Marlborough House No. 24 Ridgeway Road Off license
1893 – 97. Alfred Clark 1900 – 24. Eliza Agnes Milsom 1927 – 31. Frank Willoughby Boyce 1934. Charles Lewis Hillier 1936 – 56. Frank William Osborne
Census 1901. Marlborough House
Henry T. Milsom 47, head married, engineer’s pattern maker, Gloucestershire St.George Eliza A. Milsom 40, wife married, London Holloway Annie Milsom 17, daughter single, London King’s Cross Maude Milsom 16, daughter single, coat maker, London Holloway
Census 1911. Marlborough House
Henry Thomas Milsom 57, head married, engineer’s pattern maker, St.George Bristol Eliza Agnes Milsom 51, wife married, off license holder, Holloway London Annie Shellard 27, daughter marrried, Grey’s Inn Road London Lilian May Shellard 2, granddaughter, Easton Bristol Alice Edith Shellard 2, granddaughter, Easton Bristol
Imperial Stores No. 626 Fishponds Road Off license
1900 – 05. William T. Griffiths 1909. John Sage 1911 – 13. Alfred Thomas Sage 1920. Phyllis Reah 1924 – 27. Elizabeth Channing 1934 – 38. Annie Ada Fosbrooke 1943. Charles Henry Fosbrooke 1949. Thomas Henry Westcott 1955. Reginald F. Gard
Census 1901.
Elizabeth Swindon 65, head widow, caretaker of beer stores, Wiltshire Marlborough Mabel Williams 17, granddaughter single, draper’s assistant, Wiltshire Marlborough Frank Goodfield 26, lodger single, manager for Griffiths & Company ale & stout bottlers, Gloucestershire Hinton William C. Vale 19, lodger single, railway porter, Gloucestershire Wilford on Avon
Census 1911.
Alfred Thomas Sage 48, husband married, brushmaker, Liverpool Lancashire Sarah Sage 51, wife married, Birmingham Warwickshire Alfred Thomas Sage 22, son single, confectioner sugar boiler, Birmingham Warwickshire Sarah Sage 21, daughter single, tailoress coat hand, Bristol Gloucestershire Nellie Sage 18, daughter single, machinist tent making, Bristol Gloucestershire James Sage 17, son single, shop assistant tailor, Bristol Gloucestershire Joseph Sage 15, son, no present occupation, Bristol Gloucestershire Victoria May Sage 13, daughter school, Bristol Gloucestershire
1871 – 88. Henry Hill 1891. Elizabeth Buck 1893. Frederick Buck 1899 – 1901. Matilda Bussell 1901. Laura Purnell 1904 – 11. George Purnell 1917 – 38. Laura Purnell 1944 – 53. Alfred Purnell 1956. Harold Staples
Bristol’s Lost Pubs collection
Census 1871.
Henry Hill 34, head married, beerhouse keeper, Gloucestershire St.George Ann Hill 33, wife married, Gloucestershire St.George Elizabeth Hill 11, daughter, Gloucestershire St.George Hester Hill 9, daughter, Gloucestershire St.George Eliza Hill 6, daughter, Gloucestershire St.George Fanny Hill 3, daughter, Gloucestershire St.George
Census 1881.
Henry Hill 43, head married, beer retailer, Gloucestershire St.George Ann Hill 43, wife married, Gloucestershire St.George Elizabeth Hill 20, daughter unmarried, dressmaker, Gloucestershire St.George Hester Hill 18, daughter unmarried, dressmaker, Gloucestershire St.George Eliza Hill 16, daughter unmarried, Gloucestershire St.George Fanny Hill 13, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire St.George Emily Hill 9, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Annie Hill 7, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Harry Hill 8 months, son, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1891.
Frederick J. Buck 50, head married, pianoforte maker, London Hornsey Elizabeth Buck 46, wife married, beer retailer, London Richmond Elizabeth Buck 12, daughter scholar, surrey Hettie Denning 23, servant single, general domestic servant, Somerset Taunton
Census 1901.
