Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Bridge Inn Lower Ashley Road
The Bridge Inn was situated next to the bridge over the river Frome at the bottom of Newfoundland Road, it was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the M32 roundabout.

1867 – 69. ? Bateman
1871 – 72. John Mitton
1874 – 77. Emily Berks
1878 – 87. George Bayley
1889 – 96. James Leadbeater
1899. Herbert Edwards
1901. Sophia Haynes
1904. William Braley
1906. Mary Osborne
1909 – 11. Frederick Parker
1914. Samuel Mitchell
1917. Louisa Erwin
1921 – 31. William Erwin
1935 – 38. Frank Clarke
1944 – 53. William Wedlake
1956. Francis J. Dredge

Bristol’s Lost Pubs collection

Census 1871.

John Mitton 32, head married, inn keeper, Bristol St.James’
Emily Mitton 25, wife married, Somerset Keynsham
John Joseph Mitton 1, son, Bristol District
Alice Wellington 15, sister in law unmarried, domestic servant, Somerset Keynsham

Census 1881.

George Bayley 52, head married, beer retailer, Dublin
Mary A. Bayley 51, wife married, Bristol
Hannah Bayley 25, daughter unmarried, tailoress, Bristol
Eliza Bayley 22, daughter unmarried, tailoress, Bristol
Mary Bayley 14, daughter scholar, Bristol

Census 1891.

James Leadbeater 41, head married, upholsterer and beer retailer, Bristol
Ann Leadbeater 43, wife married, beer retailer, Bristol
Joseph Leadbeater 15, son, Bristol
James Leadbeater 13, son scholar, Bristol
Ann Leadbeater 11, daughter scholar, Bristol
Edith Leadbeater 9, daughter scholar, Bristol
Caroline Leadbeater 2, daughter, Bristol
George Leadbeater 6 months, son, Bristol

Census 1901.

Sophia Haynes 56, head married, publican, Cheshire Birkenhead
Ekil Emma Haynes 20, daughter single, Cheshire Birkenhead
Mary Ann Haynes 16, daughter single, Cheshire Birkenhead
Sidney Haynes 13, son, Cheshire Birkenhead

Census 1911.

Frederick Parker 43, head married, publican, St.Michael Bath
Elsie Turner 20, servant single, domestic servant, Redcliffe Bristol