Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Farmers’ Arms Bath Parade

1849. Mary Reynolds

Foresters’ Arms Avon Street

1868 – 69. E. Webb / 1871 – 75. John Palser / 1876 – 79. William Parker / 1881 – 83. Edward Spiller
1885 – 86. James Small / 1887 to 1891. Evan Jefferies / 1892. James Shephard / 1893. William Coward
1896. William Watman / 1897 – 1909. Richard Brown / 1914. James Harris
On the 25th April 1881 the Foresters’ Arms was taken on a 10 year lease at a rent of £18 per annum by James Lockley, brewer of Lewin’s Mead. The lease was one of 22 sold by James Lockley to the Bristol United Breweries Limited on the 25th March 1892 for the total sum of £11,000.

Foresters’ Arms Guinea Street

1868 – 69. John Jenkins

Foresters’ Arms Temple Street

1868 – 69. John Withers

Foresters’ Rest Pipe Lane

1866 – 69. Joseph Tanner

Foundryman’s Arms Rose Street

1847. Amelia Miller / 1851. Mary Selway / 1853. Stephen thomas

Fountain Head Temple Street (wine & spirit dealer)

1806. Elizabeth House / 1816 – 56. William Peter House / 1861 – 69. Jane House
No. 61 Temple Street, lost in 1870 when Victoria Street was cut through Temple Street, Jane House removed to premises in Pennywell Road, retaining the name … Fountain Head

Fourteen Stars Counterslip

Fox Pipe Lane

1840 – 44. Abraham Reed / 1847. G. Brimble / 1848. Joseph Brimble / 1849. Martha Spill / 1853. James Philpin
1854 – 56. Thomas Elbury / 1866. S. Wilkins

Fox & Hounds Redcliff Street

1794. William Bishop / 1806. James Wellington

Friends Of Humanity Church Street

1834 – 40. James Samuels

Friendship Tower Street

1863 – 71. James Ford / 1872 to 1874. Christopher Garraway / 1875. E. Denning / 1876. C. Denning
1877. J. Cook / 1878 to 1881. Charles Neville / 1882. William Derrick / 1883 to 1885. John Henry Morgan
1886. G. Issotie / 1887 – 89. Matilda Ford / 1891 – 94. William Ditchett / 1896. George Smith
1899 – 1901. Caroline Feltham / 1904. William Henley

Full Moon Pipe Lane

1863 – 65. Thomas Chidsey / 1867 – 77. John Wooten

George Temple Street

1755. Samuel Hopper / 1792. Elizabeth Ball / 1794 – 1800. Mary Ball / 1806. Samuel Milsom

George Thomas Street

1826. Henry Brice / 1830 – 37. Gibeon Cantle / 1839 – 40. John Pitt / 1842 – 44. George Heal
1847 – 53. John Jones / 1854 – 58. James Poor / 1861. W. Broadrow / 1863 – 66. James Hippett
1867 – 72. Sarah Clibbens / 1873. William Flower / 1874. Joseph Broomsgrove

George II Mayors’ Paddock (Clarence Road)

1775. David Morgan

George & Dragon Commercial Road / Redcliff Hill

George & Dragon Temple Street

1816. Samuel Milsom / 1820. William Major / 1823 – 52. John Dann / 1853 to 1854. Thomas Church
1855 – 69. Benjamin Sargent
Thomas Church was also a crucible manufacturer

George (& Railway Hotel) Temple Gate

1751 – 1755. George Season / 1764. Humphrey Smith / 1775. George Season / 1792 – 1800. William Chason
1806 – 11. Hannah Cheson / 1816 – 40. William Ilsley / 1842 – 44. William Lancaster / 1848 – 53. John Pring
1856 – 66. Rebecca Pring / 1867 – 69. George Rich / 1871 – 75. Selina Nunney
1876 to 1882. Selina Nunney & Amelia Farrow / 1883 to 1886. Robert Comer / 1887 to 1891. James Richards
1892. Lavinia Annette Mitchell / 1894. Mrs. E. M. Richards / 1896. Fred Holmes / 1897 – 1901. Mrs. E. Rogers
1904 – 09. Alice Nation / 1917 – 31. Louisa Butcher / 1935 – 39. William Smith / 1940. Charles Tremlett
1940. William Freak / 1944 – 50. Charles Tremlett / 1956. Albert A. Bird (manager) / 1975. J. Balsdon (manager)

