Bristol’s Lost Pubs
St. Philip’s, Barton Hill & Newtown
Malt Shovel Jacob Street
1794. William Weaver
Masons’ Arms Great Western Street
1849. John Morrish / 1853. William Hill / 1853. Henry Power / 1872 – 91. William Colburn / 1892. Jesse Patten
1899 – 1904. George Patey / 1906. Charles Woolfries
Masons’ Arms Stanhope Street (off license)
Mechanics’ Arms Great Western Street
Mechanic’s Arms Sussex Street
Melbourne Tavern Melbourne Terrace
1871 – 87. James Longstone / 1888 to 1891. Charles Young / 1892. Thomas Stephings
1899 – 1901. James Randell / 1904. J. B. Murray / 1906. Francis Elliott / 1914 – 25. John Hill
1928. Frederick Skrine
Midland Inn Midland Road
Midland Railway Inn Waterloo Road
1861. James Bees / 1866 – 96. Robert Honey / 1897 – 1904. George Gale / 1906 – 37. James Bushnell
Millwrights’ Arms Barrow Road
1871. Francis Crago / 1876 – 79. James Wilkins / 1883 – 85. Richard Crew / 1887 – 89. Charles Crew
1891. Joseph Jones / 1892. Thomas Bengough / 1896. Henry Walters / 1899. Thomas Woodman
1901 – 31. Joseph Maggs / 1935 – 53. George Brookes
Morley Tavern Lawrence Hill
1871 – 74. James Hobbs / 1876 – 89. Martha Hobbs / 1891. Emma Callaway / 1892 – 96. George Trowbridge
1899. Mrs S. A. Davis / 1901. S. Scuse / 1904. H. J. Bruton / 1906 – 09. Charles Cridge / 1914 – 35. Albert Moore
Morton House Ducie Road
New Inn Barton Road
New Inn Henry Street
1876 – 77. Robert Fry / 1878 – 83. Louisa Fry / 1885 – 87. John Fry / 1888. Thomas Lyne / 1889. Isaac Davidge
1891. Mary Ann Clarke / 1892 – 96. Alice Willis / 1899. William Barnes
Newtown Tavern Regent Street
Noon Tender Lawrence Hill
1800. Charles Chalacom
North Somerset Railway Arms St.Philip’s Marsh
1866. Nathaniel Ramsden
Odd Fellows’ Arms Lawrence Hill
1847. William Rogers / 1848. Thomas Hiscocks / 1851 – 54. John Crates
Odd Fellows’ Arms Tower Hill
1848 – 49. William Price / 1855 – 60. Maria Price / 1863 – 77. Griffith Morris / 1879 – 87. Richard Lawrence
1888. Ellen Harris / 1889 – 1909. William Harris / 1914 – 21. Edwin Tanner
Odd Fellows’ Arms No.86 Twinnell Road (off license)
1882. William Cullam / 1884 – 86. Sidney Harris / 1887 – 92. Ellen Harris / 1893 – 95. Charles Wills
1896 – 1901. Martha Ann Warren / 1903 – 38. Benjamin Warren
The Odd Fellows’ Arms was bombed in March 1941
Old Golden Heart Passage Street
Old Salutation St.Philip’s Plain (Narrow Plain)
1794. Thomas Leakey / 1800. William Arthur / 1806. Joseph Tudgey / 1816. John Boulter
1820 – 23. William Forse / 1826. R. Stone / 1830. John Kelly / 1831. Samuel Smith / 1832. William Clatworthy
1833. Thomas Jefferies / 1834. J. Shillibier / 1837 – 39. William Owen / 1840. William Cottle
1847 – 48. Israel Solomon / 1849. Mark Cullimore / 1851 – 57. Samuel Osborne / 1858 – 61. Mary Harper
1863. Charlotte Harper / 1866. Thomas Chittenden / 1867. Paole Suich / 1868. J. Salter / 1869. S. F. Trenchard
1871. Edward Higgs / 1872. Henry Fripp / 1874. John King / 1877. J. Leworthy / 1879. Elon Townley
1882. Samuel Cowlin
To be sold by auction at the White Hart Inn, in Old Market street on Thursday the 31st day of October 1822, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon precisely: Lot 1 … An old established free public house, called or known by the name of the Salutation, with the appurtenances, situate in Strait street, otherwise St.Philip’s plain, now in the occupation of William Forse, victualler, as yearly tenant. The property comprised in this lot presents a very eligible subject for investment, to a person possessed of a small capital, desirous of entering the public line, there being a good brew house; and every convenience for brewing attached to the dwelling house;and it will confer on the purchaser a right to vote at elections of members of parliament for the County of Gloucester and the City of Bristol. These premises are subject to an annual fee farm rent of £1 10s. This from the Bristol Mirror, Saturday, October the 5th, 1822.
