Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Old Pelican Old Market Street

1867. Henry Stanmore
1868. W. Broughton
1869. W. Winstone
1871. George Cunningham
1871. Robert Hurley
1872. Worthy Bezar
1872. James Dibble
1875 – 77. Edwin Mann
1879. John Dale
1881 – 82. Hannah Lambert
1883 – 85. Francis Matthews
1887. Mary Ann Smith
1888 – 89. Alfred Carter
1891 – 93. Thomas Jennings
1893 – 97. Sarah Ann Jennings
1899 – 1901. William Bird
1904. Henry Moon
1906. Mark Gould
1909 – 11. Henry Lewis
1914 – 31. Joseph Bush
1935 – 44. Henry Channon
1950 – 56. Leonard Alfred Jasper

To the left of Rogers’ brewery, on the corner with Church Lane, the Old Pelican was demolished for the Temple Way road scheme in 1967. In 1863 the building was occupied by Isaac Kebby, butcher.

The Old Pelican and Rogers’ Brewery

Census 1871.

Robert Hurley 28, head married, beer house keeper, Somerset
Ellen Hurley 25, wife married, Bridgwater

Census 1881.

Hannah Lambert 56, head widow, Wales
William F. Lambert 6 months, son, Bristol
Charlotte White 19, servant unmarried, Wales
Patrick Dwyer 30, lodger unmarried, ostler, Ireland

Census 1891.

Thomas Jennings 34, head married, publican, Sherston Wiltshire
Sarah Jennings 30, wife married, landlady, Tiverton
Ada Hobbs 15, niece, general servant, Stapleton

Census 1901.

William Bird 37, head married, publican, Staple Hill
Rosina Bird 22, wife married, Bristol
William Hector Bird 1, son, Bristol
Hannah Hobbs 25, servant single, general domestic, Gloucestershire St.George

Census 1911.

Henry Lewis 58, head married, joiner, Midsomer Norton Somerset
Elizabeth Sarah Lewis 51, wife married, Berkeley Gloucestershire
Edward Lewis 23, son single, carpenter, Bristol
Florence Lewis 20, daughter single, Bristol
Isabel Lewis 18, daughter single, book keeper, Bristol
Bertha Lewis 16, daughter single, confectioner’s assistant, Bristol
Elizabeth Lewis 15, daughter , confectioner’s assistant, Bristol