Bristol’s Lost Pubs
Other Districts
Bishopston and Horfield
Anchor Gloucester Road
Ashley Hill Station Hotel Station Road
Ashley Inn Ashley Down Road
1851 – 65. Job Gillam / 1871 – 78. Charlotte Gillam / 1881 – 88. Alfred Gillam / 1891 -1904. Alfred Perryman
1909. Edwin Mitchell / 1914 – 17. Thomas Hutchinson / 1921 – 25. William Grimster / 1928 – 35. Thomas Phillpott
1937 – 44. Henry Schafer / 1950. Emma Jane Schafer / 1953. Edward Burley / 1975. H. E. Furney
Job Gillam was a sawyer and beer retailer. Charlotte Gillam was the daughter of Job Gillam and the sister of Alfred Gillam. The 1881 census lists Alfred Gillam as a timber dealer (Ashley Down Steam Saw Mills), his wife Jane is listed as innkeeper
Beehive Wellington Hill West
Blue Boy Gainsborough Square, Lockleaze
1960. H. V. Sandy
County Ground Hotel Nevil Road
Duke Of York Gloucester Road
Fellowship Filton Avenue
1931. William Hardwell / 1935 – 50. Levi Barrett / 1953 – 56. Arthur Levi Barrett / 1975. H. F. Ashford
Foresters’ Arms Ashley Down Road
Foresters’ Arms Gloucester Road
1871 – 93. Henry Priday / 1896 – 99. Frederick Bissicks / 1901. Kate Davis / 1904. George Pike
1909 – 17. Andrew Willcox / 1920 – 50. Marion Tongue / 1953 – 56. Edgar A. Gough / 1975. W. R. Thomas
Golden Lion Gloucester Road
Horfield Inn Gloucester Road
1841. George Nicholas / 1851 – 63. John Wolfe / 1865 – 72. Henry Langdon / 1877. R. Chapman
1878. J. W. Sells / 1883 – 93. Samuel Collard / 1896 – 1904. Francis Lewin / 1909. Charles Lewin
1914 – 17. David Evans / 1921 – 25. Daniel Woodman / 1928 – 31. Ida Woodman / 1935 – 53. Ivor King
1955 – 60. Frederick J. Burt / 1975. H. N. Roberts (Bristol Flyer)
More recently known as the Bristol Flyer then the Goose at the Flyer, then the Bristol Flyer again
Kellaway Arms Kellaway Avenue
1928 – 37. Albert Moxham
1940 – 53. Gertrude Mabel Gill
1956. James P. Duggan
1975. W. Lindsay
Gertrude Gill’s rent in 1940 was £80 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited
New Inn Gloucester Road
No. 1 Oak Road (Off license)
1891 – 96. Benjamin Clifford / 1900. William Clifford / 1901 – 05. Elizabeth Clifford / 1908. George Edwin Godwin
1911. Dinah Taylor / 1924. Ivy Myrtle Parker / 1927 – 43. Alfred Charles Ashley / 1949. Ernest G. Honeywell
1956. Ivy J. Adams
No. 2 Hatherley Road (Off license)
1884 – 87. George Tucker / 1891 – 93. Robert Johnson / 1895. Emily Sherring / 1896. Ann Powell Chaddock
1900 – 09. George Axtell / 1911 – 43. William Henry Tincknell / 1949 – 56. Joseph Hares
No. 48 Gloucester Road (Off license)
Listed as the Bishopston Ale & Porter Stores 1882 – 86, and the Co-operative Ale & Porter Stores 1887
1882 – 87. Frederick Woolway / 1891. Thomas C. Skenfield / 1892 – 94. John Mason Jones
1896 – 1901. Henry Boyce / 1903. John Newbury / 1905 – 09. Elizabeth Newbury
1911 – 13. Harry Raglan Williams / 1924 – 49. Charles H. Morley & Co. / 1955. Charles J. Morley
No. 71 Gloucester Road (Off license)
No. 158 Muller Road (Off license)
1950. Ethel Kate Heywood
No. 168 Gloucester Road (Off license)
1882 – 84. Samuel Chapman / 1885 – 87. Henry Hurman / 1891. Henry Clark / 1892 – 1901. Emma Townsend
1903 – 27. Charles Frederick Harris / 1930 – 43. Glibert Henry John Court / 1949 – 55. Reginald Gilbert Court
No. 216 Gloucester Road (Off license)
1892 – 96. William Butt / 1900 – 13. Peregrine John Rosling / 1924 – 43. Alice Rosling
1949. William Hector Butland / 1955. Geoffrey Edward Knowles
No. 327 Gloucester Road (Off license)
No. 387 Gloucester Road (Off license)
1887. Edwin Barratt / 1891 – 94. Henry George Ashman / 1896 – 1908. Thomas Hutchinson
1911 – 13. Florence Mabel Moore / 1924 – 27. Florence Mabel Zimmerman / 1930 – 55. Raymond Cyril Dowling
Old Fox Inn Gloucester Road
Park House Oak Road (off license)
Prince Of Wales Gloucester Road
Robin Hood’s Retreat Gloucester Road
1871 – 78. John Watts / 1882. Henry Tanner / 1883 – 1904. John Harris / 1909 – 17. George Garraway