Old Steam Engine Cook’s Road, Gas Lane (back of gas works)
1856 – 57. Edwin Porter / 1858 – 76. Henry Curtis / 1879 – 1907. William Hunt / 1908 to 1914. John Coles
1915 – 17. Alfred Daniells / 1919. Mabel Ann Cole / 1921. John Sills Cole / 1923 – 31. Eliza Shill
Old Three Tuns Lawrence Hill
1806. Samuel Jones / 1816. William Smith / 1820. Mrs. Herepath / 1822 – 28. William Sweet
1830. Henry England / 1840. R. Turner / 1842 – 63. John Jones
Old Tower Tower Hill
1816. William Harwell (dealer in spirits, undertaker and sworn measurer)
Pack Horse Lawrence Hill
1792. Thomas Crisp / 1800 – 16. William Herapath / 1822. S.Taylor / 1823. Samuel Kendall / 1828. Thomas Cooper
1830 – 32. Thomas Spiring / 1833. William Jenks / 1834 to 1840. T. L. Goss / 1841 to 1860. James Knill
1861. Elizabeth Always / 1863. Charles Welsh / 1865 – 66. William Sargeant / 1871 – 87. Richard Andrews
1888 – 94. Herbert Thomas / 1896 – 1901 James Isaac / 1904 – 09. Samuel Collett / 1914 – 17. E. Jackson
1921 – 28. William Ricketts / 1931 – 35. Herbert Winstone / 1937 – 38. Edwin Parker / 1944 – 50. Stanley Wall
1953. Henry Head / 1960. W. R. Jefferies
Pear Tree Kingsland Place, Albert Street
1866 – 68. Thomas Moss / 1869. John Bird / 1871. Henry Symes / 1872 to 1877. John Roach / 1878. Henry Symes
1885. Samuel Kinsey / 1886. A. Morrell / 1887 to 1888. William Ransome / 1889. Seth Creed
1892 – 1901. James Langford / 1904. Elizabeth Richards / 1906. Jasper Scaplehorn / 1909. Albert Bryant
Perseverance Feeder Road
Pilgrim New Thomas Street
1871 – 89. Philip Hope / 1891. Charles Johnson / 1892 – 94. Edward Smith / 1896. William Phillips
1897. Charles Norman / 1899. Charlotte Norman / 1901. L. Luscombe / 1904 – 06. George Brassington
1909 – 17. Richard Grant
Pilgrim Straight Street
1866 – 77. Hester Randall
Pipemakers’ Arms Albert Road
Plough Lawrence Hill
1800. William Waters
Potters’ Arms No.1 Brougham Street (off license)
1887 – 88. Fanny Sealy / 1890. Albert John Eccleston / 1891. Joseph A. Orchard / 1893. Mary Wilks
1895. Thomas Charles Headford / 1896. William John Knight / 1900 – 01. Frank Cotter / 1903. Mary Anne Selway
Pride Of The Forest Unity Street / New Thomas Street
Prince Of Wales Tower Hill
Prince Of Wales Trinity Street
1866. William Grove / 1867. Charles Hembrow / 1868 – 69. Eliza Hembrow / 1871. Edwin Crinks
1872 to 1874. Alfred Bennett / 1875. Isaac Smith / 1876. Job Rawlins / 1877 – 79. W. Mealing
1882 – 83. Eliza Phillips / 1885 – 89. George Garraway / 1891 – 92. Edward Roe / 1899. Charles Macey
Prince Of Wales Dings, York Street
1847. Edward Cole / 1848. S. Cole / 1849. ? James / 1851 – 55. Edward Cole / 1857. J. Young / 1858. William Prior
1863. Harry Bryant / 1866 – 69. W. Lampard / 1871 – 75. James Lampard / 1876 – 78. J. M. Franklin
1881 – 83. James Love / 1886. Samuel Jones / 1887 to 1888. William Poole / 1889 – 96. Mark Rodbourn
1899 – 1901. Mrs. Rodbourn / 1904 – 14. Mark Rodbourn
In 1851, Edward Cole was a potter and beer house keeper
Queen Adelaide Bread Street
