Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Crown Inn

Bristol Museum collections

1851 – 76. Silas Nurse
1879 – 86. Gaius Short
1891 – 93. Job Bishop
1897 – 1904. William Edwards
1906. William Lloyd
1909 – 11. Albert Rogers
1923 – 39. William Davis

Census 1851.

Silas Nurse 37, head married, shoemaker & beer house keeper, Gloucestershire Hanham
Elizabeth Nurse 36, wife married, Gloucestershire Hanham
Edwin Nurse 11, son scholar, Gloucestershire Hanham
Herbert Nurse 7, son scholar, Gloucestershire Hanham
Sibella Bailey 28, visitor unmarried, dressmaker, Gloucestershire Hanham

Census 1861.
Public House

Silas Nurse 47, head married, brewer, Gloucestershire Hanham
Elizabeth Nurse 45, wife married, Gloucestershire Hanham
Edwin B. Nurse 21, son unmarried, brewer, Gloucestershire Hanham
Robert W. Nurse 17, son unmarried, attorney’s clerk, Gloucestershire Hanham

Census 1871.
Crown Inn

Silas Nurse 57, head married, victualler, Gloucestershire Hanham
Elizabeth Nurse 56, wife married, Gloucestershire Hanham

Census 1881.

Gaius Short 32, head married, inn keeper & carpenter, Gloucestershire Bitton
Hannah Short 30, wife married, Gloucestershire Bitton
Lucy Short 8, daughter scholar, Bristol St.Philip’s
Maurice Short 6, son scholar, Bristol St.Philip’s
Charlotte Short 2, daughter, Gloucestershire Bitton
Ellis Short 1, son, Gloucestershire Bitton
Mary Beckinton 64, servant unmarried, general servant, Gloucestershire Thornbury

Census 1891.

Job Bishop 47, head married, licensed victualler, Somerset East Pennard
Mary Bishop 49, wife married, Somerset Pilton
Ellen Harris 35, sister single, Somerset Pilton

Census 1901.

William Edwards 55, head married, inn keeper, Hampshire Chilbolton
Louisa J. Edwards 46, wife married, Surrey Brixton
Henrietta Edwards 27, daughter single, London Paddington
Jack Edwards 8, son, Somerset Barrow Gurney
Eileen J. Edwards 2, daughter, Gloucestershire Hanham

Census 1911.

Albert Rogers 51, head married, landlord Crown Inn, Hanham Gloucestershire
Sarah Rogers 52, wife married, Gloucestershire Hanham