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, George 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
27/03/1866	N	Abraham Bell of Farmborough, beerhouse keeper - refusing to let Police enter beerhouse on 18th inst.	Western Daily Press - Thursday 29 March 1866 Western Gazette - Friday 06 April 1866
10/04/1866	N	William Winter of Ubley (an old offender) fined for selling two quarts of Cider without a license.	Western Daily Press - Thursday 12 April 1866
01/05/1866	N	N	Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 03 May 1866
15/05/1866	N	Elizabeth Smith of Farrington Gurney summoned by landlord of Farrington Inn, William Lane Clarke - for damaging a door on his property	Western Daily Press - Thursday 17 May 1866
29/05/1866	N	N	Western Gazette - Friday 01 June 1866
12/06/1866	N	Charlotte Norman of West Harptree - breaking a door property of Henry Major, beerhouse keeper of same Parish.	Western Daily Press - Thursday 14 June 1866
19/06/1866	Joseph Walsh of Paulton, stoker and John Burkeley of Camerton, labourer - brought up under remand for stealing a gun from a stable at the Paulton Inn during night of 16th inst. Property of Timothy Carter	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 21 June 1866
10/07/1866	N	N	Wells Journal - Saturday 14 July 1866 Western Daily Press - Thursday 12 July 1866
24/07/1866	Thomas Brodribb of Paulton - for allowing two donkeys to stray on the highway William Maggs, a tailor, of Paulton was fined 14s 6d and costs for assaulting Albert Knee, the ostler of the Red Lion Inn there, and in default 14 days imprisonment. Sarah Maggs, a daughter of William Maggs, was also fined 8s for violently assaulting the said Albert Knee with a carving knife and shovel, and breaking his head, and in default of payment was sentenced to seven days imprisonment.	N	Western Gazette - Friday 27 July 1866
07/08/1866	N	Worley Watts of Compton Martin fined for breach of his beer license	Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 August 1866
21/08/1866	N	N	Wells Journal - Saturday 25 August 1866
05/09/1866	Annual Licensing Session - no complaints, all licenses renewed	Annual Licensing Session - no complaints, all licenses renewed	Western Daily Press - Thursday 06 September 1866
25/09/1866	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 27 September 1866
09/10/1866	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 11 October 1866
23/10/1866	N	Bell Inn, Farmborough - Elizabeth Drury, daughter of landlord Mr George Drury, summoned for furious driving at Clutton	Western Gazette - Friday 26 October 1866
06/11/1866	Thomas Brodribb, beerhouse keeper of Paulton, keeping his beerhouse open during prohibited hours on Sunday.	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 08 November 1866
20/11/1866	N	Alfred Church, innkeeper of East Harptree - three unjust measures Thomas Kelling, beerhouse-keeper of Chewton Mendip - unjust measures James Franks, innkeeper of Litton - unjust measures John Sherborne, innkeeper of Litton - unjust measures George Oaks, beerhouse keeper of Litton - unjust measures James Vagg, innkeeper of Chilcompton - unjust measures John Smith, beerhouse keeper of Mid Norton - unjust measures John Shearn, beerhouse keeper of Mid Norton - unjust measures	Western Daily Press - Thursday 22 November 1866
18/12/1866	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 20 December 1866
01/01/1867	George Gibbs, of the Winterfield Inn, Paulton, for assauling Edward Dairs, was fined 10s., including costs.	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 03 January 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 04 January 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 05 January 1867
08/01/1867	N	N	Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 09 January 1867
15/01/1867	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 17 January 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 17 January 1867 Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 22 January 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 18 January 1867
29/01/1867	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 31 January 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 01 February 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 02 February 1867
12/02/1867	N	Alfred Church, innkeeper of East Harptree - having house open for the sale of beer at prohibited times. Jesse Hearse, beerhouse keeper, of Easy Harptree - fined 10s for refusing to allow police entry after 10pm - there being people inside.	Western Daily Press - Friday 15 February 1867 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 15 February 1867 Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 19 February 1867
26/02/1867	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 28 February 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 28 February 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 01 March 1867
12/03/1867	N	N	Western Gazette - Friday 15 March 1867
26/03/1867	N	N	Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 02 April 1867
16/04/1867	N	Moses Shepherd, beer seller of Timsbury - having his house open for selling of beer during divine service on a Sunday.	Western Daily Press - Thursday 18 April 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 26 April 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 18 April 1867
23/04/1867	N	N	Western Gazette - Friday 26 April 1867
07/05/1867	N	George Blackler, landlord of the Clutton Inn, for selling beer after 10 o'clock at night. George Fussell of Midsomer Norton also fined for selling beer after 10 o'clock	Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 10 May 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 May 1867
21/05/1867	N	N	Sherborne Mercury - Tuesday 28 May 1867 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 24 May 1867
04/06/1867	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 06 June 1867
18/06/1867	N	Mark Chard, of Black Dog beerhouse, Timsbury - Joseph Payne and William James stole £8 from him. George Green, beerhouse keeper, Hinton Blewitt - open at prohibited hours.	Western Daily Press - Thursday 20 June 1867
02/07/1867	Thomas Brodribb of Paulton - allowing his donkey to stray onto the highway.	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 04 July 1867 Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 06 July 1867
16/07/1867	N	Bell Inn, Farmborough - a woman was thrown into a well opposite.	Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 20 July 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 19 July 1867
30/07/1867	N	Waggon and Horses, Temple Cloud, mentioned in passing in assault case.	Western Gazette - Friday 02 August 1867 Western Daily Press - Wednesday 31 July 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 01 August 1867
13/08/1867	N	Daniel Wilkins, of Bull Inn at Chelwood - leather stolen from his trap. License of Bell Inn, Ubley, endorsed until next Transfer day to William Oaks.	Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 16 August 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 17 August 1867
27/08/1867	N	William Chard, innkeeper, of Temple Cloud - house open at prohibited times.	Western Gazette - Friday 30 August 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 29 August 1867
10/09/1867	N	Thomas Cook stole glasses from the Stones Cross Inn, Midsomer Norton, property of Elizabeth Millard.	Bristol Mercury - Saturday 14 September 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 12 September 1867
24/09/1867	N	N	Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 28 September 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 26 September 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 27 September 1867
08/10/1867	Joseph Banfield when he was bailiff at Old Mills colliery.	N	Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 11 October 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 11 October 1867 Wells Journal - Saturday 12 October 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 12 October 1867
22/10/1867	N	Richard Clavey charged with stealing a whip, property of George Stallard, from the inn at Farrington Gurney George Harding charged with assaulting Adelaide Branch at the New Inn in Farmborough	Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 26 October 1867 Western Daily Press - Thursday 24 October 1867
05/11/1867	William Creese, Mary Creese, James Rose, Silverthorne Stokes, Eliza Stokes - of Newtown, Paulton - drunk in front of the Red Lion Inn	N	Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 08 November 1867 Western Gazette - Friday 08 November 1867
19/11/1867	N	N	Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 23 November 1867 Wells Journal - Saturday 23 November 1867
03/12/1867	N	N	Western Daily Press - Thursday 05 December 1867 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 06 December 1867
17/12/1867	N	N	Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 20 December 1867 Somerset County Gazette - Saturday 21 December 1867
31/12/1867	N	James Salmon, farmer and beer seller of Midsomer Norton - charged with assault.	Bristol Times and Mirror - Wednesday 01 January 1868 Western Gazette - Friday 03 January 1868 Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 03 January 1868

