Bristol’s Lost Pubs
Old Crown Broad Weir
1752 – 54. William Mathews
1755. Thomas Phillips
1764. Benjamin Dolman
1775. Thomas Virgin
1800. Edward Gabriel
1806. William Hunt
1816. Samuel Way
1823. Charles Garratt
1826 – 34. John Stone
1837 – 41. George Davis
1841. Francis Dyer
1843. George Brown
1844. S. Downes
1847. George Stephens
1848 to 1849. W. Johnson
1850 to 1852. Antonio Lombardini
1853 to 1855. William Wilson
1856 to 1859. Mary Shipton
1860. Thomas Bence
1861. John Plant
1861. John Harris
1863 – 66. Henry Boyce
1867 – 69. Felix Davies
1871 – 72. James Henry Williams
1874 – 76. William Harvey
1877 to 1878. Mary Kerton
1879 to 1887. Charles Brock
1888 – 1906. John Hill
1909. Owen Norris
1911. Ernest Beard
1914 – 21. Alice Fothergill
1925. Elizabeth Ann Crane
1928. Walter Harris
1931. Herbert Leigh
1935. James Kettle
1937. Henry Oakley
1938 – 56. Charles Francis Davies Sommerell
Near the corner with Philadelphia Street, the Old Crown was rebuilt around 1906. During the war it survived a bombing raid which destroyed the house next door but it didn’t survive the re-development of the area and was pulled down in 1957.
Census 1841.
Francis Dyer 35, publican, born in county
Susannah Dyer 15, assistant, born in county
Census 1851.
Antonio Lombardini 56, head married,looking glass maker, Lake of Coma
Constantia Lombardini 40, wife married, Bristol
George Lombardini 6, son scholar, Bristol
Lucy Lombardini 5, daughter scholar, Bristol
Catherine Lombardini 3, daughter scholar, Bristol
Bridget Maurisia 19, servant unmarried, Ireland
Edward Handford 21, servant unmarried, Spain
Josephi Rossi 25, lodger unmarried, figure maker, Italy
Isaia Stephens 40, lodger married, labourer, Gloucestershire Sodbury
John Risely 45, lodger unmarried, traveller, Ireland
John Williams 46, lodger married, Carrier, Worcester
Census 1861.
John Harris 34, head married, boiler maker, Bristol
Mary A. Harris 33, wife married, Bristol
Thomas Harris 36, boarder married, boiler maker, Bristol
James Harris 21, visitor unmarried, Bristol
Sarah A. Boyce 12, boarder scholar, Bristol
Henry Arnold 19, lodger unmarried, labourer, Bristol
Eliza Hargen 16, lodger unmarried, servant, Bristol
Old Crown prior to rebuild
Census 1871.
James Henry Williams 55, head married, boiler maker, Bristol St.Philip’s
Mary A. Williams 53, wife married, Bristol St.Philip’s
Census 1881.
Charles Brock 41, head married, licensed victualler, Priddy Somerset
Eliza Brock 39, wife married, Priddy Somerset
Census 1891.
John Hill 46, head married, victualler and appraiser, Woolwich Kent
Mary Ann Hill 47, wife married, London E. Poplar
Rosetta M. E. Hill 19, daughter single, London Stepney
Frederick W. Hill 14, son, solicitor’s clerk, London Stepney
Maud L. Hill 13, daughter scholar, London Stepney
Arthur B. Hill 11, son scholar, Swansea Glamorganshire
Census 1901.
John Hill 56, head widower, licensed victualler, Kent Woolwich
Maud L. Hill 22, daughter single, London
Gladys L. Bickell 6, granddaughter, Bristol
Alice R. Whitehorn 21, visitor single, stay machinist, Bristol
Census 1911.
Ernest Frederick Beard 35, head married, wood cutting machinist, Bristol
Florence Eliza Beard 35, wife married, Bristol
Alfred George Beard 10, son, Bristol
Doris Beard 8, daughter, Bristol
Ernest Frederick Beard 7, son, Bristol
Grace Beard 2, daughter, Bristol
The Old Crown in the 1950s, the bomb site next door has been cleared leaving no trace of the old Taylor’s print works.