1842. Thomas Jenkins 1847 – 54. William Jones 1855. C. Williamson 1861. Martha Stone 1863 – 65. Alfred George Dyke 1866 to 1877. Robert Oram 1878 – 79. Joseph Pool 1881 – 82. Francis Price 1883. John Bond 1885 – 96. Thomas White 1899. John White 1900 – 01. Thomas Garrett 1904 – 06. Jacob Flower 1909 – 11. Henry Dent 1914 – 31. William Tovey 1935 – 46. Mabel Wilkins 1946. Albert Henry Wilkins 1948 – 50. Colin Garnet Millard 1953 – 56. Stanley Amos
The tenancy of Albert Henry Wilkins commenced on the 4th February 1946, the rent was £44 per annum. The tenancy of Colin Millard commenced on the 3rd November 1948, the rent was £33 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited.
Bristol Museum collections
Census 1851.
William Jones 32, head married, carpenter and publican, Somerset Minehead Elizabeth Jones 34, wife married, Devon Tiverton Mary Jones 10, daughter, Monmouthshire Abergavenny Arthur B. Jones 7, son, Monmouthshire Abergavenny George Jones 5, son, Monmouthshire Abergavenny Samuel Jones 3, son, Somerset Bristol Elizabeth Jones 2, daughter, Somerset Bristol George Walker 45, visitor married, annuitant, Staffordshire Standon Charlotte Walker 48, visitor married, Derby
Census 1861.
Edward Stone 58, head married, horse dealer, Bristol Martha Stone 45, wife married, keeper of beer house, Bristol Eliza Stone 20, daughter unmarried, beer house, Bristol Susanna Stone 18, daughter unmarried, beer house, Bristol Caroline Stone 16, daughter unmarried, beer house, Bristol Elizabeth Stone 15, daughter unmarried, beer house, Bristol Margaret Jenkins 45, boarder married, Bristol
Census 1871.
Robert Oram 40, head married, cooper, Somerset Beckington Edna Oram 42, wife married, Wiltshire Tinhead
Census 1881.
Francis Price 28, head married, licensed victualler and cabinet maker, Bedminster Fanny Price 25, wife married, Birmingham James Price 5, son scholar, Bedminster Alfred Price 4, son scholar, Bedminster Fanny Price 7 months, daughter, Redcliff Mary Jane Roost 13, servant unmarried, general servant, West Buckland Somerset William Bartlett 50, lodger unmarried, shoe maker, Hillsley Gloucestershire
Census 1891.
Thomas White 53, head married, general labourer, Somerset Wiveliscombe Ann White 53, wife married, Somerset Wiveliscombe John White 20, son single, assistant engineer, Somerset Wiveliscombe
Census 1901.
Thomas Garrett 44, head married, innkeeper, Somerset Radstock Elizabeth Garrett 42, wife married, Somerset Radstock Oliver John Garrett 23, son single, clerk to a woollen merchant, Somerset Coleford Walter George Garrett 16, son single, shoeing smith, Somerset Coleford
Census 1911.
Henry Dent 59, head married, beer retailer, Gloucestershire Winterbourne Tryphena Dent 60, wife married, help, Gloucestershire Twigworth Harry Bradbeer 34, son in law married, engineer’s fitter, Bristol Bedminster Annie Bradbeer 29, daughter married, help in bar, Bristol St.Augustine’s Harry Maidment 5, grandson, school, Bristol Bedminster
1752. William Chatterton 1770 – 75. John Hemborough 1792. Mrs. Barry 1794. Mary Baker 1800 – 06. James Baker 1816. John King 1820 – 23. Samuel Fowler 1826 – 28. J. Taylor 1830 – 44. George Corner 1847. Sarah Lawrence 1848. George Wickings 1849. John Skelton 1850 – 51. Simon Scrase 1851. Henry Newman 1852 – 72. Charles Ellis 1874 – 76. Alfred Holder 1877. John McNamara 1878 – 94. George Warren 1895 – 1901. Frederick Bryant 1901 – 04. Henry Davey 1906. Edward Butler 1909 – 17. Alfred Garland 1921 – 44. Eleanor Lennox 1950 – 56. Henry R. Hickery 1960. Herbert W. Moss 1975. L. P. Hewett
Courage Brewery Archive via Bristol Know Your Place
An advertisement from August 11th 1849
“The Bell Inn, Cathay, Bristol. Mr F. Miles has received instructions to let the above very excellent and old established public house, situate in a densely populated part of the city, with brewery and capital covered-in skittle alley attached, and within 250 yards of the railway terminus. Rent only £24 per annum. coming in moderate: and the premises in excellent repair. This is an opportunity that rarely occurs for getting in to the public line. Satisfactory reasons will be given for the present tenant leaving. For further particulars inquire of the said F. Miles, auctioneer and appraiser, No.14 Thomas Street, Bristol, who has a variety of hotels, inns, taverns, and beer houses to let; Coming in ranging from £70 to £1600”.