Giant’s Castle Temple Street / Philip Street
The sixteenth century Giant’s Castle was lost around 1838 when work began on the bridge across the Avon from Temple Back to Queen Street. The pub was re-built nearby.

1794. John Bevan / 1800. Abraham Roach / 1811 – 16. William Davis / 1820 – 23. John Doughty
1826 – 28. Christopher John Sparks / 1830 – 31. Charles Hayes / 1832. Richard Williams
1834 – 55. Thomas Merritt / 1856. Thomas Edwards / 1858. H. Findlater / 1860. W. Flower
1863 – 65. Richard Jones / 1866. M. A. Shear / 1867 to 1874. Henry Hill / 1875. Mrs. Hill / 1876. J. Bodey
1877. ? Hazeldene / 1881. Edward Bolwell

Glass House Somerset Street

1840 – 48. Joseph Meash

Glass House Temple Street

1755. John Perrins / 1792. James Clark

Glass House Thomas Street

1806. Richard Sibley

Globe & Foresters Portwall Lane / Canynge Street

Gloster Arms (House) Tower Street

1848 – 49. S. Shillibeer / 1853. L. Shillibeer / 1856. Thomas Vernett / 1860 – 72. William Prior
1874 – 78. Josiah Nash / 1879 – 87. George Elliott / 1889. Charles Hill / 1891. George Richards
1892 to 1893. William Roberts / 1894. James Taylor / 1896. George Mapstone / 1899 – 1921. Annie Elliott

Goat Temple Street

1755. Thomas Browning / 1764. Grace Browning

Golden Anchor Guinea Street

1794 – 1800. Samuel Cridland

Golden Ball Thomas Street

1775. John Inskip

Golden Fleece Redcliff Back

1794 – 1806. Robert Parker

Golden Lion Redcliff Street

Grand Turk Redcliff Hill

1865 – 69. William Hamlin

Grosvenor Hotel Victoria Street

Guinea Street Ale & Porter Stores Guinea Street

Hand & Shears Temple Street

1775. Joseph Ball

Hand & Shuttle Temple Street

1775. Catherine Lyon

Harford Tavern Harford Street

1851. Christance Taylor / 1853. George Chapman / 1853. Elizabeth Chapman / 1857 – 75. William Bracher
1877. F. Young / 1878 – 81. Mary Ann Young / 1882. George Millard / 1883 – 89. James Wornell
1891 – 99. Mary Ann Wornell / 1901. Ada Swinburne / 1904 – 21. Rosina Pillinger / 1925 – 28. Rosina Youens

Hare & Hounds Redcliff Street

1792. William Bishop / 1800. John Hellier

Hare & Hounds Temple Street

1764. William Barnett / 1775. Martha Jones / 1792. John Bingham / 1794. John Holland / 1800. John Symonds
1806. James Stoneham

Heart & Crown Redcliff Street

1752. John Taylor / 1775. Edward Grumly

Hole In The Wall Counterslip

1755. Hugh Taylor

Holy Elm Redcliff Hill

1775. George Smith

Highland Chief Temple Street (Victoria Street)

1863 – 75. William Webster / 1877 – 79. Walter Warner / 1883 – 91. Philip Price / 1892 – 93. William Smith
1896 – 99. Henry Smith / 1904 – 28. John Tanton

Hit Or Miss Tower Street

1839 – 44. William Ponsford

Hope & Anchor Redcliff Hill

Horse & Groom Temple Street

1775. Hugh Lewis

Horse & Jockey Temple Street

1848. Thomas Mountain

Horse & Jockey Thomas Street

1792 – 94. James Cookway or Hookway?

