Pilgrim Pennywell Road Early address for the Pilgrim was: No. 1 Albion Place, Canning Street
1853. Esther Randell 1860 – 81. William Pennington 1883 – 1901. Benjamin Pennington 1904 – 06. Francis Poman 1909 – 21. Thomas Hyde 1925 – 35. Ernest Hyde 1937 – 50. Albert Moore 1953 – 56. Clement W. Taylor
Census 1871.
William Pennington 40, head married, beer retailer, Bristol Harriett Pennington 38, wife married, Bristol Henry George James Pennington 7, son scholar, Bristol Florence Ann Minnie Pennington 5, daughter, Bristol John Arthur William Pennington 1, son, Bristol Sarah Phipps 23, relative unmarried, dressmaker, Bristol
Census 1881.
William Pennington 50, head married, beer retailer, Bristol Harriett Pennington 49, wife married, Bristol Henry Pennington 17, son unmarried, assists father in public house, Bristol Flory Pennington 15, daughter, assists father in public house, Bristol Arthur Pennington 11, son scholar, Bristol
Census 1891.
Benjamin Pennington 47, head widower, beer & wine retailer, Bristol Lillian Pennington 19, daughter single, Bristol Ada Pennington 18, daughter, Bristol Frank Pennington 14, son, Bristol
Census 1901.
Benjamin Pennington 57, head widower, beer & wine retailer, Bristol Ada M. Pennington 28, daughter single, Bristol Frank A. Pennington 24, son single, clerk in clothing establishment, Bristol Albert G. Pennington 22, son single, clerk at Co-operative Stores, Bristol
Census 1911.
Thomas Hyde 48, head married, beer retailer, St.Philip’s Bristol Ellen Hyde 45, wife married, St.Philip’s Bristol Ernest William 22, son single, butcher, St.Philip’s Bristol Frederick Hyde 19, son single, apprentice coach painter, St.Philip’s Bristol Water Hyde 17, son single, butcher, St.Philip’s Bristol Gilbert Hyde 15, son single, butcher’s errand boy, St.Philip’s Bristol Reginald Hyde 11, son school boy, St.Philip’s Bristol (spinal complaint since age 7)
1855 – 65. John Passmore 1866 to 1867. Hester Passmore 1868. John Fairchild 1869 – 79. Thomas Sweet 1881 – 85. Sidney Pobjoy 1886 to 1901. Thomas W. Moore 1901 – 11. Frederick Westlake 1913 – 17. Septimus Cosans 1921 – 31. David Porter 1935. William Llewellyn 1937 – 38. Frank Clark 1944. Albert Brown 1947 – 50. Thomas R. Scott 1953 – 56. Harry Dark
Joseph Paxton
Bristol’s Lost Pubs collection
On the corner of Leadhouse Road, originally just the corner building the Paxton Arms extended in to the house next door sometime in the 1870s. Pictured here in 1953 the pub was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Lawrence Hill roundabout, St.Lawrence Church on Lawrence Hill can be seen in the distance, as can the Prospect Tavern on the corner of Fleet Street.
The Paxton Arms was named after Sir Joseph Paxton the famous architect and gardener (1803 – 1865) and designer of the Crystal Palace at the World’s Fair in London 1851.
Census 1861.
John Passmore 47, head married, brewer and licensed victualler, Devon West Buckland Hester M. Passmore 37, wife married, Temple Combe Somerset Emma Passmore 15, daughter, Bristol William Henry Mortimer 30, visitor married, Bath Somerset Elizabeth A. Mortimer 29, visitor married, Bath Somerset
Census 1871.
Thomas Sweet 49, head married, publican, Bristol Gertrude Sweet 56, wife married, Kent Emily Sweet 16, daughter unmarried, scholar, Bristol William Sweet 12, son scholar, Bristol
Census 1881. Paxton Place, Nos. 1 & 2 made into one house
Sidney Pobjoy 30, head married, licensed victualler, Somerset Foxcote Amelia Pobjoy 30, wife married, Bristol Eliza Bubb 18, servant unmarried, general servant, Gloucestershire Alveston
Census 1891.
Tom W. Moore 30, head married, publican, Bridgwater Somerset Ellen Moore 31, wife married, Denis Powys Glamorganshire Alice K. Moore 1, daughter, Bristol Dorothy Moore 1 month, daughter, Bristol Alice Chapman 29, servant single, barmaid, Mark Somerset Ann Mann 54, servant married, monthly nurse, Porlock Somerset Clara R. Fletcher 17, servant single, domestic servant, Odd Down Gloucestershire
Census 1901.