Census 1841.
George Corner 60, licensed victualler, born in county Mary Corner 60, born in county Mary Corner 35, upholsteress, born in county Sophia Reynolds 20, dressmaker, born in county Esther Dawson 35, straw bonnet maker, born in county William Dawson 5, not born in county Elizabeth Dawson 5, born in county Mary Dawson 5, not born in county Sophia Dawson 3, born in county
Census 1851.
Simon Scrase 24, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Eliza Scrase 24, wife married, Bristol Fanny Smith 16, servant unmarried, Bristol
Census 1861.
Charles Ellis 44, head married, publican, Wiltshire Devizes Sarah Ellis 44, wife married, Wiltshire Pewsey Lydia Ellis 11, daughter scholar, Wiltshire Devizes Philip Knee 25, visitor married, tailor, Wiltshire Devizes John Watkins 52, visitor married, mariner, Gloucestershire Elizabeth Watkins 50, visitor married, Gloucestershire
Census 1871.
Charles Ellis 57, head married, publican, Devizes Wiltshire Sarah Ellis 50, wife married, Devizes Wiltshire Rosa Slade 15, servant unmarried, general servant, Bristol
Census 1881.
George Warren 40, head married, licensed victualler, Thornford Somerset Sarah Warren 40, wife married, Hinton Somerset Bessie Warren 14, daughter, Bincombe Dorset George Warren 13, son scholar, Bristol
Census 1891.
George Warren 47, head married, licensed victualler, Somerset Thornford Sarah Warren 50, wife married, Somerset Yarley Sarah E. Warren 24, daughter single, assists in house, Dorset Bincombe George Warren 23, son single, clerk to a wine & spirit merchant, Bristol Bedminster
Census 1901.
Henry Davey 34, head married, inn keeper, Lancashire Knowle Green Sarah Ann Davey 36, wife married, Yorkshire Sowerby Thirsk Eliza Jane Fudge 29, servant single, domestic servant, Someerset Long Ashton
Census 1911.
Margaret J. Garland 27, wife married, assisting in business, Bristol Gloucestershire & Somerset Alfred J. Garland 30, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Gloucestershire & Somerset William G. Garland 4, son, Bristol Gloucestershire & Somerset Phyllis E. Garland 2, daughter, Bristol Gloucestershire & Somerset
1816. Elisha Weeks 1820 – 28. William Case 1830 – 34. John Goode 1837 – 41. Mary Goode 1841 – 44. Ann Goode 1846 to 1848. James Salmon 1849 to 1861. Maria Salmon 1861 to 1867. John Sanders 1867 to 1868. Mary Ann Barnett 1869 to 1891. John Sanders 1891 – 99. William Ireland 1901 – 21. George James C. Labdon 1925. Luke Dursley 1928. Emily Dursley 1931. Herbert Purnell 1935. William Adams 1937 – 44. William Baldwin 1950 – 53. John Lanning 1956. Thomas Richards 1960. F. W. Riley
Bristol’s Lost Pubs collection
Bathurst Basin was built as part of the Floating Harbour scheme 1804 – 09, forming a link between the Cut and the Floating Harbour with a lock gate at each end. The basin was named in honour of Bristol M.P. Charles Bragge who had changed his name to Bathurst in 1804. The Bathurst Hotel was built near the southern lock in 1809 to cater for the sailors and travellers the new Basin was sure to attract, it was built to an unusual design with balconies and railings reminiscent of New Orleans, this was probably the inspiration for its present name the Louisiana. The building has several bricked in casements, a reminder of the ‘window tax’ which was abolished in 1851.