1832 to 1834. William Nicholls / 1835 to 1840. Daniel Scrase / 1841 to 1852. Harriet Scrase
1853 – 63. William Bond / 1865 – 68. William Smith / 1869. Richard Purnell / 1871. H. Bowm
1872 to 1875. G. Carpenter / 1876. Robert Deacon / 1877. Charles Howell / 1878. G. C. Backs
William Bond was also an engineer and iron & brass founder at the Tower Hill Foundry, St.Philip’s. The Queen Adelaide was previously named the Queen’s Head
Queen’s Arms Unity Street
1847. William Skull / 1848. H. Capner / 1849 – 54. William Blackmore / 1857. J. Hains
Queen’s Arms No.83 Queen Ann Road (off license)
1881 – 88. Richard Cornish / 1890 – 1908. Mark Rex snr / 1913. William Whittington / 1920. Arthur M. Axford
1924 – 30. Rowland Howes / 1934. John William Blanning / 1936. Lydia Ingersent
1943 – 56. William Albert Davidge
Queen’s Head Bread Street
1794. William Webb / 1800 – 16. Thomas Howe / 1822 – 30. John Sanders / 1832. William Nicholls
Thomas Howe was also a carpenter, The Queen’s Head was later named the Queen Adelaide
Queen’s Head Queen Street
1775. William Simmons
Queen’s Head Broad Plain
Railroad Tavern Barton Road
Railroad Tavern Union Road
1839. James Grey
Railway Tavern Duffett’s Buildings, St.Philip’s Marsh
1865 – 71. William Pennington / 1872. Uriah Sheppard / 1874. Hannah Whitehead / 1876. William Ellesmere
Railway Tavern Edward Street
1854. William Mason / 1855. Henry Cousins / 1858. J. Williams / 1866 – 69. W. Thomas / 1871 – 88. James Jones
1889. Thomas Williams / 1891 – 96. Henry Bessell / 1899. George Morris / 1901 – 04. Elizabeth Arnold
1906 – 31. Alice Amelia Bennett
Red Cow Bread Street
1861 – 69. Samuel Heskins
Samuel Heskins was a beerhouse keeper and butcher
Red Lion Clarence Road
1794. Robert Packer / 1800. Henry Millett / 1806 – 16. William Hitchcock / 1820. William Sheering
1822. William Rossiter / 1823 to 1852. George White / 1853 – 55. John Spiller / 1857 – 66. John White
1867. Charles Welch / 1868 to 1871. Charles Stooke / 1872 to 1878. Benjamin Sargeant
1879 – 94. Samuel Mountain / 1896 – 1901. Harrison Leggott / 1904 – 09. James Hole / 1914 – 31. John Jackson
1934 – 38. James Alfred Jackson / 1944. George Ashdown / 1950 – 53. Mary A. Ashdown
In 1934 the rent paid by James Jackson was £60 per annum, the landlord was The Bristol Brewery Georges & Co. Limited
Regent Tavern Regent Street
1861 – 63. John Doust / 1870 to 1887. Sarah Ann Doust / 1888. A. Knight / 1889. Edward Butson
1891. Robert Wilson / 1892 – 96. Charles Sadler / 1899. George Amberley / 1901. Thomas Scott
1904. George Walters / 1906. Alfred Milsted / 1914 – 17. Daniel Bailey / 1921. Cecilia Bailey
1925 – 53. Cecilia Britton
Rhubarb Tavern Queen Ann Road
Richmond Inn Upper Richmond Terrace
1871 – 74. Thomas Derman / 1876 – 78. Elizabeth Derman / 1879. Frederick Watts / 1882 – 83. J. Chivers
1885. William Shinner / 1888 – 94. George Bates Ody / 1899. George Rogers / 1901. Mark Rex jnr
1906. Walter Winson / 1909. Edward Davison / 1914 – 35. Albert Turner / 1937 – 38. Ivy May James