Industry Ship Lane

1847. John Clemes / 1848 – 60. John Davies / 1863 – 77. Thomas Evans / 1878 – 83. Catherine Ann Evans
1886 – 87. Catherine G. Charley / 1889. William Fraser / 1891 – 93. Eliza Vincent / 1899. Henry Bush
1904 – 06. William Smith

Jolly Brewers Redcliff Street

1775. William Webb

Jolly Nailers Pile Street
The Jolly Nailers was later known as the Woolpack

1849 – 65. John Mathew Stephens (beer retailer & grocery dealer)

Jolly Potters Church Lane

1832. James Andrew

Jolly Potters Temple Back

1854 – 71. George Collings

Jolly Sailor Guinea Street

1794. John Madley / 1800. John Chaddock / 1806 – 23. Henry Shore / 1826 – 30. Keturah Shore
1831 – 49. George Butt / 1852 – 61. George Pope / 1863 – 68. John Redmore / 1869. Joseph Johnson
1871 – 72. George Lane / 1874. Emma Clark / 1875. Edward Rogers / 1876 to 1877. Thomas Reeves
1878. Mrs. Nurse / 1879 – 81. Jesse Allen / 1883. John Smith / 1884. Mary Marsh / 1885. Mrs. E. Wilkinson
1886. George W. Neck

Jolly Sailor Temple Back

Jolly Skinners Redcliff Mead Lane / Russell Street

1853. William Welch

Keys Temple Street

1792. John Collins

King David Thomas Street

1853. S. Churchus / 1854. Thomas Bicknell / 1855. William French / 1856 – 58. Charles Orchard

King’s Arms Thomas Street

1764. Hester Brookman / 1775. Samuel Bruckman / 1792. Hannah Hopper / 1794. Thomas Ropton

King’s Head Cathay

King’s Head Temple Street (Victoria Street)

Lamb Pile Street

1816 – 20. Joseph Lawson / 1822 – 26. Joshua Lawson / 1828 – 32. Sarah Lawson / 1834 – 42. Joseph Topham
1847. Sarah Topham / 1848 to 1854. Thomas Spurle / 1855 to 1865. John Seager / 1866. Edwin Orchard
1867. William Griffiths / 1868 – 76. Jenkin E. Patch / 1879. Edwin Patch

Lamb Thomas Lane

1752. Thomas Atkins / 1792. John Lovell

Lamb & Flag Pile Street

1800. Richard Beck

Lamb & Flag Temple Street (Victoria Street)

Lamb & Lark Thomas Street

1794 – 1806. William Williams / 1816. Nathaniel Williams / 1820 – 40. Lionel Emdin / 1842 – 44. William Culley
1847. William Winsberry / 1848. William Frost / 1849. John Foot / 1852. Thomas Bale / 1853. William Young
1854 to 1855. William Underhill / 1856. William Tarr / 1857. F. Tarr

Lamb & Lark Tower Street

1794. Nicholas Vinson

Langton Tavern Langton Street

1863. James Bowden / 1867 – 69. Elizabeth Williams / 1871 – 87. John Court / 1889 – 91. Elizabeth Court
1892 to 1896. Matilda Brunt / 1897 – 1901. Edward Beavis / 1904 – 06. Frances Ann Fogden / 1909. James Fogden
1914 – 28. Alice Gardiner

Laura Tavern Laura Place, Clarence Road

Leg & Crown Bear Lane, Temple Street

1792. John Ainsworth / 1794 – 97. William Angel

Little Bottle Redcliff Hill / Guinea Street

1828 – 31. Thomas Evens / 1834 – 41. Hannah Tudor Evens / 1844 – 54. H. T. & J. Evens
1856 – 72. Thomas Stephens / 1874. Thomas Hampton & Co. / 1876. Henry Parker / 1879 – 83. Frederick Cornish
1885. George White & Co. / 1887. H. White / 1888 – 93. John Green & Co / 1897. Alfred White
1899. George White & Co. / 1901 – 06. Margaret Sullivan / 1909 – 25. Charles Attwood / 1928 – 38. Sidney Attwood

