Between Lawford Street and Gloucester Lane, established in 1651 the Lamb was a coaching
inn with stables and a courtyard, no longer licensed by 1903 the building was demolished
in the 20’s to be replaced with shops, the yard and stables survived into the late
40’s. The name above the door in this photograph is W. H. Symes, the Lamb’s last
landlord. Zachariah Huggins was also a horse dealer and was licensed to let horses.
CENSUS
1841.
Thomas Mountain 60, horse dealer, born in county
Elizabeth Mountain 45, born
in county
Sarah Mountain 20, born in county
Sarah Palmer 20, independent, born in county
Emma
Hughes 20, servant, born in county
Eliza Baker 20, servant, born in county
William
Lewis 20, servant, not born in county
William Milsom 15, labourer, not born in county
Unknown
40
Cornelius Cole 20, independent, born in county
CENSUS 1851.
Thomas Mounting (sic)
74, head married, horse dealer, St.George's
Elizabeth Mounting 54, wife married, Bitton
Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Marshal 18, niece unmarried, parlour maid, Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Mary
A. Marshal 14, niece, barmaid, Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Mary Millinder 27, servant
unmarried, cook, Litton Drew Gloucestershire
James Hillman 36, servant married, ostler,
Black Ditch Gloucestershire
William Downing 25, servant unmarried, ostler, Wooton
Under Edge Gloucestershire
George Hammond 25, lodger unmarried, iron moulder, Brierley
Hill Staffordshire
Christopher Humphries 31, lodger married, iron moulder, Kingston
Upon Hull Yorkshire
Benjamin Jackson 25, lodger unmarried, iron moulder, Chard Somerset
John
W. Rolls 26, lodger unmarried, dealer, Glastonbury Somerset
CENSUS 1861.
Isaac Short
47, head married, hotel keeper, Bristol Gloucestershire
Sarah Short 40, wife married,
St.James' Bath
Elizabeth J. Short 17, daughter unmarried, scholar, St.Philip & Jacob
out
Frederick I. Short 9, son scholar, St.Philip & Jacob out
Elizabeth Mountain 64,mother
in law widow, boarder, Bitton Gloucestershire
James Hillman 50, servant unmarried,
ostler, Ledbury Gloucestershire
Emily Brake 20, servant unmarried, chamber maid, Taunton
Somerset
Caroline Johns 25, servant unmarried, house maid, Newport Monmouthshire
John
Skelton 60, visitor widower, commercial traveller, Worcestershire
Robert Hartland
36, visitor unmarried, timber merchant's clerk, St.George's Gloucestershire
John Oliver
21, lodger unmarried, lodger, Wooton Under Edge Gloucestershire
CENSUS 1871.
Isaac
Short 60, head married, innkeeper, Gloucestershire Bitton
Sarah Short 52, wife married,
assistant in bar, Bath
Jane Short 26, daughter unmarried, assistant in bar, Bristol
Frederick
Short 18, son unmarried, assistant in bar, Bristol
Hannah White 30, servant unmarried,
barmaid, Blenavon Wales
Emma Pethron 30, servant unmarried, cook, Bristol
Susan Taylor
25, servant unmarried, waitress, Newnham
James Read 24, servant unmarried, ostler,
Road Somerset
George Beulah 22, servant unmarried, waiter, Bristol
William Pool 13,
boarder, errand boy, Bristol
Patrick Shean 18, lodger unmarried, cattle dealer, Ireland
Bruff
William Bowen 35, lodger married, merchant's foreman, Swansea
CENSUS 1881.
Eliza
Hember 39, head widow, licensed innkeeper, Somerset Ham Green
George L. Hember 17,
son unmarried, stationer's apprentice, Bristol
Alice L. Hember 15, daughter, Bristol
Edwin
Hember 13, son scholar, Bristol
James Hember 11, son scholar, Bristol
John Cother 67,
boarder married, accountant, Gloucestershire Standish
Harriet Virgo 23, servant unmarried,
domestic servant, Gloucestershire Alveston
Emily Bordman 19, servant unmarried, domestic
servant, Monmouthshire Newport
CENSUS 1901.
Samuel J. Butt 51, head married, publican,
Dorset Yetminster
Annie Butt 31, wife married, Wiltshire Salisbury
Elizabeth M. Butt
12, daughter, Dorset Stalbridge
Baby not named 4 weeks, daughter, Bristol
LAMB INN West Street
1775. William Bartlett
1792 - 94. Mary Bartlett
1800. Anthony Harvey
1816
- 40. Zachariah Huggins
1841 - 44. Thomas Mountain
1848 - 51. Thomas Bennett
1851 -
55. Thomas Mountain
1858. Elizabeth Mountain
1860 - 72. Isaac Short
1874 - 79. Sarah
Short
1881 - 82. Eliza Hember
1883. J. Grantley Smythe
1885 - 86. Joseph Bullock
1889.
Ellen Mary Sheedy
1891 - 99. Mary Ann Davis
1900. John Lee
1901. Samuel Butt
1902. William
Symes