The above photograph was taken in the early 1950s. When the Garrick’s Head on Broad Quay was pulled down in 1978 the landlord took over the Bathurst Hotel and re-named it the Garrick’s. The name was changed again in 1982 to the Smugglers. Just opposite the hotel in Commercial Road are the ruins of the old gaol built in 1820.
Bristol’s Historic Inns. Helena Eason. 1982. “Now only the gatehouse remains as the gaol itself was the target of the 1831 rioters who burned it to the ground. The governor of that gaol, William Humphries, was actually taking refreshment at the Bathurst Hotel when the mob attacked his gaol and he was forced to stay there and watch the destruction. The gateway of the gaol was the scene of the last public hanging of a woman in Bristol, when in 1849 Sarah Thomas was hanged for murder.”
A drawing of the Bathurst Hotel by C.F.W. Dening (1943)
Census 1841.
Ann Goode 50, inn keeper, born in county George Goode 45, independent means, not born in county Martha Goodridge 45, independent means, not born in county Harriett Goodridge 20, not born in county William Goodridge 19, land agent, not born in county Richard Goodridge 14, not born in county Sarah Ann Goodridge 12, not born in county Mary Bryant 25, servant, born in county
Census 1851.
Maria Salmon 62, head widow, licensed victualler, Somerset Bath Charles Salmon 39, son married, accountant Somerset Stratton Maria Salmon 37, daughter unmarried, house assistant, Somerset Stratton Catherine Tovey 33, daughter widow, house assistant, Somerset Stratton Alexander Salmon 30, son unmarried, shipwright, Somerset Stratton Ellen Salmon 23, daughter unmarried, house assistant, Somerset Ashchurch George James Tovey 8, grandson, scholar, Bristol Maria Ellen Tovey 7, grandaughter scholar, Bristol Grace Horler 16, house servant (inn) Somerset Kilmersdon William Henry Colins 18, Tapboy (inn) Bristol James Nicholls 43, Married, traveller, St Pancras London Evans Jones 25, unmarried, shopman, Newport Monmouthshire
Census 1861.
John Sanders 37, head married, victualler, Bristol Ellen Sanders 33, wife married, Somerset Ashwick John Sanders 7, son, scholar, Bristol Arthur Sanders 5, son, scholar, Bristol Ellen Sanders 3, daughter, Bristol Henry Sanders 1, son, Bristol Maria Salmon 73, mother in law widow, late hotel keeper, Somerset Bath Maria Salmon 40, sister in law unmarried, assistant hotel keeper, Somerset Stratton Emily Small 22, servant unmarried, barmaid, Somerset Shepton Mallet Fanny Cox 41, servant widow, cook, Somerset Bedminster Harriet England 20, servant unmarried, Gloucestershire Winterbourne William Webb 44, visitor unmarried, Bristol Edwin Peters 17, servant unmarried, Bristol William Greenwood 35, visitor married, linen draper, Herefordshire M…Church William Huddler Fone 38, visitor unmarried, fund holder, Clifton
Census 1871.
John Sanders 46, head married, licensed victualler & master mariner, Bristol Mary Sanders 38, wife married, Cornwall St.Ives John F. Sanders 17, son unmarried, mariner, Bristol Arthur C. Sanders 15, son, shipbuilder’s clerk, Bristol Ellen S. Sanders 12, daughter scholar, Bristol Henry J. Sanders 11, son scholar, Bristol Frederick W. Sanders 8, son scholar, Bristol Edith M. Sanders 4, daughter scholar, Bristol Alfred Sanders 1, son, Bristol Mary P. Sanders 2 months, daughter, Bristol James Hamlyn 18, step son unmarried, mariner, Cornwall St.Ives Annie Hicks 23, servant unmarried, barmaid, Somerset Ashton Ann Isaacs 25, servant unmarried, general servant, Radnorshire Tenby Caroline Phillips 37, servant widow, general servant, Somerset Bridgwater
Census 1881.
