Bristol’s Lost Pubs

Bell Inn Wells Road

1868 – 75. Thomas Ball
1876 to 1877. Elizabeth Ball
1878. E. Hickery
1881 – 83. Richard Exell
1885. Henry Job Bendall
1886. Florence Small
1887. Henry Cooper
1888. William Horner
1889. Harriet Bishop
1891. John Square
1891. Joseph Weeks
1892. Hannah May
1896. Elizabeth Cleal
1899 – 1901. Louis Mills
1904. Edwin C. Minty
1906. Thomas Drury
1909. Alfred Bennett
1911. George Pool
1914 – 31. Frederick Denner
1935. Annie Denner
1937 – 44. Nellie Parfitt
1950 – 56. Charles Comer

No. 65 Wells Road next door to the Co-op, (chemist & druggist branch) the Bell was demolished during the wholesale clearances of the early 1970s.

Census 1871.

Thomas Ball 33, head married, licensed victualler, Bedminster
Elizabeth Ball 31, wife married, Somerset Publow
George Thomas Ball 4, son, Bristol
Mary Ball 3, daughter, Bristol
Alice Ball 1, daughter, Bristol
Francis Holbrook 21, brother in law unmarried, currier’s apprentice, Somerset Publow
Elizabeth Hall 20, servant unmarried, general servant, Bedminster

Census 1881.

Richard Exell 36, head married, beer house keeper, Bristol
Sarah Exell 34, wife married, Bristol
Florence Exell 8, daughter, Bristol
Clara E. Exell 6, daughter, Cardiff
Gertrude Exell 5, daughter, Cardiff
Beatrice Exell 3, daughter, Cardiff
Richard Exell 1, son, Bristol
Alice Dagger 18, servant unmarried, servant, Bradford

Census 1891.

Joseph P. Weeks 39, head married, publican & painter, United States Buffalo
Mary A. Weeks 38, wife married, Gloucestershire St.George
Joseph Weeks 15, son, errand boy, Bristol St.Philip’s
Edith Weeks 13, daughter, Bristol St.Philip’s
Ada Weeks 10, daughter scholar, Bristol St.Philip’s

Census 1901.

Louis Mills 68, head widower, beer retailer, Gloucestershire Alveston
Charles Minty 47, servant married, general domestic servant, Somerset Bath
Annie Minty 46, servant married, general domestic servant, Somerset Bath

Census 1911.

George Pool 68, head married, publican, Bishopsworth Somerset
Sarah Ann Pool 61, wife married, assisting in business, Chewstoke Somerset