Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Hope & Anchor Redcliff Hill

A coaching inn with stables and a large courtyard at the rear, this pub received a direct hit in the war and was burned to the ground. The site is now occupied by offices.

1792 – 94. William Sloper
1800. Mary Mossett
1806. John Lane
1816 – 22. James Goodman
1825. T. Highman
1826. Thomas Watson
1828 – 37. William Gibbs
1839 – 41. Charles Rossiter
1842 – 44. John Lane
1848 – 51. Barnabus Butters
1852. Samuel Kedward
1853 to 1854. Robert Holley
1855 – 56. William David
1858 – 68. Jane David
1869 to 1871. William Morse
1871 – 72. Marshall Flower
1874 – 75. George Thompson
1876. Mrs George Thomson
1877 to 1878. Matthew Cross
1879 – 83. John Shaw
1886 – 97. Walter Ashby
1899 – 1904. Imiah Hewys
1906. Pearce Organ
1909. Imiah Hewys
1914. Thomas Hunniford
1917. Alice Maud Hobbs
1921 – 25. Hubert Higgs
1928. George Hobbs
1931. Charles Coleman
1935. John Woolls
1937. Gilbert Griffiths

Census 1841.

Charles Rossiter 64, inn keeper, born in county
Mary Walsh 61, born in county
Caroline Legg 35, cook, born in county
Mary Hodges 23, servant, born in county
Benjamin Woodrow 23, servant, born in county
Richard Rawlins 18, recruit, born in county
Joseph Burge 20, recruit, born in county
Ellenor Lloyd 8, born in county

Census 1851.

Barnabas Butters 50, Innkeeper Devon
Sarah Butters 46, Bristol
Sarah Butters 23, Bristol
Eliza Cox 28, Servant, Bristol
Sophia Dudley 27, Servant, Bath
John Cox 24, Visitor, Painter, Aylburton Gloucestershire
Frederick Hitchings 38, Lodger, Fly Driver, London
John Wale 22, Servant, Hostler, Bedminster

Census 1881.

John Shaw 39, head married, licensed victualler, Spean Berkshire
Harriet Shaw 29, wife married, Pimperne, Dorset
Frederick Shaw 12, son scholar, Clifton
May Shaw 5, daughter scholar, Totterdown
John Stanley Shaw 4, son, Totterdown
Jane Tapper 22, servant unmarried, barmaid, Durweston Dorset
Emma Scribben 21, servant unmarried, general servant, Dundry Somerset
Joseph Silcox 16, servant unmarried, boots inn hotel, Bitton Gloucestershire