmarried, scholar, Bristol
William Sweet 12, son scholar, Bristol

Census 1881.
Paxton Place, Nos. 1 & 2 made into one house

Sidney Pobjoy 30, head married, licensed victualler, Somerset Foxcote
Amelia Pobjoy 30, wife married, Bristol
Eliza Bubb 18, servant unmarried, general servant, Gloucestershire Alveston

Census 1891.

Tom W. Moore 30, head married, publican, Bridgwater Somerset
Ellen Moore 31, wife married, Denis Powys Glamorganshire
Alice K. Moore 1, daughter, Bristol
Dorothy Moore 1 month, daughter, Bristol
Alice Chapman 29, servant single, barmaid, Mark Somerset
Ann Mann 54, servant married, monthly nurse, Porlock Somerset
Clara R. Fletcher 17, servant single, domestic servant, Odd Down Gloucestershire

Census 1901.

Frederick Westlake 37, head single, publican, Keynsham Somerset
Robert Westlake 23, brother single, barman, Keynsham Somerset
Alice Woolard 42, housekeeper widow, housekeeper domestic, Wiltshire Marlborough

Census 1911.

Frederick Westlake 45, head single, publican, Keynsham Somereset
Alice Woollard 51, widow, house keeper, Marlborough Wiltshire

Old Fox Fox Road

This information on the Old Fox was kindly provided by Jim McNeill chair of Living Easton. The Old Fox closed 15th May 2004.

Easton – The Forgotten Hamlet, Ellery, L. W., 1986.

An imposing three-story building of c.1700, this inn, situated close to the river Frome, now covered by the M32 motorway is famous for its connection with Dr. W. G. Grace, Easton doctor and father of international cricket in the period, c.1870-1915, and who used to drink here occasionally, after cricket fixtures at the Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground, in nearby Horfield and elsewhere, before returning to his Surgery nearby, at 59 Stapleton Road.

Bristol Illustrated News, May 1966.

The Old Fox in Fox Road, Eastville, Bristol, is in Bristol’s east end, tucked in off the main road to the north-east on the way out of town. Under the recently acquired managership of Harry and Maureen Campbell, it has acquired a reputation for being one of the best pubs in which to have a hot lunch in the city. Following the sophisticated London trend of making the East End a popular good-value eating district, the Campbells provide a three-course, 8/6d traditional British lunch, generously served and of the kind of quality which is attracting hungry top executives from all over Bristol. The bar-restaurant is most attractive, decorated with wrought iron and brasses. Harry Campbell’s service is cheerful and efficiently unobtrusive and his wife’s cooking is first class and ample. This is the place for roast beef, roast pork and lamb, succulently cooked vegetables, good apple pie with cream and all the insufficiently praised delights of the English table. The beer is good too and although the wine list is limited you can get a glass of wine with your meal. At present, it is very much a pot luck restaurant – there is a set menu every day – but the luck of the pot is well worth the trip east to Eastville.

Avon Drinker, the magazine for public house customers produced by CAMRA.

CAMRA was formed in the early 1970s and grew from a membership of 2,000 in 1973 to a total of 21,000 a year later. It was a response to the replacement of real ales by gas-pressured ales by the Big 6 breweries at the time. In September 1974 a subsidiary company, CAMRA (Real Ale) Investments Ltd., was set up to run a chain of real ale pubs across the country. Their first pub was the Old Fox, it was soon followed by the opening of White Gates at Hyde, Manchester. The Fox continued to trade during its renovation and officially opened to much publicity in October 1975 and was an instant success. It originally had the following range of ales; Breakspears from Henley-on-Thames, Clubs from Pontyclum and Wadsworths. It was, at the time, the most interesting range of Real Ale yet assembled in Bristol. It is interesting to note that the two local breweries, Smiles and Butcombe, were created at this time. The Avon Drinker, No.2 August / September 1977, reported that the Old Fox was installing a cellar cooler, a blessing for which landlord Peter Bull will no doubt be thankful after last year’s problems. The Avon Drinker, No.3 October/November, 1977, listed the Old Fox as one of the three outlets for tickets for the Avon Beer Festival.

In August 1978, Neil Harris wrote in the Avon Drinker, A trip to the Fox is always stimulating because it’s such an excellent boozer and, despite its ups and downs, has always done a good job for the Campaign. The purchase of the Fox was made possible by Courage breweries selling off their smaller uneconomic pubs.

Matthews’s New History of Bristol or Complete Guide and Bristol Directory for the year 1793-4

For those who are fond of bathing and swimming, the spacious bath and dressing houses, pleasant gardens and good accommodations of Mr. Rennison, near to Stokes-croft turnpike; and the conveniences for bathing in the River Froom, at the Fox, Baptist-mills, about half a mile from Bristol.

Census 1891.

Alfred Nixon 44, head maried, grocer & beer retailer, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Elizabeth Nixon 45, wife married, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Herbert C. Nixon 14, nephew, Gloucestershire Stapleton

Census 1901.

Edward W. Perry 35, head married, beer retailer, Bristol
Martha Perry 33, wife married, Bristol
Jane Leitch 65, mother in law widow, retired monthly nurse, Bristol
Hellen Perry 11, daughter, Bristol
Frank Perry 9, son, Bristol
Archibald Perry 5, son, Bristol

Census 1911.

William G. B. Fear 34, head married, off license, Somerset Hinton Blewett
Amy Fear 30, wife married, London Finsbury Park

Marlborough Easton Road
Demolished in 1965 the Marlborough was two doors up from the Three Tuns, at the Clarence Road end of Easton Road.

Census 1871.

James Budge 30, head married, beer retailer, Topsham Devon
Ann Isabella Budge 30, wife married, Derby
Ann Isabella Budge 5, daughter, Cardiff Wales
Mary Budge 4, daughter, Cardiff Wales
Rosa Budge 2, daughter, Bristol
Charles James Budge 1, son, Bristol
Lucy Self 19, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Bristol

Census 1881.

Elizabeth Robinson 48, head widow, beer house keeper, Bedminster
Elizabeth Ann Robinson 19, daughter unmarried, barmaid, Bristol
James Badman 34, visitor unmarried, tailor’s cloth cutter, Horfield Gloucestershire

Census 1891.

Elizabeth Robinson 58, head widow, beer house keeper, Bristol Bedminster
Elizabeth A. Robinson 29, wife married, assistant, Bristol
Samuel W. Robinson 12, son scholar, London Bermondsey
Lilian Robinson 9, daughter scholar, London Bermondsey

Census 1901.

Elizabeth Robinson 68, head widow, beer retailer, Bedminster Bristol
Samuel Robinson 22, grandson, warehouseman, London

Census 1911.

Elijah George Radnedge 44, head married, licensee, Bristol
Clara Elizabeth Radnedge 33, wife married, Oldbury near Birmingham
Cyril George Radnedge 15, son, no occupation, Bristol
Clarissa May Radnedge 10, daughter school, Bristol