1900s

Date	Paulton Pubs	Other Pubs	Source
19/06/1900	The license of the Red Lion Inn, Paulton, was transferred from William John Allward to Walter David Butler	license of the Butchers Arms, Farmborough, transferred from Joseph Hillier to Herbert Sheard William Foxwell, of Chilcompton, disorderly at the Old Down Inn on June 3.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Saturday 23 June 1900

1910s

Date	Paulton Pubs	Other Pubs	Source
17/07/1917	Mr. W. J. Bryant, licensee of the Red Lion Hotel, Paulton, made an application for the sale of intoxicating liquors at the athletic ground, Paulton, on the occasion of the annual fancy dress parade carnival in aid of the Paulton Hospital and other charitable institutions, to be held at Paulton on Tuesday, August 7. Police Supt. Ford supported the application, and stated that it was conducted quite properly last year and he had no complaint whatever and no objection to the granting of the license from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. - The license was granted.	Tom Farrant, licensee of the Warwick Arms, Clutton - failing to send his children to school.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 20 July 1917

1920s

Date	Paulton Pubs	Other Pubs	Source
30/06/1925	License of the Red Lion transferred from William Joseph Bryant to Frederick Nelson Ashman - well known secretary of the Paulton Rovers Football Club	N	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 03 July 1925
31/05/1927	Mr. F. N. Ashman, licensee of the Red Lion, granted an occasional license from 2.0 to 9.30pm for the sale of intoxicants in a field on the occasion of the annual Friendly Societies fete and sports to be held at Paulton on Whit-Monday	Mr. Bert Salmon, of the Ring of Bells Inn, Compton Martin	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 03 June 1927
25/06/1929	Tom Simmons, licensee of the Red Lion, granted an extension of one hour from 19 pm to 11 pm on the occasion of the first annual dinner of the Excelda Lodge, R.A.O.B to be held on Wednesday, July 3rd.	N	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 28 June 1929

1930s

Date	Paulton Pubs	Other Pubs	Source
22/01/1935	Tom Simmons granted an extension from 10pm to 11pm for the sale of intoxicating liquours on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Paulton "Excelda" Lodge of the R. A. O. B. in the Red Lion Hotel, Paulton, on the 2nd Feb.	Mr George Hatch, of the Queen's Arms, Chew Magna, granted extension on occasion of a skittles club dinner.	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 25 January 1935
26/11/1935	Mr F. Bennett, of the Red Lion Hotel, Paulton, granted an extension from 10pm to 11pm on the occasion of the Paulton Homing Society annual dinner.	Mr. Penney, of the Farrington Gurney Inn, granted an extension from 10pm to 11pm on the occasion of the annual fat stock show dinner	Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 29 November 1935