Winterfield Inn

Photos

Winterfield Inn Matchbox

Licensees

- ????-1861-1872	George Gibbs
- ????-1881-1887	George Parfitt
- 1887-1889		Alice Gibbs
- 1889-????		Joseph John Simmons
- ????-1891-1892	James E. Ross
- 1892			William Woods
- 1892-????		William Barrett
- ????-1898-1911	James Brook
- 1911-1931		William Henry Lumber
- 1931-1943-????	Ernest Dando
- ????-1944-1950-????	James Woodland
- 1963-1973		Stanley Shearn
- 1973-????		Robert Arthur Bell
- ????-1976-????	"Steph and Dave"
- ????-2010		Diane Lambert
- 2010-2012		Tracey Jones
- 2012-2015		Abigail Louise Anderton
- 2015			Susan Elizabeth Harwood
- 2015-????		Flamur Doku (when the pub became La Campagna Italian Restaurant)

Owners

- ????-1919 Welton Brewery
- 1919-1933 Bristol Brewery Georges and Co.
- 1933-1950-???? Oakhill Brewery Co., Ltd.
- ????-2010-???? Admiral Taverns

Timeline

Date	Detail	Source
07/04/1861	George Gibbs (age 30) is living with his Mother Ann (age 70) at Salisbury, Paulton. He is a Builder & Beer Retailer.	1861 Census
03/05/1864	George Gibbs, of the Winterfield Inn, summoned for hacing his house open for the sale of beer at prohibited times on Sunday, the 24th ult. Fined 20s and costs	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
01/01/1867	George Gibbs, of the Winterfield Inn, Paulton, for assauling Edward Dairs, was fined 10s., including costs.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
05/07/1870	William Filer (on bail) was sentenced to one calendar month's imprisonment to hard labour for stealing timber at Paulton, the property of the Old Mills Coal Company there - George Gibbs, a carpenter and beer seller, on whose property the timber was found, was severely reprimanded.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
02/04/1871	George Gibbs (age 38) is living with his wife Emily (age 36) and three children Alice (age 7), Phoebe (age 5) and George (age 1) at Salisbury, Paulton. His is a Builder & Beer Retailer.	1871 Census
24/12/1872	Death of George Gibbs, late of "Winterfield" Inn.	Probate
03/04/1881	George Parfitt (age 41) is living with his wife Emily (age 44), two of his wife's children Phoebe Gibbs (age 15) and John Gibbs (age 11) and two of his children WIlliam G (age 5) and Edith (age 3) at the Winterfield Inn. He is a Colliery Engine Driver and Seller of Beer.	1881 Census
08/08/1882	George Yeates (of the Rose & Crown) and George Parfitt, beersellers of Paulton - summoned for not sending their children to school.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
29/09/1886	George Parfitt had licence renewed, but told to find a suitable tenant and transfer. He was not there to run the house, and his wife was not fit to do so.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
08/02/1887	A temporary authority to carry on the license of the Winterfield, near Paulton, was granted to Alice Gibbs, in succession to George Parfitt	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
21/05/1889	Temporary authority to sell granted to Joseph John Simmons for the Winterfield Inn.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
09/07/1889	License of Winterfield Inn, Paulton transferred from Alice Gibbs to Joseph John Simmons.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
15/04/1890	Henry Simmons summoned for drunkenness at Paulton. Samuel Padfield also summoned for drunkenness at Paulton - came out, threatened to break a mans ribs and "challenged any man in Paulton to a fight." James Paget also drunk in Paulton - there was some squabble over who had the best pocket watch! William Church also drunk in Paulton - and technically assaulted the police man. All at the Winterfield Inn.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
05/04/1891	James E. Ross (age 31) was living with his wife Evelyn A. (age 28) and daughter Evelyn A. (age 5) at the Winterfield Inn. He was a beerhouse keeper.	1891 Census
03/10/1891	At the Kilmersdon Petty Sessions, James Rose (sic), of the Winterfield Inn, Paulton, was fined £1 and costs for furiously driving a horse and trap at Radstock Market, on the 5th September.	Somerset Standard - Saturday 03 October 1891
12/07/1892	Application for transfer of the Winterfield Inn from James Ross to William Woods was adjourned for evidence of character	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
23/08/1892	Licence transferred from James Ross to William Woods	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
11/11/1892	License transferred from William Woods to William Barret	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
22/07/1895	Death of Emily Susan Parfitt ("of The Winterfield Inn"), wife of George Parfitt, and before that George Gibbs and mother of Alice Gibbs.	Probate
10/05/1898	Mr James Brook, of the Winterfield Inn granted an extension for an hour on May 23rd, on the occasion of the Paulton Casuals annual football dinner	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
14/02/1899	A meeting of the North Somerset Football League was held at the Winterfield Inn	Somerset Standard - 17 February 1899
06/06/1899	Mr Brooks of the Winterfield Inn granted an hours extension for June 20th on occasion of Paulton Casuals' Football Club supper.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
12/07/1900	Paulton Casuals Football Club had their annual dinner at the Winterfield Inn - a capital spread was provided by Mr. J Brooks.	Wells Journal - Thursday 12 July 1900 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 13 July 1900
31/03/1901	James Brook (age 53) is living with his wife Eliza (age 57) and three children Julia (age 22), Ann (age 18) and Harold (age 11) in the Winterfield Inn. He is an Inn Keeper and Coal Shifter above ground	1901 Census
02/04/1911	James Brook (age 64) is living with his wife Eliza (age 61) and two children Julia (age 32) and Harold (age 21) at the Winterfield Inn, Paulton. He is a Coal Shifter.	1911 Census