George Purnell 45, head married, brickyard labourer, Gloucestershire Compton Laura Purnell 42, wife married, public house keeper, Gloucestershire Staple Hill William Purnell 21, son single, brickyard labourer, Gloucestershire Staple Hill Spencer Purnell 19, son single, brickyard labourer, Gloucestershire Staple Hill Ellen M. Purnell 17, daughter single, coat maker, Gloucestershire Staple Hill Alfred L. Purnell 15, son, brickyard labourer, Gloucestershire Staple Hill Gilbert Purnell 11, son, Gloucestershire Staple Hill Edith M. Purnell 9, daughter, Gloucestershire Staple Hill Charlotte Purnell 51, visitor married, Gloucestershire Staple Hill
Census 1911.
George Purnell 55, head married, licensed victualler, Almondsbury Laura Purnell 52, wife married, assists in business, Gloucestershire Spencer Purnell 29, son single, skilled labourer, Staple Hill Gloucestershire Gilbert Purnell 21, son single, assistant to license holder, Staple Hill Gloucestershire Edith Purnell 19, daughter single, household assistant, Staple Hill Gloucestershire George Purnell 3, grandson, Fishponds Bristol
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
1841 – 50. Robert Strickland 1851 – 65. George Edwards 1870. Josiah Loveder 1871. H. Loveder 1871 – 94. Joseph Loveder 1898 to 1900. William E. Wookey 1901. Walter Ashby 1904 – 10. Fred Apsley Smith 1911 to 1912. William Elkanah Wookey 1913 – 14. George Edward Barnard 1917 – 21. John Clayton 1925. Edwin Holmes 1928. Richard Simpson 1931. Alfred Francis 1935 – 44. Oliver Bryan 1950 – 60. John Webb
Bristol Museum collections
Census 1841.
Robert Strickland 40, inn keeper, born in county Mary Strickland 40, born in county Henry Strickland 4, born in county Charlotte Strange 15, servant, born in county Joseph Long 20, servant, born in county
Census 1851.
George Edwards 40, head married, publican, Berkshire Speenhamland Mary Edwards 37, wife married, Somerset Bath Lucy Edwards 16, niece unmarried, Gloucestershire Dursley Mary Coles 20, servant unmarried, house servant, Gloucestershire Frampton Mary Ann Strickland 21, visitor unmarried, Yorkshire Huddersfield John Edwards 20. Servant unmarried, ostler, Gloucestershire Downend
Census 1861.
George Edwards 50, head married, victualler, Berkshire Newbury Mary Edwards 47, wife married, Somerset Bath Elizabeth Mozley 24, servant unmarried, general servant, Gloucestershire Westerleigh John Powell 20, servant unmarried, general servant, Bristol St.Philip’s
Census 1871.
Joseph Loveder 31, head married, inn keeper, Somerset Bathampton Georgiana Loveder, 34, wife married, Somerset Oakhill Mary G. Loveder 10, daughter scholar, Wiltshire Minety Mary E. Loveder 8, daughter scholar, Somerset Bathford Annie M. Loveder 6, daughter scholar, Somerset Bathford William Loveder 5, son scholar, Somerset Bathford Frederick Loveder 3, son scholar, Gloucestershire Fishponds Lillie Loveder 7 months, daughter, Gloucestershire Fishponds Hannah Fletcher 19, servant unmarried, general servant, Gloucestershire Yate
Census 1881.
Joseph Loveder 41, head married, licensed victualler, Bathampton Somerset Georgina Loveder 44, wife married, Oakhill Somerset Mary F. Loveder 20, daughter unmarried, Minety Wiltshire Mary E. Loveder 18, daughter unmarried, Bathford Somerset Annie M. Loveder 16, daughter unmarried, Bathford Somerset William Loveder 15, son unmarried, Bathford Somerset Frederick Loveder 13, son, Stapleton Gloucestershire Edward J. Loveder 11, son, Stapleton Gloucestershire Adeline E. Loveder 11, daughter, Stapleton Gloucestershire Lillie Loveder 10, daughter, Stapleton Gloucestershire
Census 1891.
Joseph Loveder 51, head married, publican, Bathampton Georgina Loveder 54, wife married, Oakhill Somerset Addie Loveder 21, daughter single, Fishponds Gloucestershire Edward Loveder 21, son single, Fishponds Gloucestershire Lily Loveder 20, daughter single, Fishponds Gloucestershire Lilly (Gina) Loveder 22, servant single, Hollington
Census 1901.
