ROWNHAM HOTEL Freeland Place

Hotwells Tavern
1823 - 30. William Thomas
1834 - 39. Joseph Smith
1840 -44. Mary Jones
1848 - 51. Francis Evans
1851 - 74. Philip John Marks

Rownham Hotel
1877. William Green
1878 - 79. Simeon Goode
1882 - 96. Nicholas Hetherington
1899 - 1901. R. Edwards
1904 - 21. William Baker
1925 - 28. John McLean
1931. Edward Smart
1935 - 37. Ernest Cainey
1944 - 53. Ellen Louise Bennett




Originally named the Hotwells Tavern. In 1873 when the entrance to Cumberland Basin was enlarged, a pub named the Rownham Tavern was demolished and Rownham ferry moved downstream towards the Hotwells Tavern, not long afterwards the name was changed to the Rownham Hotel. The pub was removed in 1969 for road Widening.

 

 

 

CENSUS 1841.
Mary Jones 54, victualler, not born in county
Joseph Jones 20, confectioner’s apprentice, born in county
Martha Jones 15, servant, not born in county
Elizabeth Matthews 20, servant, not born in county
Eleanor Stoke 20, servant, not born in county
Cornelius Chaplin 25, servant, not born in county

CENSUS 1851.
Philip John Marks 26, Licensed Victualler, Brislington
Mary Marks 26, Bristol
William Marks 5, Bristol
John Marks 3, Bristol
Tom Marks 10 months, Bristol
William Pearce 18, Servant, Dorset
Mary Maskell 21, Servant Gloucestershire Acton
Sarah Ann Brooks 14, Servant, Bristol

CENSUS 1861.
Philip J. Marks 36, head married, licensed victualler, Somersetshire Brislington
Mary Marks 36, wife married, Gloucestershire Bristol
William Marks 14, son scholar, Somersetshire Brislington
Thomas Marks 10, son scholar, Gloucestershire Bristol
Henry Marks 9, son scholar, Clifton
Clara Marks 6, daughter scholar, Clifton
John Marks 4, son, Clifton
Ada Marks 10 months, daughter, Clifton
Elizabeth Robertson 13, servant, nurse maid, Gloucestershire Bristol
Cornelius Chaplin 52, unmarried labourer, Gloucestershire Bristol