1920 – 38. Henry Lewis Tripp / 1940 – 44. Austin Edward Baylis / 1950 – 53. Robert Powles / 1960. D. W. Wakefield
1975. T. M. Hennessy
In 1940 the rent paid by Austin Baylis was £52 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co Limited
Royal George Filton Road
1851 – 61. William Schubert / 1871. Charles Schubert / 1881 – 91. Anton Schubert / 1891 – 1901. Henry Schubert
1909 – 17. Anton Sunderland / 1921. Sarah Ann Hall / 1925 – 38. Theodore De Cokele / 1938. Francis Howard
1944 – 53. Albert King / 1975. J. D. Morgan
In the 1851 census Charles Schubert is the head of household listed as ‘late beer retailer’ his son William is listed as ‘beer retailer’, in the 1871 census Charles is back in charge . The rent paid by Francis Howard in 1938 was £170 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited. Later named the Inn on the Green
Royal Hotel Gloucester Road
1870 – 78. John Galliford / 1879 – 86. Benjamin Weaver / 1893 – 1909. Michael Clune / 1914 – 38. Samuel Hankins
1944 – 50. Clara Tanner / 1953. Leslie Malcolm / 1975. R. H. Hawkins
On the corner with Overton Road, the Royal Hotel was later named the Gloucester and the Hobgoblin. In the 1901 census, Edith Masters is listed as manageress, this information was provided by Hugh Watkins
Royal Oak Gloucester Road
Royal Standard Gloucester Road
1851. John Clark (publican and gardener) / 1853. Mary Batters
Ship Horfield Common
Victoria Inn Gloucester Road
1871 – 74. William Hall / 1877 – 86. Reuben Rosling / 1892 – 99. William Brown / 1901. Samuel Phipps
1903 – 09. Henry Heale / 1910 – 17. Matthew Sutton / 1921. Elizabeth Sutton / 1925 – 38. Julia Elizabeth Sutton
1944 – 50. Hannah Jelley / 1953. Wilfrid Jelley / 1975. W. J. Mathews
Volunteer Gloucester Road
1853 – 61. William Bull (Butt ?) / 1872 – 78. M. Wagg / 1886 – 87. Julia Hoult
Waggon & Horses Gloucester Road
1851. William Price / 1853. Ellen Ellaway / 1861. George Curdell / 1865 – 74. Joseph Curdell
Wellington Hotel Gloucester Road
Brislington
Bloomfield Inn Bloomfield Road
1937. Julia Jeanes / 1944. Edward Hale / 1950 – 53. William Newton / 1960 – 75. S. F. J. Barrett
Good Intent Broomhill Road
1943 – 50. Charles Morgan Haydn / 1953 to 1962. George Moore
Information on George Moore was kindly provided by Clive Moore. Clive mentions that George also had spells at the Black Swan, Eastville and the Black Horse, West Street, Old Market
Hollybush Inn Bristol Hill
King’s Arms Inn Bristol Hill
1844 – 54. Orlando C. Tipton / 1856 – 65. James Meredith / 1871 – 97. Matthew Slate / 1901 – 06. Edward Bowden
1914 – 37. Tom Garrett / 1938. William Adlam / 1944. William Entwistle / 1950 – 60. Edith E. Entwistle
1975. A. G. Toms
Langton Court Hotel Langton Court Road
Belle Vue Stores No. 26 Bellevue Road / Park (Off license)
1881 – 88. John Ashelford / 1891 – 95. William A. Poole / 1901 – 04. Amy Elizabeth Poole
1908 – 14. Henry Coggins / 1922 – 44. George Herbert Hopton / 1949 – 56. Victor Balson
Pilgrim Inn Grove Road / Hollywood Road
Sandringham Hotel Sandy Park Road
1900 – 20. Henry King / 1920 – 53. Ernest Philip Henry King (manager)
The rent paid by Ernest King in 1920 was £180 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol United Breweries Limited
White Hart Brislington Hill
Filton
Anchor Inn Gloucester Road
Horse Shoe Inn Gloucester Road
King George VI Station Road
1938. William Walter Webb
Plough Inn Gloucester Road
1871 – 81. Eliza Barton / 1883 – 88. Philip Shield / 1891 – 97. Emma Shield / 1901 – 10. Elizabeth Evans
1912. Philip Shield / 1923 – 31. Albert Westmancott / 1935. Susannah Shield / 1937 – 60. Albert Westmancott
Fishponds
Bawn’s Shop Fishponds Road (Off license)
Berkeley Arms No. 286 Lodge Causeway (Off license)
1900 to 1913. Charles Worth / 1924 – 31. Annie E. Turner / 1934 – 44. Herbert Gill / 1949. Florence Lilian King
1955 – 60. Alfred J. Stone
Black Boy Forest Road (Off license)
Black Horse Regent Place, Fishponds Road
1870 – 1881. Edwin Browning