Frederick Westlake 37, head single, publican, Keynsham Somerset Robert Westlake 23, brother single, barman, Keynsham Somerset Alice Woolard 42, housekeeper widow, housekeeper domestic, Wiltshire Marlborough
Census 1911.
Frederick Westlake 45, head single, publican, Keynsham Somereset Alice Woollard 51, widow, house keeper, Marlborough Wiltshire
1892. Benjamin Wakeman 1896 – 1911. Alfred Smith 1928 – 35. Harriet Rose Lee 1936 – 56. Florence Mary Jones
Census 1901.
Alfred Smith 41, head married, beer retailer, Bristol Lillia Smith 36, wife married, Bridgwater Somerset Florence E. Smith 11, daughter, Bristol Rosina Smith 10, daughter, Bristol Elsie Smith 6, daughter, Bristol
Census 1911. Ale & porter stores
Alfred Smith 53, head widower, hay & straw dealer, Bristol Rosina Smith 19, daughter single, Bristol Elsie Smith 15, daughter single, Bristol
This information on the Old Fox was kindly provided by Jim McNeill chair of Living Easton. The Old Fox closed 15th May 2004.
Easton – The Forgotten Hamlet, Ellery, L. W., 1986.
An imposing three-story building of c.1700, this inn, situated close to the river Frome, now covered by the M32 motorway is famous for its connection with Dr. W. G. Grace, Easton doctor and father of international cricket in the period, c.1870-1915, and who used to drink here occasionally, after cricket fixtures at the Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground, in nearby Horfield and elsewhere, before returning to his Surgery nearby, at 59 Stapleton Road.
Bristol Illustrated News, May 1966.
The Old Fox in Fox Road, Eastville, Bristol, is in Bristol’s east end, tucked in off the main road to the north-east on the way out of town. Under the recently acquired managership of Harry and Maureen Campbell, it has acquired a reputation for being one of the best pubs in which to have a hot lunch in the city. Following the sophisticated London trend of making the East End a popular good-value eating district, the Campbells provide a three-course, 8/6d traditional British lunch, generously served and of the kind of quality which is attracting hungry top executives from all over Bristol. The bar-restaurant is most attractive, decorated with wrought iron and brasses. Harry Campbell’s service is cheerful and efficiently unobtrusive and his wife’s cooking is first class and ample. This is the place for roast beef, roast pork and lamb, succulently cooked vegetables, good apple pie with cream and all the insufficiently praised delights of the English table. The beer is good too and although the wine list is limited you can get a glass of wine with your meal. At present, it is very much a pot luck restaurant – there is a set menu every day – but the luck of the pot is well worth the trip east to Eastville.
Avon Drinker, the magazine for public house customers produced by CAMRA.
CAMRA was formed in the early 1970s and grew from a membership of 2,000 in 1973 to a total of 21,000 a year later. It was a response to the replacement of real ales by gas-pressured ales by the Big 6 breweries at the time. In September 1974 a subsidiary company, CAMRA (Real Ale) Investments Ltd., was set up to run a chain of real ale pubs across the country. Their first pub was the Old Fox, it was soon followed by the opening of White Gates at Hyde, Manchester. The Fox continued to trade during its renovation and officially opened to much publicity in October 1975 and was an instant success. It originally had the following range of ales; Breakspears from Henley-on-Thames, Clubs from Pontyclum and Wadsworths. It was, at the time, the most interesting range of Real Ale yet assembled in Bristol. It is interesting to note that the two local breweries, Smiles and Butcombe, were created at this time. The Avon Drinker, No.2 August / September 1977, reported that the Old Fox was installing a cellar cooler, a blessing for which landlord Peter Bull will no doubt be thankful after last year’s problems. The Avon Drinker, No.3 October/November, 1977, listed the Old Fox as one of the three outlets for tickets for the Avon Beer Festival.
In August 1978, Neil Harris wrote in the Avon Drinker, A trip to the Fox is always stimulating because it’s such an excellent boozer and, despite its ups and downs, has always done a good job for the Campaign. The purchase of the Fox was made possible by Courage breweries selling off their smaller uneconomic pubs.
Matthews’s New History of Bristol or Complete Guide and Bristol Directory for the year 1793-4
For those who are fond of bathing and swimming, the spacious bath and dressing houses, pleasant gardens and good accommodations of Mr. Rennison, near to Stokes-croft turnpike; and the conveniences for bathing in the River Froom, at the Fox, Baptist-mills, about half a mile from Bristol.
