Old Lottery

Licensees

- ????-1861-1867	William Dudden Lovell
- 1870-1871-????	Ann Tovey (nee Lovell)
- ????-1881		Thomas Mellish
- 1881-1887		Martin Cyrus Slade
- ????-1891-1893-????	Herbert Carter
- ????-1899-1920	Alfred Kempster
- 1920-1948		Fred Smith
- 1948-1950-????	Frederick G. Perry
- ????-1951		Olive Winifred Perry
- 1951-1957		Thomas Henry Evans

Timeline

Date	Detail	Source
07/04/1861	William Dudden Lovell (widower, age 71) is living on Plummers Hill with his granddaughter Ann (age 26). He is a Beer Seller.	1861 Census
11/03/1867	Death of Mr. William Dudden Lovell, of the Old Lottery Inn, aged 79, much respected	Bristol Daily Post - Monday 18 March 1867 Paulton Parish Records
27/09/1870	Ann Tovey is granted a new license to sell beer	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
02/04/1871	Ann Tovey (Widow, age 37) is living with her daughter Alice (age 5) and several boarders at the Old Lottery Inn, Plummers Hill. She is a Beer House Keeper.	1871 Census
03/04/1881	Martin C. Slade (age 33) is living with his wife Mary (age30), and his father-in-law Joseph Banfield (age 54) and Mother-In-Law Ann M Banfield (age 50) at Plummers Hill. He is a Blacksmith & Beer Retailer.	1881 Census
10/05/1881	License Transfer from Thomas Mellish to Martin Cyrus Slade	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
27/12/1881	Martin Cyrus Slade, beerhouse keeper, Paulton - Thomas Perry refused to quit his premises.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
05/06/1883	Thomas Perry and Frederick Perry of Paulton - charged with assaulting Martin Cyrus Slade, landlord of the Old Lottery on the 21st of May. Thomas Perry also charged with assaulting Mrs. Slade and Joseph Banfield. It was the Paulton Benefit Society anniversary. Frederick his Martin Slade with a quart jar full of beer.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
22/12/1885	"Election Riot at the Old Lottery!" - Thomas Parry, Henry Watts, Charles "laddie" Collins, colliers, charged with doing wilful damage to the property of Martin Cyrus Slade - basically, they trashed the place. Mrs. Slade said her husband kept "The Old Lottery beerhouse"	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
25/11/1886	Martin Slade, landlord of Old Lottery Inn, witness in a case about the shooting of a sheep dog owned by George Carter.	Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - 25 November 1886
12/04/1887	Death of Martin Slade	Probate Records
05/04/1891	Herbert Carter (age 20) is living with Elizabeth Nicholas (age 20, Servant) at the Old Lottery Inn, Paulton. He is Manager of the Inn.	1891 Census
05/01/1893	Herbert Carter (son of Felix Carter) is landlord of the Old Lottery	Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - 05 January 1893
26/05/1899	Alfred Kempster is landlord of the Old Lottery Inn. John Stone, coal miner, wouldn't quit when drunk.	Shepton Mallet Journal - 26 May 1899 Bristol Mercury - 27 May 1899
31/03/1901	Alfred Kempster (age 40) is living with his wife Clara (age 34) and five children at the Old Lottery Inn, Plummers Hill. He is an Innkeeper.	1901 Census
19/11/1901	Alfred Kempster, licenses of Old Lottery, charged with permitting drunkeness on his premises. Case dismissed	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
19/06/1908	Alfred Kempster licensee of Old Lottery. Frederick Comer Jun refused to quit.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
1914	Alfred Kempster is a beer retailer in Paulton	Kelly's Directory of Somerset 1914
04/01/1919	Old Lottery became a George's Brewery Pub, when George's brought Welton Brewery	Western Daily Press - 04 January 1919
04/05/1920	Transfer of license of the Old Lottery Inn, Paulton, from the present licensee, Alfred Kempster, to his son-in-law, Frederick Smith, bootmaker, of Paulton	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
11/07/1928	Death of Alfred Kempster's Wife. Alfred had held license for "many years" - though not clear if he *still* held it.	Western Daily Press - 11 July 1928
1935	Fred Smith is a beer retailer in Paulton	Kelly's Directory of Somerset 1935
24/06/1936	Mr and Mrs Smith of the Old Lottery - wedding of their daughter Miss Clara May Smith	Western Daily Press - 24 June 1936 Shepton Mallet Journal - 26 June 1936
29/09/1939	Fred Smith (b. 3 Feb 1883) is living with his wife (b. 28 Mar 1886) and daughter and son in law (assumed) at Plummers Hill. Fred is a Licensee.	1939 Register
20/10/1948	The licence of the Old Lottery Inn, Paulton, was transferred from Mr. Fred Smith to Mr. Frederick G. Perry, of 11, Caswell Road, Bishopston, Swansea by the Temple Cloud justices on Wednesday.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 22 October 1948
13/01/1950	Marriage of Miss Ruth Marie Perry, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Perry, of the Old Lottery.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 13 January 1950
03/1950	Death of Frederick Perry (members of a Brotherhood meeting passed a vote of sympathy)	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 17 March 1950
13/06/1951	Transfer of licence of the Old Lottery Inn, Paulton, from Olive Winifred Perry to Thomas Henry Evans	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 15 June 1951
10/04/1957	Temple Cloud magistrates, on Wednesday, granted the transfer of the licence of the Lamb Hotel, Paulton, from Mrs. Alice Maud Wyatt to Mr. Thomas Henry Evans, formerly licensee of the Old Lottery, Paulton, which is now closed.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 12 April 1957

Sources

Probate

21/04/1887 SLADE Martin Cyrus £76 16s The Will of Martin Cyrus Slade late of Paulton in the County of Somerset who died 12 April 1887 at Paulton was proved at Wells by Mary Slade of Paulton Widow the Relict the sole Executrix