Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Portwall House (Tavern) Portwall Lane

1870 – 71. John Whitehead
1873. Richard Snook
1874 to 1875. Edward Jenkins
1876. J. Wicker
1877 to 1881. Edwin Lyons
1881 to 1884. Emma Lyons
1885 to 1886. Thomas Sully
1887. William Carter
1888. Charles Rogers
1890 – 91. Thomas Sully
1891 – 1934. Sarah Sully
1936 – 43. Florence Crandon
1949 – 52. Thomas Tidy
1955. Arthur F. Fryer
1975. A. J. Bishop

On the 29th September 1890, Bedminster Bridge brewers James & Pierce (Stephen George James, Robert Bartlett Pierce and Alfred Bartlett James) renewed their fourteen year lease on the Portwall House for a further fourteen years, the owner of the premises was Charles Harrison of Coronation Road. The rent was £30 per annum payable quarterly.

Census 1871.

John Whitehead 38, head married, inn keeper, Stockport
Jane Whitehead 35, wife married, Liverpool
A. H. Simons 22, boarder unmarried, cooper, Belgique
H. T. Eveijen 26, boarder unmarried, cooper, Belgique
Thomas Bartlett 31, boarder married, labourer, Devon
Sarah Lewis 40, boarder widow, nurse, Devon
Margaret Quinlan 34, boarder unmarried, annuitant, Scotland

Census 1881.

Edwin Lyons 47, head married, beer retailer, Somerset East Harptree
Emma Lyons 50, wife married, Radnorshire Glasbury

Census 1891.
Portwall House

Thomas Sully 42, head married, general labourer, Somerset Porlock
Sarah Sully 43, wife married, Somerset Wiliton
Edwin Sully 18, son single, railway porter, Bristol Bedminster
Annie K. Sully 16, daughter, Bristol Bedminster
Thomas J. Sully 12, son scholar, Bristol Bedminster
Florence E. Sully 8, daughter scholar, Bristol Temple
William Cottrell 32, lodger single, bricklayer, Somerset Wellington

Census 1901.

Sarah Sully 54, head widow, licensed victualler, Somerset Porlock
Edwin J. Sully 28, son single, railway porter, Bristol
Thomas J. Sully 22, son single, commercial clerk, Bristol
Annie K. Sully 27, daughter single, barmaid, Bristol
Florence E. Sully 19, daughter single, barmaid, Bristol
Frederick Cotterell 37, boarder single, bricklayer, Somerset Wellington

Census 1911.

Sarah Sully 65, head widow, licensee of beer house, Porlock Somerset
Annie Kate Sully 36, daughter single, assisting in business, Bedminster Bristol
Florence Elizabeth Sully 28, daughter single, assisting in business, Temple Bristol
Frederick Cotterell 47, boarder single, bricklayer, Wellington Somerset