Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Ship Hanover Street & Denmark Street

1752. William Mitchell
1755. Widow Mitchell
1764. Elizabeth Mitchell
1775. ? Mitchell
1792 – 94. Eleanor Everett
1800. Ann Haynes
1816 – 30. Stephen Clements
1831. William Moon
1832. Thomas Hawkins
1833 – 44. John Webber
1847 – 60. Harriett Braham
1861 – 63. Thomas Stone
1865 – 72. Frederick Cottrell
1874 – 79. Sophia Cottrell
1882 – 83. George Bowden
1885. Harriet Everett
1886 – 91. George Stimpson
1892 to 1896. Mowbray Wilson Royton
1897 – 1904. Florence Kent
1906 – 11. Francis Holmes

The Ship had entrances in both Denmark Street and Hanover Street, in this picture it is shown in Hanover Street. The 1841 census records it in Hanover Street but in all other censuses it is shown with a Denmark Street address. Directories list the pub in both streets. The Ship was demolished in 1911 when most of Hanover street was swept away for the new Bristol Hippodrome.

Census 1841.

John Webber 50, publican, not born in county
Tabitha Webber 50, not born in county
John Webber 15, not born in county

Census 1851.

Harriett Braham 62, head widow, inn keeper, Warwick
Thomas Jackson 40, visitor married, mariner, Pevensea
Jane Jackson 34, visitor married, Pevensea
Caroline Webb 22, servant unmarried, Bristol

Census 1861.

Thomas Stone 30, head married, publican, Somerset Wellington
Emma Stone 30, wife married, Somerset Twerton
May Hichens 21, servant unmarried, Wiltshire Swindon

Census 1871.

Frederick Cottrell 52, head married, publican, Bristol
Sophia Cotterell 43, wife married, Twerton
Emily J. Cotterell 12, daughter scholar, Bristol
Edmond G. Cotterell 6, son scholar, Bristol
Rebecca Rumney 19, servant unmarried, Bristol

Census 1881.

George E. Bowden 36, head married, inn keeper, Bristol
Caroline Bowden 28, wife married, Bristol
Caroline Bowden 7, daughter, Bristol
Emma Eve Bowden 6, daughter, Bristol
George E. Bowden 3, son, Bristol
Emma Green 19, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Exford Somerset

Census 1891.

George Stimpson, census illegible

Census 1901.

Henry Kent 36, head married, inn keeper, Bristol
Florence P. Kent 30, wife married, Jarrow Durham
Robert M. Kent 9, son, Bristol
Gladys L. Kent 5 months, daughter, Bristol
Doris F. M. Kent 5 months, daughter, Bristol
Blanche Maddicks 24, single, domestic servant, Chicago USA (British Subject)

Census 1911.

Francis Lewins Holmes 44, licensed victualler, Durham Sunderland
May Holmes 39, wife married, assisting in business, Edinburgh
Francis May Holmes 11, daughter, school, Bristol
Winifred Mildred Holmes 6, daughter, school, Bristol