John Sanders 56, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Mary Sanders 48, wife married, St Ives Cornwall James Hawlyn 28, step son unmarried, mariner, St Ives, Cornwall Frederick Sanders 18, son unmarried, ironmonger, Bristol Edith Sanders 14, daughter, Bristol Ann Sanders 80, mother, Bristol Kate Cleaves 19, servant unmarried, barmaid, Gravesend, Kent Ann Isaac 32, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Tenby Pembrokeshire Septimas Nixon 25, lodger married, accountant, Walbottle Northumberland
Census 1891.
William Ireland 47, head married, licensed victualler, Durham Sunderland Mary A. Ireland 39, wife married, Bristol William F. Ireland 7, son, Bristol John B. Ireland 4, son, Bristol Alice Morris 31, servant single, barmaid, Bristol Annie Westlake 24, servant single, domestic servant (nurse), Bristol Louisa Harvey 50, servant widow, domestic servant (cook), London Sarah McNicholl 15, servant single, domestic servant (under nurse), Scotland Albert Robins 17, servant single, domestic servant (boots), Gloucestershire Stoke Gifford
Census 1901.
George James C. Labdon 35, head married, licensed victualler, Chulmleigh Devon Mary Ann Eliza Labdon 37, wife married, Somerset Yeovil Wilfred Labdon 14, son, Bristol Ernest Labdon 10, son, Bristol Percy Labdon 7, son, Bristol Reginald Labdon 2, son, Bristol Albert Carter 21, servant single, barman, Bristol Lily Stevens 26, servant single, cook, Bristol Alice Bailey 18, servant single, general domestic servant, Isle of Wight
Census 1911.
George J. C. Labdon 45, head married, hotel proprietor, Devonshire Edith J. Labdon 39, wife married, assisting in business, Devonshire Ernest Labdon 21, son single, mechanical engineer, Bristol E. Doreen Labdon 4, daughter, Bristol G. Edith Labdon 11 months, daughter, Bristol Wallace Bromfield 19, single, barman, Bristol Clara Deane 24, single, domestic servant, Gloucestershire Mirara Burne 23, single, domestic servant, Somerset The 1911 census reveals that not counting the scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom; nor warehouse, office or shop, the Bathurst Hotel had 13 rooms.
On the corner with Portwall Lane. The building looming in the background is the Grosvenor Hotel in Victoria Street. The Bacchus like much else in the area was bombed in the war.
1755. Robert Hake 1764. Thomas Griffith 1775. Thomas Grace 1792 – 94. Mary Brooks 1800 – 06. William Mason 1816 – 24. William Spray 1825 – 34. William Williams 1837 – 44. William Hampton 1847 – 53. Thomas Brown 1853. George Brown 1855 – 61. Thomas Richards 1861 – 69. Thomas Saunders 1871 – 72. John Saunders 1874 – 77. Robert Perry 1878 – 79. Clement Padfield 1881 – 87. James Coles 1888 to 1891. Elizabeth Coles 1891 – 92. William Coles 1894 – 99. John Stevens 1901. William Corbould 1904. John Daniels 1906 – 09. Isaac Williams 1911 – 14. William Lawrence Allan 1917. William Herod 1921. Alexander James 1925 – 31. William Collins 1935 – 37. Claude Lloyd
Census 1841.
William Hampton 55, victualler, born in county Hester Hampton 50, born in county William Hampton 25, twine spinner, born in county Harry Heand 15, servant, born in county Charlotte Parry 20, servant, born in county Edward Welsh 35, excavator Arthur Weare 55, twine spinner Elizabeth Weare 40 Richard With 20, labourer, born in county Henry George 20, labourer Richard Gallaway 25, labourer Richard Randall 20, glass maker John McBride 25, labourer
Census 1851.
Thomas Brown 36, head married, victualler, St.Georges Gloucestershire Sarah A. Brown 36, St.Georges Gloucestershire Elizabeth A. Brown 11, daughter, at home, Gloucestershire Alveston Anny Brown infant, Bristol Caroline Stone 20, servant unmarried, Somerset Joseph Newton 24, servant unmarried, porter, Bristol George Haseman 38, lodger married, railway guard, London William Surege 22, lodger unmarried, sailor, Bristol Bedminster Walter Hobbins 23, lodger unmarried, harness maker, Gloucestershire Bitton George A. Thompson 42, married, draftsman, Shropshire Bridgenorth Thomas Goss 26, married, general dealer, Devon Eliza Goss 23, married, general dealer, Devon
Census 1861.