(Little) Ship Redcliff Street

1775. John Dally / 1794. Sarah Devereux / 1800. Mary Bevan / 1806 – 16. George Oliver / 1820. Thomas Siviter
1823 – 28. Sarah Siviter / 1830 – 31. James Battle / 1832. William Thomas / 1834. ? Heath / 1837. Thomas Jones
1839 – 40. Mary Robertson / 1842. William Wilcox / 1847 – 71. James Pye / 1872 – 78. Henry George James

Live & Let Live Colston Street

1881 – 87. William Wood / 1889 – 97. John Froom / 1904. Elizabeth Froom / 1909. Frank Froom

Live & Let Live Temple Street

1860. J. Fudge

Live & Let Live Church Lane, Tower Street

1867 – 72. James White / 1874 – 78. Richard Porter

Lord Nelson Redcliff Hill

Lord Nelson Somerset Street

1822. Thomas Johnson

Louis Napolean Temple Street

1858. Elizabeth Clark / 1861 – 69. Henry Coome

Mail Coach Redcliff Street

1816 – 37. Joseph Hill / 1839 – 69. William Hooper / 1871. William Brent Coombs
Joseph Hill was a carpenter and dealer in spirits

Marquis Of Worcestershire Temple Street

1866. W. Fowler / 1867. Jane Ashley / 1868 – 69. Thomas Joint

Masons’ Arms Avon Street

1822 – 23. Charles Williams / 1826 – 28. Robert Mockridge / 1832. Uriah Bryan / 1837 – 48. John Seagar
1849 to 1856. James Pullin / 1857. John Day / 1863 – 68. James Barnes / 1871 – 78. Thomas Lonnen
1879. Edwin Mans / 1881 – 86. Thomas Sweet / 1887 – 99. George Bartlett / 1904. James Withall
1914 – 21. Alfred Prigg / 1925. Sarah Roberts

Masons’ Arms Redcliff Street

1856. W. Park

Masons’ Arms Russell Street

1840 – 42. Thomas Jones

Masons’ Arms Temple Street

1848 – 49. G. Barry / 1851 – 55. Joseph Young / 1857 – 67. Thomas B. Green / 1871. Henry Jones
1874. Frank Foster / 1875 to 1887. Thomas Gove / 1888 to 1891. Henry James West / 1892. Charles Truman
1893. George Hints / 1896. Robert Barrow / 1897 – 1904. Charles Attwell

Masons’ Arms Tucker Street

1755. John Shear / 1764. Thomas Isaac / 1775. Moses Ferris

Mayor’s Arms Clarence Road

Midland & Great Western Hotel Bath Parade

1879 – 1904. James Lowry Usher / 1906. H. Bray / 1914 – 25. Harry Harries / 1928. Peter Plummer
1931 – 35. Thomas Lewis / 1937. Frederick Aston

Millwrights’ Arms Temple Back

1847 – 48. William Jeffries / 1849. H. Grimes / 1853. John Halmarack / 1853 – 54. Charles Bevan
1863 – 76. John Whitrow / 1877 – 83. George Dando / 1885 – 87. William Trudgian / 1889. Daniel Marks
1891. Thomas Watkins / 1892 – 1921. Meshach Cook

Mulberry Tree Rowley Place

Myrtle Hall Redcliff Hill

Myrtle Tree Redcliff Hill

1837. William Rosser / 1839 – 44. Thomas Whittington / 1847 – 52. John Lovell

Myrtle Tree Thomas Street

Nelson’s Arms Hillsbridge Parade (Clarence Road)