Chester House Lodge Causeway (Off license)
Cross Hands Downend Road
Cross Keys Fishponds Road
Digby House No. 590 Fishponds Road (Off license)
1896 – 1901. George Walters / 1903. G. Fowler / 1905 – 08. Edwin Fowler / 1911. Amelia Selina Patient
1913 – 20. Ada E. Owen / 1924 – 38. Albert Henry Teuchar / 1943 – 56. James Hatcher
Downend Hotel Downend Road
Farriers’ Arms Fishponds Road
1869 – 1911. George Daws / 1911 – 25. Caroline Daws / 1928 – 44. Frank Langley / 1950 – 53. Stanley Summerhill
1960. C. F. G. Webb
Fishponds Hotel Lewington Road
Full Moon Fishponds Road
Golden Lion Fishponds Road
Greyhound Lodge Causeway
Imperial Stores No. 626 Fishponds Road (Off license)
Marlborough House No. 24 Ridgeway Road, corner of Marlborough Avenue (Off license)
Masons’ Arms Tyning Lane
Later named the Railway Inn, Railway Hotel, Peckett’s Flyer and the Railway Tavern
Old Oak Tree New Buildings (Off license)
1881 – 87. Daniel Smith / 1891 – 1906. Ann Smith / 1909. George Tudball / 1914 – 21. William Apsey
1924 – 27. William Henry Cleminson / 1934 – 49. Emily Caroline Dunster
Peckett’s Flyer Station Road
Previously the Masons’ Arms, Railway Inn and the Railway Hotel, later the Railway Tavern
Portcullis Fishponds Road
Railway Hotel Station Road
Previously the masons’ Arms and the Railway Inn, later Peckett’s Flyer and the Railway Tavern
Spotted Cow Lodge Causeway
Seymour House Filwood Road (Off license)
Stag’s Head Fishponds Road (Off license)
Star Inn Fishponds Road
Strawberry House No. 92 Downend Road (Off license)
Sun
1897. William Elkanah Wookey
Stapleton
Beaufort Arms River View (Off license)
Bell Inn Bell Hill
Masons’ Arms Park Road
Old Tavern Inn Blackberry Hill
White Lion
1853. James Maggs
Shirehampton, Avonmouth, and Lawrence Weston
Avonmouth Hotel Portview road, Avonmouth
1917. Joseph Walford
1925. Charles Griffiths
1928. Lillian Tapp
1931 – 38. Harry Godwin
1944. Thomas Healey
1950 – 56. Colin F. Boyd
Avonmouth Tavern
1975. K. W. Johnsey
Avonmouth Hotel Railway Terminus, Avonmouth
Bee Hive Inn Bradley Crescent / Pembroke Road, Shirehampton (Off license)
English Rose Broadlands Drive, Lawrence Weston
1955 – 65. Alfred R. Woodall 1975. P. Hodgkinson
The English Rose was built in 1955 by Bristol United Breweries Limited. It was demolished February 2008.
Giant Goram Barrowmead Drive, Lawrence Weston
1975. F. Hamblin
The Giant Goram was built by Simonds’ Brewery in 1959 and was the last surviving pub in Lawrence Weston until it closed in September 2019
George Inn High Street, Shirehampton
Greyhound Park Place, Park Road, Shirehampton
Hope & Anchor Lower High Street, Shirehampton
1881 – 93. Elizabeth Pritty (Pretty) / 1901 – 04. William Pike / 1909 – 17. Elizabeth Fanny Pike
1921 – 37. David Stephens / 1938. Mrs. Stephens / 1944 – 53. Frederick Jewell / 1960. W. C. Bevin
1975. Mrs. M. Warrant
Lamplighters’ (Hall) Hotel Station Road, Shirehampton
Lifeboat High Street, Shirehampton
Long Cross Inn Long Cross, Lawrence Weston
1960 – 69. George W. Green / 1975. St.Clair Poppenbeck
Marine Hotel Avonmouth
Masons’ Arms Lawrence Weston Road, Lawrence Weston
Miles Arms Hotel Avonmouth Road, Avonmouth
Penpole Inn Kingsweston Lane, Lawrence Weston
1960. C.C. F. Townsend / 1975. E. C. Bamford
Rising Sun Pembroke Road, Shirehampton
Royal Hotel Gloucester Road, Avonmouth
Westbury-on-Trym, Henbury, and Stoke Bishop
Adelaide Westbury village
1861. Sophia Edwards (baker and publican)
Beaufort Arms Albert Place
1871. George Hughes / 1872 – 74. Mrs. Hughes / 1883 – 1901. Edward Hughes / 1904. Alice Yetman
Black Swan Stoke Lane
1853. William Chard / 1879 – 97. Henry J. Tedder / 1901 – 25. Henry Robbins / 1928 – 35. Ada Robbins
1937 – 38. Stanley Rosser / 1944 – 53. Ernest Small / 1853. William Chard / 1960. Jack H. G. Gray
1975. G. F. Collis
A Sydenham Chard is to be found on the 1851 census, publican of Stoke Lane, (possibly the Black Swan), and on the 1861 census as beerhouse and shop keeper, Stoke Lane.
