Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Clifton Wood & Wine Spirit Vaults Thorn’s Buildings, Church Lane

Courage Brewery Archive via Bristol Know Your Place

1862 – 78. John McClean
1879 – 88. William Giles
1891. George Thomas Newport
1892 – 94. Mary Smith
1896 – 97. William Smith
1901 – 11. Albert Edward Blake
1914 – 37. William Clark
1938. Ellen Clark
1940 – 44. Mary Irene Pearce
1950 – 56. H. F. Thomas

Census 1871.

John McClean 43, head married, steamboat engineer & licensed victualler, Clifton Bristol
Lucy McClean 43, wife married, Churchill Somerset
Janet McClean 20, daughter unmarried, dressmaker, Zeals Wiltshire
George McClean 18, son unmarried, engine fitter’s apprentice, Bedminster Bristol
James R. McClean 17, son unmarried, carpenter’s apprentice, Bedminster Somerset
Elizabeth M. McClean 13, daughter, dressmaker, New Swindon Wiltshire
John McClean 11, son scholar, Clifton Bristol
Lucy McClean 10, daughter scholar, Clifton Bristol
Henry McClean 6, son scholar, Clifton Bristol

Census 1881.

William Giles 46, head married, licensed victualler, Gloucestershire Tetbury
Janet Giles 47, wife married, Bristol Clifton
William M. Giles 18, son unmarried, porter at children’s hospital, Bristol Clifton
George M. Giles 17, son unmarried, porter at silversmith’s, Bristol Clifton
Frank M. Giles 14, son, unemployed, Bristol Clifton
Florence E. Giles 12, daughter scholar, Bristol Clifton

Census 1891.

George Tom Newport 46, head married, licensed victualler, Gloucestershire Westbury
Ernest Alfred Newport 12, son scholar, Monmouthshire Newport
Clara Simmington 26, servant unmarried, manageress of wine & spirit vaults, Monmouthshire Newport

Census 1901.

Albert E. Blake 32, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol Clifton
Ellen M. Blake 26, wife married, Bristol Clifton
Kathleen A. L. Blake 4, daughter, Bristol Clifton
Albert L. Blake 9 months, son, Bristol Clifton
Florence Taylor 23, servant single, general domestic servant, Bristol

Census 1911.

Albert Edward Blake 42, head married, licensed victualler, Clifton Bristol
Ellen Matilda Blake 36, wife married, Clifton Bristol
Albert Longley Blake 12, son, school, Clifton Bristol
Kathleen Alice Louise Blake, daughter, school, Clifton Bristol
Dennis Samuel James Blake 11, son, school, Clifton Bristol
Ada Margarate Blake 9, daughter, school, Clifton Bristol
Margory Ellen Blake 7, daughter, school, Clifton Bristol
Lucy Doreen Blake 5, daughter, Clifton Bristol
James Morgan Blake 2, son, Clifton Bristol
Alice Elizabeth Baker 39, servant married, general domestic servant, Clifton Gloucestershire