Walter Ashby 41, head married, public house manager, Gloucestershire Westonbirt Emma D. Ashby 42, wife married, Gloucestershire Siston Victor Ashby 15, son single, Bristol Redcliff Alan Ashby 11, son, Bristol Redcliff John Leach 19, servant single, barman, Bristol Totterdown Louise Gay 22, servant single, housemaid, Somerset Midsomer Norton Alice Taylor 25, servant single, cook, Bristol
Census 1911.
William Elkanah Wookey 60, head married, licensed victualler, Woolwich Jane Wookey 59, wife married, Kenton Northumberland Clara Rogers 19, servant single, general domestic servant, Glastonbury Somerset
1904 – 25. Arthur Bedford 1928 – 31. Charles Morris 1933 – 40. Arthur Williams 1940. G. A. Brown 1944 – 60. Charles Arnold
Census 1911.
Arthur Ed Bedford 38, head married, licensed victualler, Wick Gloucestershire Elizabeth Bedford 42, wife married, Soundwell Gloucestershire William J. Bedford 13, son, school, Kingswood Gloucestershire Stanley W. Bedford 14, son, at home, Kingswood Gloucestershire
1909 – 14. Herbert Stephen Cullimore 1917 – 28. George Hasell 1931 – 53. Kate Young 1956. Henry G. Lyddall
Census 1911.
Herbert Stephen Cullimore 52, head married, licensed victualler, Thornbury Gloucestershire Mary Cullimore 58, wife married, Bristol Blanche Cullimore 24, daughter single, assisting in business, Bristol
1851 – 53. Thomas Nash 1856 – 65. Sarah Nash 1870 – 1901. Charles Nash 1901 – 04. Henry Nash 1906. Tom Williams 1909 – 31. Frederick Gowen 1933 – 44. Albert Dowler 1950 – 53. Winifred Collett 1956. Dorothy Bezer
The tenancy of Albert Dowler commenced on the 14th November 1933, the rent was £70 per annum and the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited. The pub’s rather ornate frontage dates from 1891.
Census 1851.
Thomas Nash 66, head married, beer retailer, Gloucestershire St.George Sarah Nash 62, wife married, Gloucestershire Siston Nancy Stone 60, visitor married, Gloucestershire Siston Sarah Nash 9, granddaughter, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1861.
Sarah Nash 72, head widow, beer retailer, Siston Gloucestershire Ann Stone 67, visitor widow, Siston Gloucestershire William Harding 50, visitor unmarried, gardener, Stapleton Gloucestershire
Census 1871.
Charles Nash 33, head married, tin plate worker, Stapleton Harriett Nash 29, wife married, beer retailer, St.George Henry C. Nash 8, son, Stapleton Arthur Nash 4, son, Stapleton Emily K. Nash 1, daughter, Stapleton Annie L. Nash 1 month, daughter, Stapleton
Census 1881.
Recorded on this census as the Golden Key Charles Nash 44, head widower, beer retailer, Gloucestershire Stapleton Henry C. Nash 18, son unmarried, plumber, Gloucestershire Stapleton Arthur Nash 14, son, Gloucestershire Stapleton Alfred W. Nash 12, son scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Emily Nash 11, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Annie L. Nash 10, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Ada E. Nash 9, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Edward J. Nash 6, son scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Gilbert Nash 4, son scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1891.
Charles Nash 54, head widower, beer retailer, Gloucestershire Stapleton Ada E, Nash 19, daughter single, assistant, Gloucestershire Stapleton Edward Nash 16, son single, plumber’s assistant, Gloucestershire Stapleton Gilbert Nash 15, son scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1901.
Henry C. Nash 39, head married, beer retailer, Bristol Fishponds Ellen Nash 33, wife married, Somerset Frome
Census 1911.
Frederick Gowen 33, head married, beer retailer, Yate Gloucestershire Ada Maud Gowen 33, wife married, assisting in business, Lawrence Hill Bristol Lavinia Maud Mary Gowen 5, daughter school, Easton Bristol Cecil Frederick Gowen 3 months, son, Fishponds Bristol Eva Hepburn 19, cousin single, barmaid, Barton Hill Bristol
1841 – 87. James Burgess 1891 – 96. Abraham Henry Smith 1898 – 1903. Frederick John Buck 1905. Elizabeth Buck 1908 – 20. Gilbert Leonard 1924. Walter Carter 1927. Augustus James Slocombe 1930 – 50. Benjamin Iles 1956. Edward Stone 1960. T. E. Stephens
Census 1841.
