Queens Head

1752 - 64. Thomas Gatford
1792. Richard Townsend
1794. Sarah Townsend
1800. Samuel Benfield
1806. Jane Benfield
1820 - 28. William Maby
1829 to 1843. Mary Ann Maby
1844. William Bennett
1847 - 56. James Pritchard
1858 - 68. Elizabeth Pritchard
1869. Edwin Clark
1871. M. Clark
1872 - 94. Frederick Glass
1896. H. Thomas
1897 - 99. Charles Fisher
1901. William Wintle
1904 - 06. George Phelps
1914. John Tracy
1917 - 21. Ernest Beard
1925. Ernest Beard & Sons
1935. Dorothy Pitt
1937 - 38. Walter Home

A picture from the 1860’s, the Queen’s Head is the small gabled building, and at the right of the picture can be seen the entrance to the Upper Arcade. Today the pub would be standing somewhere between the House of Fraser and Debenhams near the sunken roundabout. All in this picture was lost in the blitz. William Mabey was also a cabinet maker with premises in St.James’s Churchyard.

CENSUS 1841.
Mary Ann Mabey 60, victualler, not born in county
William Mabey 25, instrument maker, born in county
Catherine Mabey 20, not born in county
William Mabey 1, born in county
Catherine Mabey 3 months, born in county
Elizabeth Phillips 35, born in county
Harriett Organ 15, professor of dancing, born in county
Elizabeth Hilman 25, servant, not born in county

CENSUS 1851.
James Pritchard 50, Licensed Victualler, Sodbury
Betsy Pritchard 55 ,Wrington
Maria Wilcox, Sister in Law 40 Servant, Wrington
Eliza Fellin, Niece 17, Bristol

CENSUS 1861.
Elizabeth Pritchard, widow 64, licensed victualler, Wrington Somerset
Ann Tilling, widow 61, cook, Wrington Somerset
Maria Wilcox, sister U 53, house keeper, Wrington Somerset
Eliza Tilling, niece U 27, barmaid, Bristol Gloucestershire

CENSUS 1881.
Frederick Glass 48, M M Bristol, Gloucester, England Head Publican
Mary Glass 52, M F Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England Wife
Hannah Cross 54, W F Bristol, Gloucester, England Serv Domestic Servant

QUEEN’S HEAD St.James’s Barton

Behind the van can be seen the rubble that was once the Queen’s Head, bombed 24th November 1940.