On the corner with Portwall Lane, the name above the door is George Plumley and the posters either side of the door read ‘Removed to the White Hart Thomas Street’ which dates this picture to around 1876. The Don restaurant by 1890 and later a temperance hotel the building was lost in the blitz. The Angel Inn with its central drive through can be seen just up the road. The Don Cossacks originated from the lower courses of the river Don in Russia, the name was adopted by many English pubs when these Russian cavalrymen caused Napolean to retreat from Moscow in 1812; however, most of these pubs were re-named when the Crimean war began and British soldiers found themselves fighting the Cossacks.
CENSUS 1841.
James Barwell 45, licensed victualler, born in county
Anna Barwell 45, born in county
Maria Parker 22, born in county
name not known Parker 1 month, female, born in county
Matilda Downing 16, servant, born in county
CENSUS 1851.
John Parker 34, head married, malster and victualler, Somerset Wrington
Sarah Parker 34, wife married, Somerset Barrington
Elizabeth Parker 10, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire
Sarah Ann Parker 9, daughter scholar, Gloucestershire
Charles Kempsford 30, servant unmarried, Wiltshire Cullen
Emma Curtis 23, servant unmaried, general servant, Wiltshire Westbury
CENSUS 1861.
Elizabeth Parker 20, head unmarried, inn keeper, Stapleton Bristol
Sarah Parker 19, sister unmarried, assistant, Stapleton Bristol
Matilda Parker 14, sister, scholar, Stapleton Bristol
Henry Parker 13, brother, scholar, Stapleton Bristol
Elizabeth Derrick 31, servant unmarried, general servant, Somerset Blagdon
William John Usher 30, servant unmarried, labourer, Bristol, deaf
CENSUS 1881.
Ellen Clements, W F Nailsea, Somerset, England Head Innkeeper 49
Ellen Elizabeth Knight , U F Birmingham Daur Assistant 19
George Long, M M Bristol Visitor Halfpay Officer - Army 42