James Burgess 20, baker, born in county Amelia Burgess 21, born in county Stephen Burgess 1, born in county
Census 1851.
James Burgess 30, head married, baker, Somerset Froome Amelia Burgess 32, wife married, Gloucestershire Stapleton Stephen Burgess 10, son scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Robert Burgess 1, son, Gloucestershire Stapleton Fanny Burgess 4 months, daughter, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1861.
James Burgess 43, head married, beer house keeper, Somerset Frome Amelia Burgess 41, wife married, Gloucestershire Bristol Stephen Burgess 20, son unmarried, stone mason, Gloucestershire Stapleton Robert Burgess 11, son scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Fanny Burgess 9, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Sophia Burgess 6, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton Pet Burgess 4, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire Stapleton John Burgess 3, son, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1871.
James Burgess 51, head married, licensed victualler, Gloucestershire Hanham Amelia Burgess 50, wife married, Gloucestershire Stapleton Robert Burgess 21, son unmarried, stone mason, Gloucestershire Stapleton Fanny Burgess 19, daughter unmarried, Gloucestershire Stapleton Sophia H. Burgess 15, daughter unmarried, Gloucestershire Stapleton John Burgess 12, son, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1881.
James Burgess 64, head married, licensed victualler, Gloucestershire Bitton Amelia Burgess 62, wife married, Gloucestershire Bristol Robert Burgess 31, son widower, stone mason, Gloucestershire Stapleton John Burgess 21, son unmarried, shoe maker, Gloucestershire Stapleton Eliza Jones 17, servant unmarried, general domestic servant, Gloucestershire Winterbourne
Census 1891.
Abraham Smith 48, head married, licensed victualler, St.George Gloucestershire Sophia Smith 37, wife married, Fishponds Gloucestershire Florence Smith 15, daughter single, barmaid, Fishponds Gloucestershire Amelia Smith 12, daughter scholar, Fishponds Gloucestershire Emma Smith 10, daughter scholar, Fishponds Gloucestershire Samuel Smith 9, son scholar, Fishponds Gloucestershire James Burgess 76, father in law widower, retired licensed victualler, Fishponds Gloucestershire Ellen Burgess 10, niece scholar, Swansea Rose Burgess 23, servant single, domestic servant, Fishponds Gloucestershire
Census 1901.
Frederick John Buck 60, head married, licensed victualler, London Westminster Elizabeth Buck 56, wife married, London Westminster Winnie Hicks 20, servant single, barmaid, Oxfordshire Hethe Ellen Bishop 20, servant single, general domestic servant, Gloucestershire Winterbourne
Census 1911.
Gilbert F. Leonard 36, head widower, licensed victualler, City & County of Bristol Eileen M. Leonard 9, daughter, City & County of Bristol Vera M. Leonard 8, daughter, City & County of Bristol Marie H. Leonard 6, daughter, City & County of Bristol Mary L. Stone 41, servant single, domestic house keeper, City & County of Bristol Florence J. Hutton 19, geneal domestic servant, Gloucestershire Frenchay
Chester House Victoria Terrace, Lodge Causeway Off license
1891. Benjamin Hopes 1891 – 93. Albert Searle 1896 – 1901. Lucy Searle 1903 – 11. Lucy Phelps 1924 – 27. Alfred James Coggan 1930. William Henry Haskins 1934 – 39. Gerald Harris 1939 to 1951. Harold Twose 1951 to 1962. Ethel M. Twose
Census 1891.
Benjamin Hopes 50, head married, grocer & blacksmith, Gloucestershire St.George Sarah A. Hopes 47, wife married, laundress, Gloucestershire St.George Julia Hopes 22, daughter single, laundress, Gloucestershire St.George Frederick Hopes 17, son single, blacksmith’s apprentice, Gloucestershire St.George Sarah A. Hopes 15, daughter, dressmaking apprentice, Gloucestershire St.George Matilda Hopes 12, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire St.George Dora Hopes 8, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire St.George
Census 1901. Chester House
Lucy Searle 53, head widow, general shop keeper, Bristol Annie Taylor 15, servant, general domestic servant, Leicestershire Melton Mowbray
Census 1911.
William Phelps 60, head married, retired engineer, Glamorganshire Rhymney Lucy Phelps 67, wife married, beer retailer (outdoor beer license), Gloucestershire South Cerney
