Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Pure Drop Albert Street / Bishop Street
Off license

Albert Street
1875 – 82. Edwin Marchent
1884. Charlotte Marchent
1887. Alfred Day
1891. Robert William Milton
1892. Eleanor Offer
1893. Mrs. Maria Brown
1895. Thomas Milton
1896 – 1913. Mary Ann Wade
1920. Albert Clarke
1924. Mary Ann Clarke

Bishop Street
1927. Mary Ann Clarke
1930. Isaac Charles Reed
1934 – 50. Hubert George Dean
1956. Edward L. Dungey

Bristol Museum collections

Census 1881.

Edwin Marchent 63, head married, grocer, Somerset Combwich
Charlotte Marchent 57, wife married, Creech Somerset
Agnes Marchent 18, daughter unmarried, photographer, Somerset Burnham
Ellen Marchent 15, daughter unmarried, mantle maker, Somerset Burnham

Census 1891.

Robert W. Milton 61, head married, grocer & beer retailer, Wellington Somerset
Lucy A. Milton 56, wife married, Frome Somerset
Georgina M. M. Milton 18, daughter single, assistant beer retailer, Frome Somerset
Robert Milton 14, son, assistant beer retailer, Frome Somerset
Mary A. Crinks 32, boarder single, charwoman, Bristol

Census 1901.

Mary Ann Wade 45, head widow, grocer and beer retailer, Somerset Pill
Ethel Wade 26, daughter single, assistant, Somerset Pill
Flora Wade 19, daughter single, milliner, Somerset Pill
Francis George Hibbs 23, lodger single, painter, Monmouthshire Mynyddislwyn

Census 1911.

Mary Ann Wade 56, head widow, general shop keeper, Pill Somerset
Fanny Crook 61, visitor single, housekeeper, Bristol