1816 – 20. James Iles / 1822 – 26. John Iles / 1830 – 31. Sarah Iles / 1832 – 34. William Jenkins
1837 – 40. William Heath / 1842 – 53. Hannah Heath / 1854 to 1857. Charles Norris / 1858 to 1862. Mary Davidge
1863 – 79. John Morse / 1881. Francis Frappell / 1882 – 83. Samuel Palmer / 1886 – 89. Alfred Lewis
1891. Emma Sylvester / 1892 – 99. George Heath / 1901. George Thorne / 1904. A. Brewer / 1906. Arthur Partt
1909. William Rowe / 1914. Albert Light / 1917 – 28. Francis Sansom / 1931. Charles Cullimore
1935. Elizabeth Shill / 1937 – 38. Harold Callaway / 1944 – 56. Herbert Leat

Neptune Redcliff Mead Lane

1853. George Castle / 1861 – 63. John Bennett / 1865 – 66. Maria Bennett / 1867 to 1868. E. Ellbury
1869 – 77. Jesse Reeves

Neptune Tucker Street (Bath Street)

1792. William Forster / 1794 – 1806. William Johnson

New Inn Thomas Street

1831 – 37. William Evered / 1839 – 60. James Jollyman / 1861. John Shorland / 1863 – 65. Louisa Bletchley

Oak Temple Street

1775. John Wedmore & John Williams

Odd Fellows’ Arms No. 11 Somerset Place

1847. William Prosser / 1849. William Wiggins / 1851. Eliza Mayne / 1853 – 61. James Cock / 1863 – 75. Ann Cock
1876 – 79. Francis Price / 1881 – 82. Luke Gee / 1883. Caroline Gee / 1885. Henry Wood / 1888. Robert Langdon
1889. George Parfitt / 1891. William Grimsby / 1892 – 94. Mary James / 1896. John Hooper
1899 – 1901. George Bowyer / 1906. George Webb
Eliza Mayne is listed as a lodging house keeper

Old Arm Chair Guinea Street / Alfred Place (Grocery & off license)

Old Arm Chair Redcliff Street

1863 – 74. Samuel Webb / 1874 – 77. Sarah Gregory
Samuel Webb was also a chair maker

Old Britannia Pipe Lane

1865 – 69. Thomas Baker

Old Fox Redcliff Street

Old Plough Hillsbridge Parade (Clarence Road)

1831 – 34. Joseph Doble / 1837 – 40. John Pocock / 1842 – 57. John Howard Randall / 1858 – 63. William Pearce
1865 – 66. Thomas Gregory / 1867 – 69. William Pearce / 1871. William Warren / 1874 – 87. Alfred Butt
1889. Douglas Brighton / 1891 – 96. Harry Hawkins / 1897. William Good / 1899. Mrs Mann / 1901. Thomas Lane

Olive Branch Redcliff Street

1858. Charles Pidgeon / 1860. Henry Sully

Olivers (Bell) Victoria Street

Ostrich Lower Guinea Street

Patriot Tavern Temple Street

1865. Edward Hyatt / 1866. Thomas Hill / 1867 – 72. William Tovey

Pelican Thomas Street

1753. William Kittoe / 1764. Robert Palmer / 1792 – 94. Joseph Pope (Pope’s Head & Pelican)

Phoenix Harford Street

1863 – 72. Thomas Morgan / 1874 – 89. Elizabeth Morgan / 1891 – 1901. Francis Price / 1904. C. Gardiner
1906. Joseph Lewis

Phoenix Temple Street

1752 – 55. John Beard / 1764. Christopher Lambert

(Young) Phoenix Pile Street
The prefix ‘young’ seems to have been dropped during the mid 1830’s

1800 – 06. John Neal / 1813 to 1814. William Spray / 1816. James Jermyn / 1820. Richard Williams
1822 – 48. Stephen Seagar / 1849 to 1852. Esther Seagar / 1853. William Alexander Hampton
1854 – 68. Thomas Hale

