These pictures of the Red Cow were kindly provided by Carolyn Caflisch, the first
picture shows the pub sometime between 1890 and the first world war. The sign bears
the name of S. T. Martin but it is not known if this is landlord Samuel Martin stood
in the doorway. Above the bay window is painted... ‘established over a century’.
The wall at the left of the pub was lost when a bomb was dropped on the Red Cow
yard during the war. The second picture was taken in March 2005. The Red Cow, one
of the oldest buildings in south Bristol, is now boarded up awaiting demolition.
CENSUS
1841.
James Stone 30, inn keeper, born in county
Jane Stone 25, born in county
Henry
Stone 4, born in county
Mary Stone 1, born in county
Ann Phillips 35, servant, born
in county
William Phillips 35, servant, born in county
Hester Butson 12, servant, born
in county
John Farm ? 15, lodger, born in county
CENSUS 1861.
Daniel Mereweather, head
married 43, inn keeper, Bedminster
Ann Mereweather, married 42, Bedminster
Sarah Ann
Mereweather, daughter 21, scholar, Bedminster
Esther Mereweather, daughter 16, scholar,
Bedminster
John Mereweather, son 13, scholar, Monmouthshire Blaenavon
George Mereweather,
son 5, scholar, Bedminster
Mary J. Mereweather, daughter 1, Bedminster
Joseph Heard,
lodger married 45, Hawker, Somerset Frome
Mary Heard, lodger married 35, Somerset
Frome
CENSUS 1881.
William P. Jones, Head 45, Licensed Victualler
Ellen B. Jones, Wife
41, Employed at home
William P. Jones, Son 17, Carpenters Apprentice
Ellen M. Jones,
Daughter 16
Emily Eliza Jones, Daughter 14, Scholar
Fanny E. Jones, Daughter 12,
Scholar
Philip H. Jones, Son 10, Scholar
Sarah A. Jones, Daughter 7, Scholar
Matilda
H. Jones, Daughter 4, Scholar
Lucy H. Jones, Daughter 9 months
CENSUS 1891.
Samuel
Thomas Martin, Head 27 Licensed Victualler
Ellen Matilda Martin, Wife 26
William George
Martin, Son 6 months
William Philip Jones, Brother in law Single 27, Builder, Contractor
and Brick Manufacturer
Philip H. H. Jones, Brother in law Single 20
Matilda Harriet
Jones, Sister in law Single 14
Census information for 1881 & 1891 was kindly provided
by Carolyn Caflisch and Debra Cocking
RED COW West Street
1792 -
1816 -
1832 -
1837. Benjamin Luxton
1839 -
1852. John Stone
1853. H.
Gingell
1853. Nathaniel Brown
1853 to 1854. James Bridgeman
1855. Charles Puddy
1856.
W. Green
1859 -
1863 -
1873 to 1874.
Philip Jones
1875 to 1890. William Philip Jones
1891 to 1914. Samuel Martin
1915. Ellen
Matilda Martin
1916 -
1928. Frederick Still
1931. Alfred Still
1935
-
1975. L. A. Pratt
© Carolyn Caflisch