Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Blue Bowl Temple Back

1755 – 64. John Fry
1806. James Biss
1816. Thomas Larne
1820 – 32. Richard Beacham
1834 – 44. Henry Walters
1847 – 51. Philip Marks
1851 to 1854. Thomas Gullick
1855. C. Pope
1857. J. Culliford
1858. Henry Watkins
1860 to 1861. William Bush
1861 to 1862. Simeon Prior
1863 to 1866. John Halmarack
1867. Henry Webb
1868 to 1871. Mary Vickery
1871. Benjamin Thomas
1872 to 1874. George Thomas
1875 to 1877. James Curtis
1878 to 1886. Josiah Nash
1887 to 1888. Samuel Glover
1889 to 1891. William Bryant
1891 to 1896. Charles Vaughan
1897. James Derrick
1899. William Ditchett
1900. Harriet Fairgrieve
1901. Frederick W. Bissicks
1904 – 06. Lewis Wright
1909. Isabel Parker

On the corner with Water Lane, the Blue Bowl had already disappeared when the Fire Brigade headquarters was built here in 1963. The name over the door is Charles Vaughan which dates this picture to the 1890s.

Census 1841.

Henry Walters 29, publican, born in county
Henry Walters 9, born in county
William Walters 5, born in county

Census 1851.

Thomas Gullick 37, head married, publican, Bradford Wiltshire
Mary Ann Gullick 30, wife married, Bishop Sutton Somerset
Arthur Gullick 2 months, son, Bristol
Sarah Stratford 18, Servant widow, house servant, Bedminster

Census 1861.

Simeon Prior 41, head married, licensed victualler, Wiltshire Malmsbury
Hannah Prior 13, daughter, no occupation, Wiltshire Malmsbury
Mary Ann Hatherell 19, house servant unmarried, Somerset Ham Green, Pill

Census 1871.

Benjamin Thomas 30, head married, publican and cordwainer, Bristol
Esther Thomas 32, wife married, Bristol
Henry Thomas 6, son scholar, Bristol
Lilly Thomas 4, daughter scholar, Bristol
George Thomas 2, son, Bristol
Florence Thomas 6 months, daughter, Bristol

Census 1881.

Josiah Nash 50, head married, labourer and victualler, Somerset Chew Magna
Ann Nash 51, wife married, Somerset Compton
Thomas H. Nash 15, son, accountant’s clerk (unemployed) Bristol
Ellen J. Nash 12, daughter scholar, Bristol
Alice Nash 8, daughter scholar, Bristol
George H. Nash 6, son scholar, Bristol

Census 1891.

Charles Vaughan 59, head widower, publican, Bath Somerset
Emma Vaughan 30, niece single, assistant publican, Bath Somerset
Henry Collis 63, lodger widower, superannuated moulder, Chippenham
William Henry Hey 48, lodger single, iron moulder, Manchester

Census 1901.

Frederick W. Bissicks 34, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol
Lily Maria Bissicks 31, wife married, Somerset Mark
Mabel G. Bissicks 15, niece, barmaid, Bristol