Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Sceptre No.1 Clifton Place, Stapleton Road

1863. William Coggan
1871 – 91. Frederick Allard
1891. Charles Ernest Harrill
1892. Julia Potter Jackson
1893. Henry Jackson
1896. Charles Parrish
1899 – 1901. Henry Land
1904 – 21. Samuel Bryant
1925 – 31. William Alden
1935 – 38. William Brokenbrow
1944 – 56. Caroline Brokenbrow

The 1861 census shows a William Hawkins living at this address trading as a timber dealer & grocer.

Census 1871.
Sceptre Tavern

Frederick D. Allard 37, head married, beer retailer, Wiltshire Corsley
Hester Allard 28, wife married, Gloucestershire Dursley
Ellen E. Allard 2, daughter, Gloucestershire Dursley
Elizabeth Heath 16, unmarried, domestic servant, Gloucestershire Dursley

Census 1881.
Sceptre

Frederick D. Allard 47, head married, wine & beer retailer, Corsley Wiltshire
Hester Allard 37, wife married, Dursley Gloucestershire
Alice E. E. Allard 2, daughter, Bristol
Elizabeth Allard 31, sister unmarried, Warminster Wiltshire

Census 1891.

Charles Ernest Harrill 34, head married, beer & wine retailer, Bristol
Laura M. Harrill 28, wife married,
Walter W. Harrill 9, son, Bristol
Amy M. Harrill 8, daughter, Bristol
Lilyan G. Harrill 5, daughter, Bristol

Census 1901.

Henry Land 44, head married, licensed victualler, Devon Exeter
Alice Land 42, wife married, Gloucestershire Hanham
Samuel A. Land 17, son single, engineer’s apprentice, Chaplin Road Bristol
William H. Land 12, son, Twinnell Road Bristol
Maurice A, Land 4, son, Summerhill Hill Bristol
Daisy Maud Giles 15, servant single, domestic servant, St.Philip’s Bristol

Census 1911.

Samuel James Bryant 36, head married, beer retailer, St.Paul’s Bristol
Maud Elizabeth Bryant 33, wife married, assisting in business, St.Paul’s Bristol
Maud Elizabeth Bryant 5, daughter, Bristol
Samuel James Bryant 3, son, Bristol
Edna Bryant 2, daughter, Bristol
Ethel Bessie Bryant 5 months, daughter, Bristol