Richmond Hotel Barrow Road
1896 – 1906. William Naish / 1909 – 21. Charles Griffiths / 1925 – 31. Alfred Griffiths / 1935 – 44. Sarah Pavey
1950 – 53. Arthur Cox
Ring Of Bells Oxford Place
1840 – 42. Robert Stacey
Rising Sun Avon Street (Marsh Bridge)
Rising Sun Broad Plain
1857 – 83. Mary Ann Holbrook
Rose & Crown Jacob Street
1821 to 1826. H. MacMutter / 1827 to 1831. Elizabeth MacMutter / 1831 to 1837. Thomas Kidman
1837 to 1864. William Long
Rose & Crown Kingsland Road
1839 – 49. Thomas Kidman / 1851 – 53. Hannah Kidman / 1854. ? Pattenhall / 1861 – 63. Charlotte Dickenson
1865 – 69. William Dickenson / 1869. Charles Allmon / 1874. James Hampson / 1875 – 79. James Duddridge
1881. John Bootyman / 1882. John Clarke / 1883. William Gallop / 1885 – 86. George Offer
1887 – 99. Thomas Emery / 1901. John Snook / 1904. W.G. Dunford / 1906. Christiana Kimmins
1909. Reginald Loveless / 1914 – 31. Rose Sumner
The Rose & Crown was sold in 1876 for the sum of £608.18s.0d
(Old) Rose & Crown Narrow Plain
1800. Elias Pallin / 1806. Samuel Davis / 1816. William Jenkins / 1820 – 22. John Arundell / 1823. John Marshall
1826 – 47. Hugh Tawton / 1848. Sarah Tawton / 1849 – 58. Thomas Knight / 1860. Hannah Davis
1863. John Hole / 1866. John Longdon / 1867. Sidney Price / 1868. T. Jeanes / 1869. James Properjohn
1871. Joseph Ballard / 1872. John Jeanes / 1874 – 82. James Davis
William Jenkins was also a tailor. John Arundell was also a ship’s handscrew maker
Royal Ann Duffett’s Buildings, St.Philip’s Marsh
1861 – 63. Thomas Bennett
Royal Exchange Marsh Lane, Kingsland Road
1866 – 67. Thomas Woolf / 1868 to 1869. Joseph Gazzard / 1870. Henry Wookey / 1871. Samuel Hutchings
1872. Joseph Stokes / 1874 – 79. Robert Nutt / 1885 – 91. James Dobbs / 1892 – 14. Walter Hill
1917 – 21. Eliza Hill / 1925 – 31. Walter Hill / 1935. James Peters
Royal Exchange Lawrence Hill
1879. William Kendall / 1882. John Harding / 1883. Thomas Crouch / 1885. Richard Dennis / 1887. John Long
1888. Thomas Bowers / 1892. Henry Wyatt / 1899. Edwin Willis
Royal Mail (Mail Coach) Kingsland Road
1831 – 37. John Jones / 1839 – 42. Joseph Earl / 1847 – 52. George Knight / 1853 – 69. Joseph Knight
1871 – 74. Thomas Watkins / 1875 – 78. Charles Knight / 1879. Mary Knight / 1881 – 85. Joseph Knight
1888 – 94. William Edwin Bone / 1896 – 1904. Joseph Weeks / 1906. Henry Webb / 1909 – 14. George Norris
1921. Lily Dobson / 1925. David Griffiths
Royal Oak Kingsland Road
1834. W. Cummer / 1837 – 39. William Griffiths / 1851 – 53. John Dickinson / 1861 – 63. Charlotte Dickinson
1868 – 1901. Thomas Griffiths / 1904. H. R. Adams / 1906 – 09. Edith Ellen Merrick / 1914 – 21. Bertram Brown
1925 – 28. William Morgan
Royal Steam Engine Gas Lane (back of gas works)
1851 – 58. John Dascombe / 1861 – 69. Howard Tripp / 1870 to 1887. Reuben Dascombe
1888 to 1891. Walter Dascombe / 1892 to 1901. George Southcombe / 1902 – 04. Mary Southcombe
1906 – 25. Richard Foxwell
On the 1851 census, John Dascombe’s occupation is recorded as maltster.