Pig & Butcher Temple Street

1848. S. Pain

Pilgrim Tucker Street

Pipers’ Arms Temple Back

1851 – 53. James Poor

Pipe Makers’ Arms Temple Street

1866. Philip Norman

Plough Thomas Street

1764 – 75. Edward Jones / 1792 – 94. Henry Drury

Plough Thomas Street

1869 – 79. William Salisbury / 1881 – 96. Charles Strainge / 1899 – 1901. Emma Strainge / 1904. Charles Strainge
1906 – 21. Mrs. E. Strainge / 1925. Frederick Macey / 1928. Thomas Smith

Plume Of Feathers Redcliff Street

1752. James Bracey / 1775. Thomas Cole / 1787. John House / 1792 – 94. Harry Mills / 1800. John Harris
1806. Samuel Hunt / 1816. William Young / 1820 – 32. John Box / 1837 – 39. William Timberlake
1840. James Gotley / 1842 – 44. Philip Lewis / 1847 – 48. J. B. Chapman / 1849 to 1855. Ann Chapman
1855 to 1862. Thomas Hardy Gover / 1862 – 71. Moses Kingstone / 1872. John Pope

Portcullis Tavern Phippen Street

1852. John Selley / 1853. Edward Johnson / 1853 to 1854. Isaac Crocker / 1855 – 60. John Hathaway
1865 – 81. Mary Clouter / 1882 – 83. Rebecca Sanders / 1886. H. Lilly / 1887. Frederick Creed
1889 – 93. James Warfield / 1896. William Evans / 1899. Charles Roe / 1901. James Thatcher

Porter Stores 129 Thomas Street / 29 Victoria Street

1865 – 1874. William Leonard / 1876. R. Shaddock / 1881. Rhoda M. Griffith / 1883. Henry Wathen

Portwall House (Tavern) Portwall Lane

Potters’ Arms Redcliff Mead Lane

1853. Robert Smith / 1858 – 60. Richard Vickery

Potters’ Arms Temple Back

1867 – 68. James Plumley / 1869 – 72. Elizabeth Ditchett / 1874 – 77. Edwin Crinks / 1878 – 79. Thomas Iles
1881 – 83. Thomas Sully / 1886 – 87. W. Butler / 1889. William Open / 1891. William Baker
1892 to 1893. George Hope / 1894 – 1906. William Coombs

Potters’ Arms Temple Street

1867 – 69. Edwin Vowles

Prince Of Wales Bathurst Basin

1865 – 66 James Davies

Prince Of Wales Commercial Road

Prince Of Wales Pipe Lane

1848. George Gardiner / 1853. Mary Giddings / 1857. J. Cox

Prince Of Wales Redcliff Street

1860. Edwin Pickering / 1861. E. Pickering (widow) / 1863. John Dumbel Curry / 1867. Thomas Stack

Prince Of Wales Thomas Street

1853 – 56. John Hewlett / 1858. John Higgins / 1860. James Pike / 1861 – 63. Edward Lake
John Hewlett was also a shoeing smith

Princess Royal Redcliff Hill

1866. Walter Walters

Punch House Redcliff Back

1792. ? Jerman / 1794. Susannah Inman / 1800. Edward Seager / 1806. John Ross Newman
1816 – 31. John Finch / 1832. Richard Parington / 1834 – 47. Issac Crocker / 1848 to 1852. William Pring
1853. Henry Sinnett / 1854. Henry Rees / 1855 to 1857. William Rees / 1858 to 1860. John Edwards
1861 – 63. Henry Thomas Harris / 1865 – 74. Charles Hockey / 1875 – 79. James Warren / 1882 – 87. Mrs. Warren
1889 – 1901. Albert Warren / 1904 – 14. Charles Hancock / 1917. William Moreton / 1921. Joseph Harper
1925 – 28. George Stephens / 1931 – 38. John Mountford

Queen Adelaide Temple Street

1832. James Urch

Queen’s Head Redcliff Street

1752. Charles Wood / 1792 – 1806. William Williams / 1816 to 1840. Samuel Rich / 1840 to 1857. Mary Ann Rich
1858 to 1871. Marshall Flower