Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Horse & Jockey Nag’s Head Hill

1851 – 53. Thomas Fox
1853. C. Hemmings
1861. Samuel Fry
1871 – 74. Nathaniel Ayers
1876. Elizabeth Ayers
1881. Thomas Fussell
1885 – 1925. John Fussell
1928 – 53. Joseph Ettle
1956. Joseph Henry Uren
1975. H. J. Ayres

A photograph from the early 1950s, the Horse & Jockey was in those days owned by Berkshire brewers, Simonds Limited.

Census 1851.

Thomas Fox 30, head married, victualler, Gloucestershire St.George
Mary Fox 27, wife married, shop keeper, Gloucestershire St.George
Charles Fox 7, son scholar, Gloucestershire St.George
Isaac Fox 5, son scholar, Gloucestershire St.George
George Fox 4, son scholar, Gloucestershire St.George
Charlotte Fox 1, daughter, Gloucestershire St.George
Admer Evans 19, servant unmarried, Gloucestershire Bitton

Census 1861.

Samuel Fry 38, head married, railway excavator and beer retailer, Gloucestershire Hanham
Sarah Fry 29, wife married, Gloucestershire Hanham

Census 1871.

Nathaniel Ayers 40, head married, market gardener and beer retailer, Berwick St.John Wiltshire
Elizabeth Ayers 30, wife married, Stowell Somerset
Elizabeth J. Ayers 2, daughter, St.George Gloucestershire

Census 1881.

Thomas Fussell 21, head unmarried, publican, Bristol St.Phillip’s
John Fussell 31, brother unmarried, engine fitter, Gloucestershire St.George
George Gunter 19, servant unmarried, general labourer, Gloucestershire St.George

Census 1891.

John Fussell 41, head married, beer retailer, Gloucestershire St.George
Mary A. Fussell 39, wife married, London
Albina M. Fussell 1, daughter, Gloucestershire St.George
Florence Wyatt 15, nurse single, Bristol

Census 1901.

John Fussell 52, head married, publican, Bristol St.George
Mary A. Fussell 49, wife married, London Shoreditch
Albina M. Fussell 11, daughter, Bristol St.George
Lilian E. Fussell 8, daughter, Bristol St.George

Census 1911.

John Fussell 62, head married, publican, Bristol
Mary Ann Fussell 56, wife married, assisting in business, London
Albina Marion Fussell 21, daughter single, shop assistant (linen drapery) Bristol
Lilian Emily Fussell 17, daughter single, school teacher, Bristol
Emily Biddlecome 46, visitor widow, milliner, Bristol