Royal Table Barton Hill Road
Russell Arms Ducie Road
Saxe Horn Narrow Plain
1871. G. Williams / 1872. Henry Elbury / 1874 – 81. Stephen Allen / 1882. John Neale / 1883. Albert Sidney
1884 to 1886. William St.Clair / 1887. Mary Henley / 1888. John Henry Hillier / 1889 – 99. George Taubman
1901. Richard Taubman
Seabright Arms No.19 Bridge Street (off license)
1887. James Milton / 1888. Arthur Deverell / 1890. Frederick Bonnie / 1891 – 97. George Smith
Shepherd’s Lodge Passage Street
1857. Charles Greenland / 1861. T. Gough
Ship & Dove John Street
1792. Mary Clark
South Wales Railway Inn Lawrence Hill
Somerset House Jacob Street
1877 – 86. Samuel Hosegood / 1887 – 99. Honor Hosegood / 1901 – 06. Henry Wright
Spotted Horse Feeder Road
1883 – 85. Arthur Stone also traded as a horse slaughterer
Spread Eagle St.Philip’s Plain (Narrow Plain)
Standard Lawrence Hill
1870. Abraham Hobbs / 1871 – 72. John Fugil / 1874 – 76. Charles Barker / 1879. John Barnes
1882 – 83. W. T. Ayres / 1885. Richard Tarr / 1887. James Leadbeater / 1888. Morgan Henry Poole
1889. Edward Hockey / 1891. Caroline Coles / 1892. George Delziel / 1896 – 1901. Harry Rexworthy
1904. W. Alexander / 1906. William Boulton / 1909. Charles Parsons / 1914. Daisy Norah Day
1917 – 25. Philip Fletcher / 1928 – 38. Frederick Marshall
Star Inn Sussex Street
Steam Packet St.Philip’s Marsh (near Totterdown lock)
1841. William Brice
Steam Packet Sydney Place
1831 – 47. Joshua Sydney
Sugar Loaf Jacob Street
1840 – 44. Elijah Ackery / 1860 – 65. William Watts / 1866 – 69. Mary Ann Watts
Swan New George Street
1853. Alfred Smart / 1861 – 75. Robert Culverwell / 1876 to 1888. James Bowrey / 1889 to 1891. John Bowrey
1892. Frederick Allen / 1894 – 97. John Winterburn / 1901 – 14. Charles Lingard / 1917 – 25. Walter Dudbridge
1928 – 31. Frank Osborne / 1935 – 44. Frances Sheppard
Swan Inn Morley Street
Swan Inn Midland Road
On the corner with Waterloo Road, this picture shows the Swan in the year 2000.
1909. Arthur Lloyd
1914. James Brewer
1917 – 21. Amy Elizabeth Tyler
1925 – 44. James Feltham
1950 – 53. Queenie F. M. McDonald
1975. A. F. Emery
Three Compasses Jacob Street
1792 – 94. William Haynes / 1800. Abraham Kepple / 1806. William Woodland / 1816. Matthew Joseph
1820 – 23. Richard Holt / 1828 – 34. Thomas Prosser / 1837 – 44. John Easterbrook / 1847 – 48. John Wyatt
1849. Eliza Wyatt / 1853 – 58. Samuel Curtis / 1860 – 63. Samuel Llewellin / 1863 to 1876. John Llewellin
1877 – 83. James Small / 1885. Alfred R. Bird / 1886. Thomas Taylors
Three Crowns John Street (off Jacob Street)
Three Stars Lawrence Hill
1832. John Thorne
Three Tuns Lawrence Hill
1794. William Hawkins / 1800. James Sheffield / 1806. Ann Walters / 1816. George Jefferies
1820 – 28. Thomas Francis / 1832 – 33. Miles Phelps / 1834 – 37. William Robbins / 1839 – 40. John Davey
1844 – 61. John Jones / 1863. William Davis / 1866. John Rogers / 1877 – 78. John Porter / 1879. Joseph Barlow
1882 – 83. Samuel Yates / 1885. Eustace Hill / 1886 to 1887. John Hill / 1888. Alfred Luke Ford
