Temple Cloud Petty Sessions

Introduction

This page is an incomplete listing of pubs, beer houses, landlords and other beery goings on as reported in the Temple Cloud Petty Sessions in the mid to late 19th Century - as reported in the various local papers of the time.

This is very much a work in progress - there is tons still to do to make this anywhere near a complete record.

1850s

Date	Paulton Pubs	Other Pubs	Source
09/07/1857	Thomas Brodribb (later of the Flying Dutchman) - to answer the charge that he was the father of Ann Emery's bastard child. It seems it was found that he was.	John Webb, beer seller of Chew Magna - fined £2 for keeping his house open after 10pm for the sale of beer.	Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - 16 July 1857
06/07/1858	Absalom Grey was summoned for selling beer before half past twelve o'clock on Sunday, the 17th June last. Mr. Wm. Rees Mogg defended and the case was dismissed	N	Bristol Mercury - 10 July 1858

1860s

Date	Paulton Pubs	Other Pubs	Source
10/01/1860	Elizabeth Whatley of Paulton convicted of assaulting Hannah Maggs at Paulton Inn George Wyatt in trouble for assaulting the police	John Hill, beerhouse keeper of Midsomer Norton, charged two travelling cheese dealers with stealing on of his knives	Bristol Mercury - 14 January 1860
08/01/1861	N	N	Bristol Mercury- 12 January 1861
05/03/1861	George Wyatt, of the Red White and Blue beerhouse at Paulton was convicted in a penalty of £1 5s 6d for obstructing the police in their duty and refusing entry to his house	N	Shepton Mallet Journal - 08 March 1861 Bristol Mercury - 09 March 1861
26/08/1862	Annual Licensing Session for victuallers - no objections	Annual Licensing Session for victuallers - no objections "The Chairman hoped that as they were licensed merely to refresh travellers they would be careful not to allow parties to remain on their premises long enough to get drunk, as the Bench had the power to withhold the license from such persons as so committed themselves." Application for Spirit license for Mr Thomas Burge, Redan Inn, Downside - application was opposed on behalf of the Britannia Inn, Chilcompton - refused. Application for Spirit License for Edwin Baker of the White Post, Midsomer Norton - opposed on behalf of T Burge. Adjourned to next petty session. Application for a license for Joseph Warford, beerseller at Nempnett. Also adjourned.	Western Daily Press - 29 August 1862
13/01/1863	Thomas James, beer seller of Paulton, fined for selling beer at unlawful hours	N	Wells Journal - 17 January 1863
26/05/1863	Leah Holbtook, of Paulton, charged with an assault on Hannah Maggs in a beer-shop called the "Strip and at it", at Paulton	Faraham Clarke, son of a beer-seller at Timsbury, summoned for assault upon Abigail Pain, but case was dismissed	Frome Times - 27 May 1863
16/02/1864	William Winter, Geroge Carter, Job Woodland, Frederick Woodland, and Alexander Withers were summoned by George Gibbs, a beer-seller of Paulton, for disorderly conduct in his house. Compromised by the payment of 25s each.	N	Sherborne Mercury - 23 February 1864
23/08/1864	Unjust measures convictions: Grace Carter, Paulton Inn John (Jehu in Frome Times) Derrick, of Paulton, beerseller Annual Licensing Session - all license renewed License granted to Abraham Grey of Paulton	George Hathaway of Farmbough, fined for keeping open his beerhouse at unlawful times Unjust measures convictions: George Wyatt, innkeeper, High Littleton Inn William Lane Clarke, Farrington Inn John Pow, New Inn, Farmborough James Thomes of Timsbury, beerseller George Banfield of Hallatrow, beerseller Thomas Bridges, of Clutton, beerseller Annual Licensing Session - all renewed except Chewstoke Inn Miners Arms at Chewton Mendip	Shepton Mallet Journal - 26 August 1864 Frome Times - 31 August 1864
10/01/1865	N	N	Shepton Mallet Journal - 13 January 1865
24/01/1865	N	N	Western Daily Press - 26 January 1865 Frome Times - 01 February 1865
07/02/1865	N	N	Bristol Mercury - 11 February 1865