1891. Alfred Nixon 1892 – 1903. Edward William Perry 1905. Thomas Fox 1908. John Davies 1911 – 49. William George Bourne Fear 1949 – 55. Amy E. Fear
Alfred Nixon was at this address in 1881 working as a builder & commissions agent.
Bristol Museum collections
Census 1891.
Alfred Nixon 44, head maried, grocer & beer retailer, Gloucestershire Stapleton Elizabeth Nixon 45, wife married, Gloucestershire Stapleton Herbert C. Nixon 14, nephew, Gloucestershire Stapleton
Census 1901.
Edward W. Perry 35, head married, beer retailer, Bristol Martha Perry 33, wife married, Bristol Jane Leitch 65, mother in law widow, retired monthly nurse, Bristol Hellen Perry 11, daughter, Bristol Frank Perry 9, son, Bristol Archibald Perry 5, son, Bristol
Census 1911.
William G. B. Fear 34, head married, off license, Somerset Hinton Blewett Amy Fear 30, wife married, London Finsbury Park
Marlborough Easton Road Demolished in 1965 the Marlborough was two doors up from the Three Tuns, at the Clarence Road end of Easton Road.
1868. H. J. Evans 1871 – 72. James Budge 1874. Samuel W. Robinson 1875 – 1906. Elizabeth Robinson 1909 – 11. Elijah George Radnedge 1914. Harriet Brown 1917. Henry Jarrett 1921 – 28. William Phillips 1931 – 44. John Reed 1947 – 53. Lilian Doris Reed 1956. Lilian Hathway 1960. John Hooper
Census 1871.
James Budge 30, head married, beer retailer, Topsham Devon Ann Isabella Budge 30, wife married, Derby Ann Isabella Budge 5, daughter, Cardiff Wales Mary Budge 4, daughter, Cardiff Wales Rosa Budge 2, daughter, Bristol Charles James Budge 1, son, Bristol Lucy Self 19, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Bristol
Census 1881.
Elizabeth Robinson 48, head widow, beer house keeper, Bedminster Elizabeth Ann Robinson 19, daughter unmarried, barmaid, Bristol James Badman 34, visitor unmarried, tailor’s cloth cutter, Horfield Gloucestershire
Census 1891.
Elizabeth Robinson 58, head widow, beer house keeper, Bristol Bedminster Elizabeth A. Robinson 29, wife married, assistant, Bristol Samuel W. Robinson 12, son scholar, London Bermondsey Lilian Robinson 9, daughter scholar, London Bermondsey
Census 1901.
Elizabeth Robinson 68, head widow, beer retailer, Bedminster Bristol Samuel Robinson 22, grandson, warehouseman, London
Census 1911.
Elijah George Radnedge 44, head married, licensee, Bristol Clara Elizabeth Radnedge 33, wife married, Oldbury near Birmingham Cyril George Radnedge 15, son, no occupation, Bristol Clarissa May Radnedge 10, daughter school, Bristol
1837. William Jefferys 1839 – 40. Jane Jefferys 1841. Thomas Lavender 1842. J. Dark 1844 – 67. George Crinks 1868 to 1872. James Tucker 1872. Charles Stafford (jnr) 1874 – 77. Henry Crinks 1878 – 81. Isaac Davage 1885 – 86. Isaac Dyer 1887 – 99. Louisa Dyer 1901. W. Beak 1901. Ada M. Chandler 1904 – 09. Thomas Benjamin Phipps 1914 – 21. Madeline Theodosia Higgs 1925 – 31. William Broad 1935 – 50. William Crotty 1953. Thomas Brennan 1956. Richard J. Mawditt
The Clarence Road end of Easton Road, almost opposite the Three Tuns. The buildings to the left of the Lord Chancellor were long gone when the pub was demolished in 1988, this picture dates from the 1950s.
Bristol’s Lost Pubs collection
Census 1841.
Thomas Lavender 76, victualler, born in county Nancy Lavender 65, born in county Joseph Lavender 22, clock maker, born in county Prudence Boswell 17, servant, born in county
Census 1851.
George Crinks 34, head married, publican, Bristol Ann Crinks 30, wife married, St.George’s Gloucestershire George Crinks 8, son scholar, Bristol Emma Crinks 6, daughter scholar, Bristol Alfred Crinks 4, son scholar, Bristol Edwin Crinks 2, son, Bristol not named 10 days, son, Bristol Sarah Saunders 14, servant, house servant, Bristol Harriet Hill 28, servant unmarried, house servant, St.George’s Gloucestershire
Census 1861.
