Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Mulberry Tree Rowley Place

1839 – 52. John Newick
1853 to 1854. John Newick & Joseph Baker
1855 to 1859. Joseph Baker
1859 to 1862. Amelia Baker
1863 – 81. James Murch
1887 – 1901. Robert Bartlett
1903 – 11. George W. Bartlett
1920. Mary Ann Bartlett
1924 – 30. George Week

A picture of the Mulberry Tree taken from Chatterton Row

Bristol Museum collections

Census 1851.

John Newick 65, head married, publican, Somerset Worle
Ann Newick 62, wife married, Warwick
Joseph Baker 31, son in law married, carpenter, Bristol
Amelia Baker 28, daughter married, Bristol
Elizabeth Lily 15, servant unmarried, general servant, Somerset Nailsea

Census 1861.

Amelia Baker 38, head widow, grocer & beer seller, Bristol Redcliff
Amelia Palmer 15, servant unmarried, domestic servant, Bristol St.Phillip’s

Census 1871.

James Murch 51, head married, grocer &c, Bristol
Charlotte Murch 55, wife married, Winscombe
Alfred Murch 19, son unmarried, assistant at above, Bristol
George Lockyer 39, lodger unmarried, grocer &c, Bishop Sutton
Thomas Davis 23, lodger unmarried, grocer &c, Merthyr Glamorganshire

Census 1881.

James Murch 60, head married, grocer & beer retailer, Bristol Gloucestershire
Charlotte Murch 61, wife married, Winscombe Somerset
Alfred Murch 28, son unmarried, grocer’s assistant, Bristol Somerset

Census 1891.

Robert Bartlett 47, head married, brass moulder, Bristol Redcliffe
Ellen Bartlett 45, wife married, Bristol Redcliffe
Albert Bartlett 13, son, railway clerk, Bristol Redcliffe
Henry Bartlett 10, son scholar, Bristol Redcliffe
Ernest Bartlett 6, son scholar, Bristol Redcliffe
Elizabeth Sellars 18, servant single, general domestic servant, Bristol Redcliffe
John Cork 48, lodger married, brass finisher, Bristol Redcliffe
Thomas Saunders 30, lodger single, tin plate worker, London Clerkenwell

Census 1901.

Robert Bartlett 57, head married, beer retailer, Bristol
Ellen Bartlett 55, wife married, Bristol
Harry Bartlett 19, son single, clerk in woolen trade, Bristol
Ernest Bartlett 16, son single, brewer’s clerk, Bristol
Clara Hooper 17, servant single, general domestic servant, Bristol

Census 1911.

George Bartlett 37, head married, beer retailer, Gloucestershire Bristol
Mary Bartlett 33, wife married, London Croydon
Queenie Bartlett 2, daughter, Gloucestershire Bristol