1889. Thomas Walkley / 1891. John Matthews / 1892. John Brett / 1894. Edgar Walters / 1896. Fred Downs
1897. Harry Freeman / 1899. George Kinsey / 1901. Sarah Knight / 1904. Walter Jones / 1906 – 09. Job Lacey
1914 – 25. Sidney Foster / 1928. Thomas Tyler / 1930 to 1962. James Henry Feven
Trout Cook’s Lane, Barton Road
1832 – 34. Thomas Nash / 1853 – 69. John Summers / 1871 – 83. William Shipp / 1885. Edward John Shipp
1886 – 87. Mary Reynolds / 1888 – 1901. William Shipp
Upper Three Tuns Lawrence Hill
1822 to 1845. Thomas Francis / 1846 to 1851. George E. Francis / 1851. Charlotte Francis
1853 – 67. William Davis / 1868 – 69. Thomas Dickenson / 1871 – 77. John Porter / 1878. J. S. Barlow
Victoria Victoria Terrace (St.Philip’s Marsh)
Victoria Tavern Kingsland Road
Victory Lawrence Hill
The Victory was previously named the Golden Boot
1892 – 93. Jane Elizabeth Bissicks / 1894. Martha Street / 1896. Henry King / 1897 – 1909. Richard Foskett
1914 – 28. Helen Foskett / 1931. Frederick Davies / 1935 – 38. Edward Bennett
Volunteer Lawrence Hill
1847 – 55. Charles Llewellin / 1860. Mary Ann Williams / 1861. Harriet Smith / 1866 – 67. John Pash
Volunteer Midland Road (The Batch)
1863. John Shorland / 1865. Joseph Mecham / 1867. S. Hosegood / 1869. Alfred Reeves
1871 – 72. George Morse / 1874 – 75. Peregrini Thomas / 1876 – 78. C. Woolridge / 1881 – 82. Edwin Hazell
1883. Charles Foxwell / 1885. Eleanor Foxwell / 1886 to 1891. Levi Wood / 1892. Albert Wakefield
1896. Frederick Dawes / 1899 – 1901. Edwin Jones / 1904. F. Holmes / 1906. Julia Gane
1909 – 14. Rosina Bartlett
Waterloo Inn Midland Road
1881 – 83. Henry Watts / 1885. William Tiley / 1886 to 1887. William Winter / 1888 – 89. Mary Davis
1892 – 96. Alfred Carter / 1899. John Bird / 1901 – 04. A. W. Harrison / 1909. Joseph Colenso
Waverley Vaults Lawrence Hill
Weavers’ Arms Maze Street
1851 – 53. James Skinner / 1861. Mary Skinner / 1871 – 77. Susannah Skinner / 1878 – 85. William Rogers
1887 – 99. John Mills / 1901 – 06. James Langford / 1909 – 21. Thomas Morgan / 1925 – 37. William Webb
1944 – 50. Edward Stone / 1953. Patrick Kinsley
Wellesley Arms Lawrence Hill
Western Hotel Barton Hill
1841. William Pitman
Weston Arms No.34 Weston Street (off license)
1884. James F. Tuckfield / 1885. Mark Hutchings / 1887. Frederick Hawkins / 1888. Jacob Molton
1890. Mary Jane Vine / 1891 – 97. George Bascombe
Wheel Of Fortune Tower Hill
1831 – 34. Thomas Counsell
White Hart St.Philip’s Plain
1775. Joel Pearce
White Horse Catharine Street
1866. George Haynes
William IV Bread Street
1831 – 34. George Godfrey
William IV Folly Lane
The same establishment as the Folly Tavern & Tea Gardens
1848 – 69. Edward Stretton / 1871 – 77. Henry Winter / 1878. J. Bawn / 1879. Thomas Forse
1881 – 82. Henry Goodyer / 1883. Thomas Cook / 1885. Richard Exell / 1886. William Rowland
1887. Charles Amos / 1888. William Thomas Griffiths / 1889 to 1891. William Walker / 1892. George Jefferies
1894. Thomas Plewes / 1897. Bertram Hooten / 1899 – 1901. George Adams