Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Chester House Victoria Terrace, Lodge Causeway
Off license

1891. Benjamin Hopes
1891 – 93. Albert Searle
1896 – 1901. Lucy Searle
1903 – 11. Lucy Phelps
1924 – 27. Alfred James Coggan
1930. William Henry Haskins
1934 – 39. Gerald Harris
1939 to 1951. Harold Twose
1951 to 1962. Ethel M. Twose

Census 1891.

Benjamin Hopes 50, head married, grocer & blacksmith, Gloucestershire St.George
Sarah A. Hopes 47, wife married, laundress, Gloucestershire St.George
Julia Hopes 22, daughter single, laundress, Gloucestershire St.George
Frederick Hopes 17, son single, blacksmith’s apprentice, Gloucestershire St.George
Sarah A. Hopes 15, daughter, dressmaking apprentice, Gloucestershire St.George
Matilda Hopes 12, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire St.George
Dora Hopes 8, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire St.George

Census 1901.
Chester House

Lucy Searle 53, head widow, general shop keeper, Bristol
Annie Taylor 15, servant, general domestic servant, Leicestershire Melton Mowbray

Census 1911.

William Phelps 60, head married, retired engineer, Glamorganshire Rhymney
Lucy Phelps 67, wife married, beer retailer (outdoor beer license), Gloucestershire South Cerney