Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Radnor Hotel Nicholas Street
Later known as the Porcupine

Sugar Loaf
1794. Abraham Mogg
1806. Moses Ferris
1816. James Rugg
1820 – 23. Samuel Hopkins
1828. R. Townsend
1830. Richard Jones
1831. William Orlidge Stock
1832. David Edmunds
1833. Edward Austin
1837 – 42. Charles Ferris
1844. M. A. Newman
1847 – 53. John Crook
1854. Thomas Hadden
1855 to 1857. Thomas Gullick
1858 to 1860. John Ingram
1860 to 1868. John Price
1869. Henry Merrin

Radnor Hotel
1870. Charles O’Connor
1870 – 71. Eliza Hember
1873 – 81. Samuel Smith
1882. Joseph Coates
1884. Robert Woodward
1885 – 86. A. Marshall
1887. Eliza Marshall
1888. Jane Victoria Watkins
1891. Frederick Melton
1891 – 92. Herbert White
1893. Walter Mills
1895. Ellen Mills
1896. – 1901 Frederick Godwin
1903 – 05. Robert Mitchell
1908 – 20. Alice Atkinson
1924 – 37. Charles Broadhurst
1943 – 56. Grace Broadhurst
1956 to 1963. Gerald Weegenaar
1963 to 1969. Joan Weegenaar
1969 – 75. David. A. Brokenbrow

Census 1841.

Charles Ferris 40, publican, born in county
Elizabeth Ferris 40, not born in county
Ann Ferris 19, not born in county
William Ferris 15, born in county

Census 1851.

John Crook, head married, licensed victualler, Huntspill Somerset
Harriet Crook, wife married, domestic affairs, Minehead Somerset
Timblet Crook, son scholar, Bristol
Amelia Crook, daughter scholar, Bristol
Emily Crook, daughter scholar, Bristol
Matilda Crook, daughter scholar, Bristol
Fanny Crook, daughter, infant, Bristol
Louisa Crook, sister unmarried, servant, Huntspill Somerset
Matilda Powell, servant unmarried, servant, Finsbury Somerset
Ellen Butts, servant unmarried, servant, Bristol

Census 1861.
Does not appear on the census, probably due to pending road widening of Nicholas Street

Census 1871.

Eliza Hember 29, head widow, hotel keeper, Somerset St.George’s
George Hember 7, son scholar, Bristol
Edwin Hember 3, son, Bristol
Sarah Collins 36, cousin widow, Suffolk Bury St.Edmunds
Margaret Thomas 24, servant unmarried, general servant, Monmouthshire Tredegar

Census 1881.

Samuel Smith 54, head married, licensed victualler, Westmoreland Brough
Sarah Smith 52, wife married, Westmoreland Brough
Flora M. Smith 19, daughter unmarried, pupil teacher, Westmoreland Brough
Alfred A. Smith 16, son unmarried, pupil teacher, Westmoreland Brough
Fredrick J. Smith 11, son scholar, Cumberland Stanwick
William C. Smith 7, son scholar, Cumberland Stanwick
Samuel A. Smith 9, son scholar, Bristol
Mary McCarthy 30, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Bristol

Census 1891.

Frederick Melton 29, head married, licensed victualler, Worcester
Nellie Melton 25, wife married, Birmingham
Frederick Melton 7, son scholar, Birmingham
Horace Melton 5, son scholar, Bilston Staffordshire
Sydney Melton 10 months, son, Bristol
Adelaide Savin 30, servant married, domestic servant, Aston Birmingham
Reginald Savin 8, son, Aston Birmingham

Census 1901.

Frederick Godwin 57, head married, licensed victualler, Gloucester Gloucestershire
Lucy Jane Godwin 54, wife married, Frampton on Severn Gloucestershire
Frederick James Powell 12, nephew school boy, Pryle Glamorganshire
Alice Holloway 22, servant single, assistant in bar, Bristol

Census 1911.

Roy George Atkinson 32, head married, hotel keeper, Bristol
Alice Atkinson 29, wife married, Birmingham
Roy George Atkinson 8, son, Keynsham Somerset
Stanley Jack Atkinson 6, son, Bristol
Margaret Alice Atkinson 9 months, daughter, Bristol
Florence Hughes 23, servant single, general servant, Berkeley Gloucestershire
Beatrice Williams 19, servant single, general servant, Birmingham
Although Roy Atkinson is recorded here as Hotel keeper, it’s his wife Alice who is listed in directories as licensee