14/02/1865	N	N	Western Daily Press - 16 February 1865
14/03/1865	N	Elizabeth Carrell, of East Harptree, beerhouse keeper - fined for selling beer at prohibited hours	Western Daily Press - 16 March 1865
28/03/1865	N	N	Western Gazette - 31 March 1865
11/04/1865	N	Richard Lewis, proprietor of the Clutton Brewery - charged with unlawfully receiving an alder pole	Bristol Mercury - 15 April 1865
18/04/1865	N	Continuation of case against Richard Lews, of Clutton Brewery, from the last session	Bristol Mercury - 22 April 1865
02/05/1865	N	Jesse Hearse, beerseller of East Harptree - illegal fishing	Western Gazette - 05 May 1865
16/05/1865	Thomas James, beerhouse keeper of Paulton - house open at prohibited hours on a Sunday	N	Western Daily Press - 18 May 1865
30/05/1865	N	N	Western Gazette - Friday 02 June 1865
13/06/1865	N	Henry Brimble, beerseller of High Littleton - keeping his house open at prohibited hours Elizabeth Green beerseller of Hinton Blewitt - house open at prohibited hours, case dismissed John Weaver beerseller of Chew Stoke - house open at prohibited hours, case dismissed	Wells Journal - 17 June 1865
20/06/1865	N	N	Bristol Mercury - 24 June 1865
11/07/1865	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 13 July 1865
25/07/1865	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 27 July 1865
08/08/1865	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 10 August 1865
22/08/1865	Annual Licensing Day - all licenses renewed. Thomas James summoned for having his beerhouse open at prohibited hours on Sunday 9th - dismissed.	Annual Licensing Day - all licenses renewed. Refusal of spirit license at Redan beerhouse at Downside, Midsomer Norton	Western Daily Press - Thursday 24 August 1865
05/09/1865	N	N	Western Gazette - Friday 08 September 1865
26/09/1865	N	John Lockyer, of West Harptree - fined for selling beer without a license James Winter of Compton Martin - fined for selling cider without a license	Western Gazette - Friday 29 September 1865
10/10/1865	N	N	Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 12 October 1865
24/10/1865	Elizabeth Tucker of Newtown was convicted of stealing several articles (including a salt cellar and glasses) from Grace Slade Carter, Paulton, innkeeper - and was sent to Shepton Mallet House of Correction for 7 days	N	Western Daily Press - Friday 27 October 1865
07/11/1865	N	George Oaks, beerseller of Litton, allowing nine pigs to stray on the highway at Litton	Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 November 1865
21/11/1865	N	N	Frome Times - Wednesday 29 November 1865
05/12/1865	N	Jas. Brimble, Beerhouse keeper of Midsomer Norton - selling at prohibited hours on Sunday	Western Daily Press - Thursday 07 December 1865
19/12/1865	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 21 December 1865
09/01/1866	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 11 January 1866
23/01/1866	N	N	Western Gazette - Friday 26 January 1866
01/02/1866	Ston Easton - Police, Thursday - … At the petty session the previous Monday, Elizabeth Beecham, of Hallatrow, and Mary Manby, of Paulton, two servants at the Red Lion Inn, Paulton, were brought up by PC Best before B. Naish Esq. charged with stealing wine and spirits, the property of Grace Carter, and remanded until the petty session on Tuesday next. Note - according to the Western Daily Press, this is at the Paulton Inn - suggesting the names are used interchangeably to refer to the same place.	N	Bristol Mercury - Saturday 03 February 1866 Western Gazette - Friday 09 February 1866 Western Daily Press - Thursday 08 February 1866
27/02/1866	N	Mark Norman of West Harptree - drunk and disorderly at a beerhouse kept by Henry Mayor at West Harptree	Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 03 March 1866
02/03/1866	N	N (Note - the sessions were on a Friday)	Bristol Times and Mirror - Monday 05 March 1866
13/03/1866	N	Robert Perry, beerhouse keeper of Woollard, charged with leaving horse and cart on turnpike road at Farnborough	Western Daily Press - Thursday 15 March 1866