Thomas Saunders 48, head married, publican, Wiltshire Kemble Hannah Saunders 61, wife married, housekeeper, Gloucestershire Berkeley Mary Ann Martin 19, daughter married, bar woman, Worcestershire Stoke Prior Edwin Martin 27, son in law married, engine driver, Wiltshire Westbury Isabella Watkins 20, servant unmarried, servant, Gloucestershire Bristol
Census 1871.
John Saunders 29, head unmarried, licensed victualler, Kemble Wiltshire Harriet Powell 64, housekeeper widow, housekeeper, Ham Berkeley Gloucestershire James Salter 25, barman unmarried, barman, Creech near Taunton Emma Drewitt 33, servant unmarried, domestic servant, All Cannings near Devizes
Census 1881.
James Coles 48, head married, licensed victualler, Somerset Nether Stowey Elizabeth Coles 48, wife married, Somerset Nether Stowey William Coles 14, son, Somerset Nether Stowey Edwin Coles 6, son, Somerset Nether Stowey George Witney 49, lodger married, labourer, Gloucestershire Nailsey George Tyairs 28, lodger, butcher, Dorsetshire Poole Robert Robson 35, lodger, mariner, Somerset Bath Adam Burt 32, lodger unmarried, labourer, Somerset Compton Martin Emma Headly 31, servant married, general servant, Somerset Compton Martin John Morris 60, lodger unmarred, labourer, Bristol Sarah Gray 45, lodger unmarried, Somerset Timsbury
Census 1891.
William Coles 23, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Emily Coles 19, wife married, Bristol Jaby Rue 44, servant married, general servant, Somerset Wrington Jane Baker 28, servant single, domestic servant & cook, Somerset Wrington Harry Wintle 60, boarder married, fishmonger, Bristol Frank Massen 45, boarder single, general labourer, Bristol Clifton Thomas Quinton 65, boarder single, stable man, Ireland Waterford Thomas Morgan 18, boarder single, cattle dealer, Ireland Cork Dennis Murphy 45, boarder married, cattle dealer, Ireland Cork
Census 1901.
Mary Croden 38, head widow Daisy Croden 18, daughter single, clerk, Bristol Stapleton Annie Croden 17, daughter single, barmaid, Bristol Redcliff Jane Baker 50, servant single, domestic servant, Bristol Bedminster, crippled
Census 1911.
William Lawrence Allan 29, head married, licensed victualler, Turriff Aberdeenshire Catherine Mary Allan 33, wife married, assisting in business, Huntsham Devon Francis James Wensley 31, brother in law single, motor body maker, Hockworthy Devon
1823 – 30. James Merchant 1832. Isaac Clarke 1834 – 53. William Thomas 1854 to 1855. Joseph Hadden 1856 – 58. William Thomas 1861 – 77. John Fry 1878 – 79. John Fiddes 1881 – 82. Francis Burman 1883 – 88. William Robert Stone 1891 – 1909. George Alfred Pearce 1911 to 1921. Thomas Bryant 1923 – 28. William Smith 1931. Albert Burfitt 1935 – 38. Donald Whitting
This photograph was kindly provided by Tony Bryant whose grandfather Thomas Bryant (pictured) was landlord at the pub from 1911 until 1921.
Census 1841.
William Thomas 40, victualler, born in county Harriett Thomas 34, born in county Charles Thomas 11, born in county Sarah Thomas 9, born in county William Thomas 5, born in county Robert Thomas 2, born in county Eliza Nichols 21, servant born in county Matilda Nichols 15, servant born in county
Census 1851.
William Thomas 50, head married, licenced victualler, Bristol Harriett Thomas 44, wife married, Bedminster Charles Thomas 21, son unmarried, brushmaker Bedminster Sarah Thomas 19, daughter unmarried, milliner, Bedminster William Thomas 16, son unmarried, house painter, Bedminster
Census 1861.
John Fry 55, head married, fitting engineer, Bristol St.Thomas Sarah Fry 53, wife married, Bristol Temple Sarah A. Fry 27, daughter unmarried, spinster, Bristol Clifton Ann A. Fry 24, daughter unmarried, spinster, Bristol Clifton George W. Fry 22, son unmarried, book seller, Bristol Clifton William W. Fry 18, son unmarried, engine smith, Bristol Clifton Walter E. Fry 16, son unmarried, engine smith, Bristol Clifton
Census 1871.
