Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Elephant & Castle Merchant Street

1806. John Fletcher Norman
1816 – 20. Lewis Lewis
1822 – 51. Elizabeth Lewis
1853 – 54. William Bennett
1855. ? Morgan
1856 – 58. Frederick K. Turner
1860. R. Smerdon
1861. Thomas Wooles
1863. George Mabin
1865 – 68. John White
1869 to 1872. Maria Townshend
1873 to 1875. William Knapp
1876 – 79. Susannah Knapp
1881 – 83. John Frederick Glass
1885 – 87. Frederick Vile
1888. Eugene Edward Mortier
1889. Clara Edwards
1891. Mary Harrison
1891 to 1893. William Price Jenkins
1894. Albert Bready
1896. John Davey
1897. Kate Davey
1899. William Daniels
1901. Henry W. Naish
1901 – 09. Emily Naish
1911. Amy Isabel George

At the time of the 1911 census this house was home to a newsagent, later it was occupied by Howard’s Complete House Furnishers

Census 1851.

Elizabeth Lewis 62, head, Bristol St.James
Hannah Jones 70, sister, Bristol St.James
Sarah Jane Parker 23, servant, Hamrook Gloucestershire
Ann Fry 21, servant, Tormarton Gloucestershire

Census 1861.

Thomas Wooles 30, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Bedminster
Clara A. Wooles 18, wife married, Bristol
Thomas Wooles 1 month, son, Bristol
Richard Field 50, visitor married, corn merchant, Gloucestershire Moreton in Marsh
Eliza Tregillis 22, servant unmarried, Truro Cornwall

Census 1871.

Maria Townsend 43, head widow, inn keeper, London Middlesex
Henry Townsend 15, son single, Glamorganshire Swansea
Mary Ann Gill 20, servant single, domestic servant, Bristol

Census 1881.

John Frederick Glass 22, head married, licensed victualler, City of Bristol
Lydia Glass 24, wife married, London Middlesex
Edith Mary Glass 5 months, daughter, City of Bristol
Alice Willey 17, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Temple Cloud Somerset

Census 1891.

William Harrison 48, head married, solicitor’s clerk, Somerset High Littleton
Mary Harrison 47, wife married, manageress of public house, Bristol
George S. Harrison 16, son single, watchmaker’s assistant, Wiltshire Warminster
Charles D. Harrison 15, son, wood turner’s apprentice, Sussex Eastbourne
Tom M. Harrison 13, son scholar, Wiltshire Malmsbury
Emily Hall 26, servant single, barmaid, Bristol Easton

Census 1901.

Henry W. Naish 32, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol
Emily Naish 34, wife married, Gloucestershire Shirehampton
Clifford Henry Naish 3, son, Bristol
Dorothy Naish 1, daughter, Bristol
Elizabeth Henley 23, servant single, domestic servant, Bristol
(Maria) Mary Birth 29, relative married, barmaid, Gloucestershire Shirehampton