Bristol’s Lost Pubs
Lansdown Hotel Clifton Place
1833 – 49. Samuel Verender
1850 to 1853. Emma Verender
1853. Daniel Vokes
1855 – 66. Thomas George
1867 to 1871. George Pitman
1872 to 1875. William Messenger
1876 to 1886. Charles Randall
1887. John Galliford
1888. Elizabeth Williams
1889. Edwin Pope
1891. Mary Smith
1892 – 94. Elizabeth Barber
1895 to 1896. Mrs. Morley
1896 to 1901. Julia Whitmarsh
1901 – 09. Edward Parker
1911 – 25. John Heppell
1928 – 31. William Moores
1935 – 38. Thomas Kerslake
1944 – 56. Thomas Kerslake jnr
1975. H. E. Ormesher
Census 1841.
Samuel Verender 50, beer retailer
Emma Verender 20
Benjamin Verender 10
Hannah Verender 8
Sarah Verender 6
Census 1851.
Lansdown Arms
Emma Verender 32, head unmarried, beer retailer, Glamorganshire
Hannah Verender 17, sister unmarried, beer retailer, Bristol Clifton
Sarah Verender 15, sister unmarried, Bristol Clifton
Charles Earl 33, visitor unmarried, mason, Somerset Cheddar
Anne Walker 19, servant unmarried, house servant, Somerset Kingswood
Census 1861.
Lansdown Arms
Thomas George 39, head married, publican, Pembrokeshire Haverford West
Mary George 26, wife married, Gloucestershire Clifton
Mary George 3, daughter, Gloucestershire Clifton
Jane Bowerman 18, servant unmarried, house servant, Somerset Wellington
William Wilkinson 42, lodger married, architects clerk, Rutland Wodehouse
Census 1871.
Lansdown Arms
George Pitman 41, head married, hotel keeper, Wiltshire
Eliza Pitman 41, wife married, Somerset Cleve
William Pitman 10, son scholar, Gloucestershire Clifton
Percy Pitman 4, son, Gloucestershire Clifton
Henry Pitman 32, brother unmarried, coachman, Wiltshire Weare
Richard Keedwell 52, lodger unmarried, general servant, Somersetshire Chew Magna
Henry Williams 22, lodger unmarried, mariner, Bristol
Alfred Bryant 26, lodger unmarried, porter, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Richard Parsons 55, lodger widower, porter, Devonshire Lamerton
Census 1881.
Lansdown Arms or Hotel
Charles Randell 45, head married, licensed victualler, Taunton Somerset
Eliza Randell 47, wife married, Newbury Berkshire
Fanny E. Randell 24, daughter unmarried, Bristol
John Randell 14, nephew, law clerk’s son at school, London
William Lilliput 17, servant unmarried, domestic servant and groom, Compton Gloucestershire
Census 1891.
Lansdown Hotel
Mary Smith 62, head widow, manageress of public house, Cornwall Cambourne
Florence Taylor 24, single, barmaid, Gloucestershire Dursley
Census 1901.
Edward Parker 59, head married, hotel proprietor, Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire
Emma Parker 56, wife married, Hereford
Marian M. Parker 21, daughter single, Hereford
Alfred G. Parker 15, son, Hereford
Katherine Humphries 17, servant single, general domestic servant, Bristol
Census 1911.
Lansdown Hotel
John Heppell 50, head married, hotel keeper, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Ann Heppell 47, wife married, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Winifred Heppell 11, daughter, Leeds
Doris May Heppell 8, daughter, Bristol
Margaret Richardson 27, sister single, assistant in hotel, Newcastle-on-Tyne