George Crinks 44, head married, beer retailer, Bristol St.James Ann Crinks 41, wife married, Gloucestershire St.George’s Emma Crinks 16, daughter unmarried, Bristol St.Philip’s Alfred Crinks 14, son, errand boy, Bristol St.Philip’s Edwin Crinks 12, son scholar, Bristol St.Philip’s Henry Samuel Crinks 8, son scholar, Bristol St.Philip’s John Hill Crinks 3, son, Bristol St.Philips William George Crinks 1, son, Bristol St.Philip’s
Census 1871. Public house, no one sleeping on the premises at the time of the census
Census 1881.
Isaac Davage 30, head married, brewer and publican, Bristol Mary J. Davage 34, wife married, Jersey William S. Davage 6, son scholar, Bristol Emily Davage 3, daughter, Bristol Walter Davage 7 months, son, Bristol Ann Davis 16, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Bristol
Census 1891.
Louisa Dyer 54, head married, publican, Wiltshire Chiltern Fred Sperring 28, head married, packer, Devon Crewkerne Annie Louisa Sperring 25, Wiltshire Chiltern Fred Sperring 5, son scholar, Bristol St.Philip’s Arthur John Sperring 4, son scholar, Bristol St.Philip’s Louisa Mary Sperring 3, daughter, Bristol St.Philip’s
Census 1901.
Reuben Chandler 48, head married, joiner carpenter, Bristol Ada M. Chandler 29, wife married, landlady of public house, Bristol
1860 – 77. George Burgess 1879. Joseph Wiltshire 1882 – 83. Henry Hunt 1885. Oliver Boyett 1886. James Boyd 1887. Samuel Phipps 1888. Silas Barrett 1889. Edward Hobbs 1891 – 1900. Frederick Cantle 1904. Alfred Cooper 1906. Romeo Roland Joseph Cooper 1911 – 21. Selina C. Rawle 1925 – 53. Selina Florence Nash 1956. Richard T. Gribble
Census 1861.
George Burgess 35, head married, retailer of beer and grocery, also employed at comb manufactory, Bristol Sarah Burgess 34, wife married, Gloucestershire St.George George Anthony Burgess 14, son scholar, Gloucestershire St.George Alfred Burgess 11, son scholar, Gloucestershire St.George Albert Burgess 7, son scholar, Bristol Kate Ann Burgess 3, daughter, Bristol Charles Henry Burgess 6 months, son, Bristol Sarah Rogers 16, servant unmarried, house servant, Gloucestershire Frampton Cotterell
Census 1871.
George Burgess 45, head married, beer retailer and comb traveller, Bristol Caroline Burgess 35, wife married, Hollis Green Devon Albert Burgess 17, son unmarried, plumber and gas fitter, Bristol Kate A. Burgess 13, daughter scholar, Bristol Charles Henry 10, son scholar, Bristol Mary A. Chinnick 17, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Bristol
Census 1881.
Henry J. Hunt 45, head married, publican, Portbury Somerset Jane Hunt 41, wife married, Carcolston Nottinghamshire Florence M. Hunt 15, daughter, dressmaker, Bristol
Census 1891.
Frederick G. Cantle 29, plumber and painter, Bristol Amelia Cantle 27, wife married, Bristol Frederick P. Cantle 4, son, Liverpool Edgar W. Cantle 3, son, Bristol
Census 1901. Lion Tavern
Charles E. Saddler 60, head married, unemployed, Lullington Somerset Selina Saddler 60, wife married, Midsomer Norton Somerset George H. Saddler 31, son single, boot maker, Bristol William H. Saddler 29, son single, clicker in the boot trade, Bristol Arthur E. Saddler 26, son single, boot maker, Bristol
Census 1911.
Selina Rawle 53, head widow, Mangotsfield Gloucestershire George Rawle 27, son single, warehouseman at leather merchant’s, Mangotsfield Gloucestershire Florence Rawle 26, daughter single, tailoress for Charles Wills & Sons, Mangotsfield Gloucestershire Henry Rawle 23, son single, employed at J. S. Fry’s cocoa works, Mangotsfield Gloucestershire
1794. Samuel Easterbrook 1806. William Tyler 1816 – 20. William Beedle 1822. I. Jefferies 1826 – 28. Henry Milsom 1831 – 34. Elizabeth Milsom 1840. W. Warne 1841. John Tyler 1844. John Bewley 1847 – 48. Charles Snow 1851 – 53. Charles Porter 1854 to 1857. W. Field 1858 to 1868. John Knight (jnr) 1869 to 1878. Henry Williamson 1879. Sarah Williamson 1881 – 99. James Butler Gale 1900 – 09. William S. Braddon 1911 – 14. Matilda Braddon 1917 – 35. Frederick Beavis 1937 – 38. Benjamin Iles 1944 – 53. Evelyn Martin 1956. Herbert Smith 1975. J. Richie
Courage Brewery Archive via Bristol Know Your Place
Listed in 1794 – 1806 as Lebeck House Listed in 1816 – 1861 as Lebeck Chaff Cutter(s) Listed in 1864 – 1901 as Lebeck Inn Listed as Lebeck Hotel from around 1903 More recently known as Lebeqs Tavern
Henry and Elizabeth Milsom also traded as horse dealers
Census 1841.
