We think our ancestor J.B. Lambley may have been one of the licencees of The Fox pub in the 1800s, as seen in one of the pictures on the site. Does anyone know how to get information about former licencees? He seems to have known Robert Gomer and Charles Zincraft, and possibly someone called Crowden, as later decendants were named after them

You did not state which Fox public house?

OLD FOX - FOX ROAD- EASTON BRISTOL
1837. Samuel Stocker / 1839 - 43. William Watkins / 1844 to 1855. John Harris snr / 1861. Joseph Reynolds / 1865. William Thomas
1867 - 69. William Thomas (jnr) / 1879. George Pomphrey / 1881 - 96. Francis Pomphrey / 1899 - 1909. Walter Nott
1914 - 17. William Grindell / 1921 - 44. Tilly Adams / 1950. Victor Cue / 1953. Frederick Slater / 1960. R. C. Gill
The Old Fox closed 15th May 2004

OLD FOX Horsefair Bristol
1754 - 64 Richard Jones / 1775 Peter Bidder / 1794 Benjamin Howell / 1800 Samuel Godyer / 1806 Edward Parker
1816 Rachael Windsor

FOX Peter Street Bristol BS1

1752. Mrs. Taylor
1764. Thomas Holland
1775. Hester Saunders
1806 - 16. Robert Gomer
1820 - 23. Robert Gomer & Charles Zincraft
1828 - 30. Robert Zincraft
1832. Edward Zincraft
1839 - 42. J. B. Lambley
1844 - 51. Joseph Olive
1853 - 56. James Olive
1858 - 63. Elizabeth Hathway
1865 - 69. J. Davey
1871 - 74. William Whitaker
1875 to 1877. Thomas Brown
1878. E. Dowding
1879. William Whitaker
1881 - 83. Frederick Allen
1886. Frederick Oxenham
1887. White & Son
1888 to 1891. Thomas Oxenham
1891. Frederick Applin
1892 - 1906. Elizabeth Savage
1909. Ellen Elizabeth Webb
1914 - 21. William Webb
1925 - 35. Arthur Pollett
1937 - 38. Richard Harris


No.15 Peter Street, the Fox was destroyed in the blitz along with much else in the area that is now Castle Park. In 1775, Hester Saunders was listed as a distiller at this address. Listed in 1853 as the Fox Inn and spirit vaults, the building in this picture appears to be late Victorian in origin.

CENSUS 1841.
Caroline Lambley 37, victualler, born in county
Ann Zincraft 18, independent means, born in county
Sarah Zincraft 10, born in county
James Lambley 4, born in county
George Lambley 3, born in county
Susan Lambley 10 months, born in county
Jane Jones 18, servant, born in county
James Jones 34, independent means, born in county

CENSUS 1851.
Joseph Olive 56, head widower, wine & spirit merchant, Bristol
James Olive 25, son unmarried, assistant, Bristol
Mary Toleman 13, grandaughter, Assistant, Bristol
Anna Niblett 24, Servant unmarried, Upton Gloucestershire

CENSUS 1861.
Elizabeth Hathway 50, head unmarried, spirit house keeper, Bristol
Emma Hathway 37, sister unmarried, barmaid, Bristol
Fanny Ayre 34, boarder unmarried, barmaid, Gloucestershire Downend

CENSUS 1871.
William Whitaker 45, head married, licensed victualler, Somerset Bayford
Ellen Whitaker 42, wife married, licensed victualler’s wife, Wiltshire Blunsdon
George Whitaker 18, son unmarried, articled clerk to auctioneer, Dorset Sherborne
Frank Whitaker 6, son scholar, Gloucestershire Cinderford
Mary Martell 20, servant unmarried, general servant, Pembrokshire Pembroke

CENSUS 1881.
F. W. Allen 30, head married, licensed victualler, Lynn Norfolk
C. M. H. Allen 29, wife married, Bristol
F. Gay Allen 5, Son, Hull
H. L. Percy Allen 8 months, son, Bristol
H. Loving 30, cousin unmarried, joiner, Axminster Devon
H. Mutter 18, servant unmarried, assistant, Bristol
Anna Flue 22, servant unmarried, assistant, Bristol

CENSUS 1891.
Frederick J. Applin 53, head married, licensed victualler, Bristol
Henrietta Applin 54, wife married, Bristol

CENSUS 1901.
Alice Savage 79, head widow, Lancashire Liverpool
Elizabeth Savage 30, daughter single, licensed victualler, Lancashire Birkdale
Ellen Savage 36, daughter single, Lancashire Birkdale
Mary Bruce 7, visitor, Lancashire Birkdale