Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Hillgrove Porter Stores Hillgrove Street

Dublin Porter Stores
1853. Mary Stone
1854 – 56 John Hamer
1857 – 59 William Tudball
1861 William Watts
1865 – 71 Samuel Norman
1872 – 77 Caroline Norman
1879 – 87 Barnias Kinnard
1888 – 1904 Jane Barber
1906 Charles Barber
1909 Jane Barber
1911 – 28 William Mellish
1931 – 38 Edward Peaty
1944 William Webber
1950 – 53 Doris Ivy Bakewell

Hillgrove Porter Stores
1975. P. D. Sullivan

The Dublin Porter Stores is not listed in directories throughout much of the 1960s, possibly closed due to the area being run down prior to the massive redevelopment around Dove Street. The pub re-appears around 1970 as the Hillgrove Porter Stores. The two photographs on this page were taken by Glen Young, and date from 1995.

Census 1861.

William Watts 23, head married, beer house keeper, Somerset Whatley
Julia Ann Watts 28, wife married, beer house keeper’s wife, Suffolk Leiston
William H. Watts, son Bristol

Census 1871.

Caroline Norman 36, mother widow, publican & grocer, Somerset Pitney
Charlotte B. Norman 10, daughter scholar, Bristol St.Matthew’s
Ellen Hanks 13, servant, domestic servant, Gloucestershire Dursley
Robert C. Blake 9, visitor scholar, Somerset Langport

Census 1881.

Barnias Kinnard 42, head widow, beer retailer, Bristol Bedminster
Barnias Kinnard 76, mother widow, Gloucestershire St.George
Frank D. Kinnard 10, son scholar, Bristol St.Phillip’s

Census 1891.

Charles Barber 54, head married, publican, Ilminster Somerset
Jane Barber 44, wife married, Bedminster Bristol

Census 1901.

Charles Barber 64, head married, mason jouneyman, Ilminster Somerset
Jane Barber 54, wife married, publican, Bedminster Bristol

Census 1911.

William Mellish 35, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol
Florence Mellish 34, wife married, Bristol
Percival Mellish 11, son, Bristol
Arthur Mellish 6, son, Bristol
Herbert Mellish 2, son, Bristol