-: The Bag o' Nails  :- History Page

The Bag O’ Nails wasn't always a pub; In 1861 it was occupied by Thomas Emmery, a plasterer.  Its postal address was formerly given as no. 25 Woodwell Crescent, St.George’s Road.  Woodwell Crescent is no more and appears to have become a part of St.George’s Road. In 1862 it became a Pub The AMERICAN EAGLE Here, thanks to Bristols Lost Pubs Is a list of the licencees from then until the mid Seventies :   1862 - 1872               Charles Thorne  1874 - 1880               George Garraway  1881 to 1885              John Colwell  1886                          C. Spratt 1887                          F. Whittard  1888                          Jesse Rogers  1889 - 1891               Rosalie Bolt  1892 - 1896              George Garraway 1897 - 1899              George Gully  1901 - 1906              Henry Dent  1909                         Arthur Cayless  1914 - 1925              Annie Thrush 1928 - 1935             Charles Whitmarsh  1937 - 1938             Albert Crawshaw  1939 - 1944             Christina Crawshaw 1950 - 1952             William Oxley  1952                        Ernest Lewis Boyce  1975                        A. G. Walker      In 1997  The AMERICAN EAGLE became The Bag O’ Nails