Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Plough Inn High Street

1861 – 68. J. Fudge
1871. Lewis Moore
1871 – 95. Robert Edbrooke
1901 – 06. William Wade
1911 – 14. Francis Smith
1919 – 28. Melita Carey
1931. William Whitworth
1935 – 38. Clement Manning

Bristol Museum collections

Census 1871.
Plough Inn

Lewis Moore 50, head married, in keeper, Somerset Portbury
Johanna Moore 55, wife married, Somerset Wraxall
Henry L. Moore 20, son unmarried, Somerset Portishead
Emily A. Moore 18, daughter unmarried, Somerset Portishead

Census 1881.
Plough Inn

Robert Edbrooke 54, head married, publican, Walton in Gordano Somerset
Jane Edbrooke 63, wife married, Stogursey Somerset
Thomas Parkes 46, lodger married, engine fitter, Staffordshire

Census 1891.

Robert Edbrooke 63, head married, inn keeper, Walton in Gordano Somerset
Jane Edbrooke 72, wife married, Ireland

Census 1901.

William Wade 62, head married, inn keeper, Lincolnshire Thurlbye
Charlotte Wade 36, daughter single, house keeper domestic, Somerset Spaxton
May Kisbey 22, servant single, inn keeper’s assistant, Lincolnshire Market Duping

Census 1911.

Francis C. Smith 44, head married, licensed victualler, Manchester Lancashire
Charlotte A. Smith 46, wife married, Saxton Somerset
Frances A. Smith 6, daughter, Portishead Somerset
Sarah M. Smith 5, daughter, Portishead Somerset
Elsie Wyatt 16, servant single, general domestic servant, Portishead Somerset