Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Carpenters’ Arms St.James’ Churchyard

1854 to 1855. Simon Dumble
1856 to 1857. Charlotte Simpson
1858 – 63. William Gray
1865 – 86. John Bussell
1887. Thomas Nutt
1888. Joseph Humphries
1891. William Newport
1891. Sarah Newport
1892. Julia Perryman
1894 – 96. John Perryman
1897 – 99. Mary Martin
1901 – 06. Alfred Perryman
1909 – 11. Edward Baylis
1914 – 28. Austin Baylis
1931 – 38. George Aldridge
1944 – 50. Mary Ellen Aish

At the corner with Bond Street, part of the area cleared to make way for Lewis’s department store in the 1950s. Simon Dumble was a carpenter by trade, this would probably account for the pub’s name.

Census 1861.

William Gray 50, head married, publican, Wiltshire Porton
Mary Ann Gray 46, wife married, Bristol Temple
Jane Bennett 20, servant unmarried, general servant, Bristol St.Philip’s

Census 1871.

John Bussell 49, head married, cooper and public house keeper, Somerset Taunton
Mary Bussell 44, wife married, Somerset Chedzoy
William Bussell 14, son scholar, Bristol
Robert Bussel 50, brother unmarried, engine fitter at works, Somerset Taunton

Census 1881.

John Bussell 58, head married, beer retailer,Taunton Somerset
Mary Jane Bussell 53, wife married, Chelvey Somerset

Census 1891.

Sarah Newport 40, wife married, publican, St.Andrew’s Bristol
Alice Marion Newport 19, daughter single, mantle maker, St.Andrew’s Bristol
Rose Mabel Newport 16, daughter single, dress maker, St.Andrew’s Bristol
Blanch Violet Newport 14, daughter, at home, St.Andrew’s Bristol
George Walter Newport 11, son scholar, St.Andrew’s Bristol
Sidney Henry Newport 9, son scholar, St.Andrew’s Bristol
Florence Gertrude Newport 6, daughter, St.Andrew’s Bristol

Census 1901.

Alfred L. Perryman 38, head married, licensed victualler, Bitton Gloucestershire
Rebecca Perryman 39, wife married, Porlock Somerset
William Cooksley 18, boarder single, butcher, Porlock Somerset
William Moles 38, head married, Dairyman ?, Somerset
Emma Moles 48, wife married, Porlock Somerset

Census 1911.

Austin Edward Baylis 34, head married, licensed victualler, Thornbury Gloucestershire
Ellen Jane Baylis 32, wife married, help in bar, Bristol
Gladys Ellen Baylis 7, daughter, Bristol
Florence Beatrice Brace 19, servant single, domestic servant, Bristol