Blaise Inn Henbury Road
Eastfield Inn Henleaze Road
Foresters’ Arms Westbury Hill
Friendship (Hallen)
1853 – 1861. Robert Cook (& farmer)
Henbury Ale & Porter Stores Henbury Road
King William IV (Hallen)
Lamb & Flag (Cribb’s Causeway)
1883 – 88. William West / 1897. Henrietta Applin / 1904. George Dyer / 1923. Charles Thompson
1928 – 37. Fred Brownston / 1938. Charles Mathews / 1960. Matthew Baldwin
Malt House Trym Road off license
Mill Pill Shirehampton Road, Stoke Bishop
1928. Percy Cecil Smith / 1931 – 38. Thomas Jesse Prestidge / 1944 – 50. William Tucker
Later became a fully licensed public house named the Mill House :
1975. T. Eaton
Old Oak (Hallen)
1853. William Cornish / 1861. Edwin Webb / 1871 – 74. William Webb / 1876. Caroline Webb
Beer house and grocer’s shop.
Old Crow Brentry
Post Office Tavern Westbury Hill
1871 – 86. Joseph Bird / 1893 – 1934. Thomas Taffe / 1935 – 38. Alice Hunt / 1944 – 56. Leonard Giles
1960. L. T. Halliday / 1975. D. Oram
Prince Of Wales Stoke Lane
1891. Daniel Strugnell / 1909 – 25. Alice Yetman / 1928 – 38. Ivy Parker / 1944. Arnold Chillcott
1950 – 60. Arthur Chillcott / 1975. W. T. Kelloway (manager)
Progress Inn Westbury Lane, Coombe Dingle
1938 – 44. Samuel Tooze / 1950 – 60. Charles J. McDonnell / 1975. R. T. Woolf (manager)
No longer a pub, the Progress was more recently named the Iron Bridge, this is a reference to a nearby iron footbridge which links the Kingsweston estate to the Blaise Castle estate and is reputed to be the highest bridge above sea level in the Bristol area
Royal Oak Walters Lane
1871 – 74. John Griffiths / 1883 – 86. John Bryant / 1893 – 1901. Emma Bryant / 1909. Richard Griffiths
1914 – 21. Emily Allsopp Griffiths / 1925 – 44. George Griffiths / 1950 – 53. Ethel May Sherborne
1960. Stanley Sherborne / 1975. D. Shearsmith (The Mouse)
Known locally as the Mouse, the name was officially adopted in the 1970s
Salutation Inn Henbury
Three Stars Stoke Bishop
1841 – 56. John Griffin / 1870 – 72. Charles Bevan / 1881 – 83. Elizabeth Bevan
Victoria Chock Lane
1853. S. Tarrell / 1861 – 74. Frederick Tedder / 1881. Joseph Floyd / 1891 – 93. Jane Floyd / 1901. James Smith
1909. Richard Cox / 1914 – 30. William Henry Foster / 1931 to 1948. Ella Annie Keey
1948 – 1971. Frederick Walter Brown / 1975. D. H. Coombe
Information from 1914 to 1971 was kindly provided by Iris Thompson, Iris is the daughter of Frederick Brown who was landlord at the Victoria from 1948 until his retirement in 1971. Ella Keey was the daughter of William Foster, they too were members of Iris’s family.
Westbury House No. 8 Etloe Road, Westbury Park (Off license)
1885 – 1906. William Woolacott / 1908. Sarah Woolacott / 1911 – 31. Herbert Purchase
1934 – 55. Reginald Gilbert Fletcher
William Woolacott was also a fly proprietor (cab owner)
White Horse High Street
1853 – 93. Henry Tedder / 1901 – 28. Thomas Bevan / 1931 – 37. Elizabeth Bevan / 1938 – 44. Kathleen Bevan
1950 – 75. William J. J. Webb
White Lion Passage Road