Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Armoury Tavern Stapleton Road
For most of the 1850s the Armoury Tavern was not recorded in local trade directories.

1851 – 53. Edmund Clark
1861 – 91. Joseph Sweet
1892 – 96. James Hole
1899 – 1901. Levi Tucker
1904. Annie Tucker
1906 – 17. Samuel Mainwaring Cotty
1921 – 28. George Adams
1931 – 38. Austin Baylis
1944 – 56. Joseph James Leonard
1975. Mrs. R. M. Harper

Census 1851.

Edmund Clark 43, head married, beer retailer, Bristol
Caroline Clark 28, wife married, wife of beer retailer, Bristol
Emily Maby 5, visitor, visitor at home, Bristol
Sarah Gould 20, servant unmarried, general servant, Bristol

Census 1861.

Joseph Sweet 39, head married, beer retailer & coach trimmer, Bristol
Ann Sweet 42, wife married, Bristol
Frederick J. Sweet 17, son unmarried, coach trimmer, Bristol
Emily Sweet 14, daughter scholar, Bristol
Louisa Sweet 10, daughter scholar, Bristol
George E. Sweet 8, son scholar, Bristol
Ellen Sweet 7, daughter scholar, Bristol
Alice Sweet 5, daughter scholar, Bristol
Henrietta Sweet 3, daughter scholar, Bristol
Arthur Sweet 3 months, son, Bristol
Jane Coleman 19, servant unmarried, house servant, Inkley Gloucestershire

Census 1871.

Joseph Sweet 50, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol
Sarah Sweet 51, wife married, Bristol
Louisa Sweet 20, daughter unmarried, Bristol
Henrietta Sweet 13, daughter scholar, Bristol
Arthur Sweet 10, son scholar, Bristol
Matilda Sweet 9, daughter scholar, Bristol

Census 1881.

Joseph Sweet 59, head widower, licensed victualler, Bristol
Louisa Sweet 30, daughter unmarried, no occupation, Bristol
Ellen Sweet 27, daughter unmarried, no occupation, Bristol
Alice Sweet 25, daughter unmarried, no occupation, Bristol
Henrietta Sweet 23, daughter unmarried, no occupation, Bristol
Arthur Sweet 20, son unmarried, commercial clerk, Bristol
Matilda S. Sweet 19, daughter unmarried, no occupation, Bristol
Eliza Nott 26, niece unmarried, no occupation, Bristol

Census 1891.

Joseph Sweet 69, head widower, licensed victualler, Bristol
Louisa Sweet 40, daughter single, Bristol
Ellen Sweet 36, daughter single, Bristol
Lucy Lee 24, servant single, domestic servant, Somerset

Census 1901.

Levi Tucker 49, head married, publican, Devon Parracombe
Ann Tucker 59, wife married, Somerset Clatworthy
Mabel Annie 20, daughter single, assistant in public house, Devon

Census 1911.

Samuel Mainwaring Cotty 37, head married, Bristol
Ellen Maud Cotty 32, wife married, Bristol
Frederick Gilbert Cotty 10, son school, Bristol
Ellen Maud Cotty 10, daughter school, Bristol
Dora Irene Boyce 19, servant single, domestic servant, Chipping Sodbury Gloucestershire