John Fry 65, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Louisa Fry 47, wife married, Bristol Elizabeth Snow 61, sister in law widow, domestic servant, Bristol
Census 1881.
Francis Burman 57, head married, mariner, Devon Bideford Eliza Burman 54, wife married, Bristol Frederick Burman 23, son unmarried, brass finisher, Bristol Caroline Mabston 42, servant unmarried, general domestic servant, Somerset Weston-Super-Mare
Census 1891.
George A. Pearce 40, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Emily Pearce 39, wife married, Bristol George Pearce 16, son single, clerk in merchant’s office, Bristol Emily Pearce 3, daughter, Bristol Ann Stallard 14, servant, domestic servant, Bristol
Census 1901.
George Alfred Pearce 50, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Emily Pearce 49, wife married, Bristol Emily Victoria Pearce 13, daughter, Bristol Sarah Ann Lewis 42, sister in law married, living on own means, Bristol
Census 1911.
Thomas Bryant 31, head married, railway worker, St.Philip’s Bristol Carrie Bryant 32, wife married, St.Philip’s Bristol Thomas James Bryant 7, son, school, St.Philip’s Bristol Frank Edward Bryant 4, son, school, St.Philip’s Bristol Ada May Bryant 1, daughter, St.Philip’s Bristol
Bath Arms Hotel Bath Street Previously known as the Angel, the Bath Hotel was at No. 27 Bath Street.
Angel Hotel 1870. John Riseley 1871. Edward Jones 1872. Albert Pingstone 1874. Margaret Weedon 1875 – 76. George Stewart 1877. James Harris 1879. John Northmore 1881. James Taylor 1883. John Griffiths
Bath Hotel 1886. William Davis 1888. Samuel Beeney 1889. Henry Knight 1890. Sidney Sturgiss 1891. Arthur Otter 1892 to 1893. Sarah Ann Tilley 1894. Ellen Harrill 1896. George Becker 1897. Elizabeth Barton 1899. Mrs M. Aston 1901. Mrs E. Blair 1904. F. Hembury 1906. Mrs. D. Barnfield 1909. Edgar Jenkins 1914. Thomas Pakeman 1917 – 21. William John Smith 1921. Reginald Weeks 1928. Isaac Bryant 1935. Elspeth Macrae 1937. James Rowsell 1938. Catherine Ardern 1944. Ethel MacMillan 1950. Frederick Sainsbury 1953. William Cooper 1956. Donald E. Cleaver
Bristol’s Lost Pubs collection
The picture below, which shows the pub in the 1960s and probably by then closed, was kindly provided by John Smith, John’s grandfather was landlord William John Smith who left the employ of nearby Georges’ Brewery to take up an appointment with Liverpool brewer Walker Cain. The lady in the photograph is John’s aunt, both she and John’s father were born in the Bath Hotel in 1919. The main picture shows that in the early 1950s the Bath Hotel was a ‘Simonds’ house, both Georges and Simonds were taken over by Courage & Barclay Ltd. in 1960/61. This part of Bath Street was demolished in August 1967 for an extension to the Georges’ Brewery lorry park.
Census 1871.
Edward Jones 31, head married, licensed victualler, Gloucestershire Nailsworth Annie Jones 24, wife married, Leicestershire Leicester
Census 1881.
James Taylor 42, head married, licensed victualler and naval reserve, Somerset Wellington Elizabeth Taylor 36, wife married, Somerset Long Ashton William Alfred Taylor 8, son, scholar, Gloucestershire Bristol Albert Edward Taylor 7, son, scholar, Gloucestershire Bristol Florence Elizabeth Taylor 5, daughter, scholar, Devon Devonport James Ernest Taylor 2, son, Devon Plymouth Alice Maud Taylor 14 days, daughter, Gloucestershire Bristol Elizabeth Marsh 60, nurse widow, monthly nurse, Gloucestershire Bristol
Census 1891.
Arthur Otter 38, head married, licensed victualler, Broadway Dorset Jane Otter 34, wife married, Witherby Dorset