John Tyler 40, victualler, born in county Sarah Simmonds 20, born in county Sarah Fleay 15, servant, born in county
Census 1851.
Charles Porter 42, head married, victualler, Somerset Portbury Eliza Porter 41, wife married, Somerset Ashton Eliza Porter 12, daughter, Somerset Portbury Thomas Pingstone 47, servant widower, house servant, Bristol Alfred Pingstone 12, servant, house servant, Bristol Louisa A. Scoll 32, servant unmarried, house servant, Bristol
Census 1861.
John Knight 38, head married, licensed victualler & fly proprietor, Clifton Bristol Fanny Knight 37, wife married, Nailsea John Williamson 62, father in law married, fly driver, Stanton Wick Ann Williamson 72, mother in law married, fly driver’s wife, Bristol Thomas Knight 35, brother widower, fly driver, Bristol Selina Williamson 14, niece scholar, Nailsea Somerset Sarah Framlin 19, servant unmarried, house servant, Westerleigh Gloucestershire Edwin Condick 18, servant unmarried, house servant, West Lydford Somerset John West 24, servant unmarried, fly driver, Bristol George West 21, servant unmarried, fly driver, Bristol
Census 1871.
Henry Grabham Williamson 45, head married, publican, Nailsea Somerset Sarah Williamson 46, wife married, Nailsea Somerset John Henry Williamson 21, son unmarried, coachmaker, Smethwick Staffordshire Fanny Isabel Williamson 16, daughter unmarried, barmaid, Smethwick Staffordshire Elizabeth Iles 78, mother in law married, retired provision dealer, Nailsea Somerset Catherine Hall 19, servant unmarried, publican’s servant, St.Philip & Jacob Bristol
Census 1881.
James Butler Gale 31, head married, licensed victualler, Tormarton Gloucestershire Frances J. Gale 36, wife married, Warwickshire Birmingham Jessie Blanche Gale 6, daughter, Gloucestershire Bristol Selina A. Gale 8, daughter, Gloucestershire Bristol A. H. G. Gale 4, son, Gloucestershire Bristol Florence Gale 2, daughter, Gloucestershire Bristol Jane Gilbert 53, widow, housekeeper, Gloucestershire Bristol Ellen Jones 34, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Gloucestershire Bristol Henry Pullen 17, lodger unmarried, blacksmith, Somerset Nailsea
Census 1891.
James B. Gale 42, head married, licensed victualler, Tormarton Gloucestershire Frances J. Gale 37, wife married, Birmingham Selina A. Gale 18, daughter single, milliner, Bristol Jessie S. Gale 16, daughter single, scholar, Bristol Albert J. G. R. Gale 14, son scholar, Bristol Florence 13, daughter scholar, Bristol Percival Gale 10, son scholar, Bristol James B. Gale 7, son scholar, Bristol James Gale 79, grandfather widower, yeoman, Tormarton Gloucesterhire Mary J. Weeks 32, single, lady’s help, Bristol Alice E. Low 19, single, first barmaid, Dublin Arthur G. Leroy 19, assistant single, boots, Hereford
Census 1901.
William S. Braddon 51, head married, licensed victualler, Christow Devon Matilda Braddon 49, wife married, Exeter Devon Mary Braddon 18, daughter single, Clifton Bristol Louise M. Braddon 16, daughter single, Exeter Devon William C. Barrett 25, servant single, barman, Clifton Bristol Florence Grasemann 21, servant single, domestic servant, Bristol
Census 1911.
Matilda Braddon 58, head widow, licensed victualler, Exeter Mary Owen 27, daughter married, Bristol Herbert Edward Bradford 24, servant single, barman, Bristol Ernest Bromfield 21, servant single, barman, Bristol Philip George Owen 31, son in law married, brickmaker for brick manufacturer, Bristol
The 1911 census reveals that not counting the scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom; nor warehouse, office or shop, the Lebeck had 11 rooms.