02/01/1931	Death of Mr. James Brook, for a number of years the licensee of the Winterfield Inn.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 02 January 1931
14/07/1931	License transfer from Mr. H. Lumber to Mr. Ernest Dando. Mr. H. Lumber had been licensee for the past 21 years.	Temple Cloud Petty Sessions
06/11/1931	Story of a boy who fell down a well at Paulton. He was staying with his parents at the Winterfield Inn with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dando.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 06 November 1931
07/09/1933	Advert for the sale of the Winterfield Inn, on "this day". The Inn is let on Lease, expiring 29th September, 1933, to the Bristol Brewery Georges and Co. Ltd.	Western Daily Press - 07 September 1933
07/09/1933	At the Grand Hotel, Bristol, on Thursday afternoon last, the free licensed premises known as the Winterfield Inn, Paulton, Somerset, for £1,500 to the Oakhill Brewery Co, Ltd. (solicitors Messrs Webber and Bull).	Western Daily Press - Saturday 09 September 1933
1935	Ernest Dando, Beer Retailer, Paulton	Kelly's Directory of Somerset 1935
13/04/1937	Death of William Henry Lumber. "Up to the time of his retirement some time ago, he was the licensee for some years of the Winterfield Inn, Paulton, prior to which he held the license for a long period of the Victoria Inn, Newtown"	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 16 April 1937 Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 23 April 1937
15/07/1938	Jack Dando (son of Ernest Dando of the Winterfield Inn) passed the preparatory grade examination - there is a picture of him with this article	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 15 July 1938
10/02/1939	Jack William Thomas Dando, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dando of the Winterfield Inn, has been succesfull in passing the elementary grade at a recent examination of the Bristol College of Accordeonists.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 10 February 1939
29/09/1939	Ernest Dando (b. 9 Oct 1892) is living with his wife Elsie J. T. (b. 18 Feb 1897) and two children Doreen (b. 24 Dec 1921) and Jack (b. 19 Aug 1925) at the Winterfield Inn. He is a Colliery Hewer (below).	1939 Register
13/02/1942	Marriage of Miss Doreen Mary Dando, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dando of the Winterfield Inn.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 13 February 1942
12/03/1943	Paulton Comforts Fund - money raised at the Collection box at the Winterfield Inn, per Mr. E. Dando, £13 13s 7d.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 12 March 1943
06/09/1944	James Woodland, licensee of the Winterfield Inn, accused of supplying drinks out of hours - dismissed.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 08 September 1944
16/01/1948	Letter from James Woodland announcing intention to apply for a licence to sell Wine at the Winterfield Inn. The pub is owned by Oakhill Breweries.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 16 January 1948
17/03/1948	Wine licence granted to Mr. James Woodland of the Winterfield Inn.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 19 March 1948
23/12/1949	INN RAIDED AT PAULTON. Thieves who raided the Winterfield Inn, Paulton, took some bottles of wine and a small quantity of cash. They entered during the night while the landlord, Mr. James Woodland, was asleep.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 23 December 1949
08/03/1950	James Woodland, licensee of the Winterfield Inn, was granted a Spirits Licence. This was two years after he had been awarded a Wine Licence, before which he had only had a beer licence.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 10 March 1950
12/02/1954	Funeral of Mr. W. S. Redwood. Flowers were left by J. Woodland and customers, Winterfield Inn.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 12 February 1954
1957	Plans for alterations to the Winterfield Inn, Paulton. 1957. For Oakhill Brewery Company Ltd., Shepton Mallet; (W. Brice, surveyor, Oakhill Brewery Co.) [3346]	Somerset Heritage Centre archives - D\R\clu/22/1/185
30/10/1962	Winterfield Inn Cottages for sale, as part of the estate of Emily Parfitt	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 19 October 1962
01/1970	Funeral of Ernest Dando. Was Licensee of the Winterfield Inn "for 12 years" (but doesn't say when) - was 77 when he died	Somerset Standard - 23 January 1970
13/07/1973	License transferred from Mr Stanley Shearn to Mr Robert Arthur Bell. Stanley Shearn had been licensee for "about ten years". Mr Robert Arthur Bell came from Chipping Sodbury.	Somerset Standard - 13 July 1973
23/04/1976	"Steph and Dave invite you to the Winterfield Inn" - Advert in the Somerset Guardian - in a feature about local pubs.	Somerset Guardian - 23 April 1976
23/02/2010	Variation of Premises License - Owner: Admiral Taverns(58). Licensee: From Diane Lambert to Tracey Jones	[1]
01/05/2012	Variation of Premises License- Owner: Admiral Taverns Limited. Licensee: From Tracey Jones to Abigail Louise Andertson	[2]
12/02/2015	Variation of Premises License - Owner: Admiral Tavern Limited. Licensee: From Abigail Louise Anderton to Susan Elizabeth Harwood	[3]

Sources

Probate

27/10/1874 GIBBS George <£100 The Will of George Gibbs late of "Winterfield" Inn in the Parish of Paulton in the County of Somerset Carpenter who died 24 December 1872 at Paulton was proved at Wells by Emily Susan Gibbs of Paulton the Relict the sole Executrix

1914 PARFITT Emily Susan £7 10s PARFITT Emily Susan of The Winterfield Inn Paulton Somsersetshire (wife of George Parfitt) died 22 July 1895 Probate London 15 May to the reverend Thomas Williamson Bull clerk.