1 Union Street in 1927 directory. The Beaufort Hunt was on the corner of Union Street and Trinity School Lane. It closed on 10th February 1927 and was subsequently demolished.
Charles Garton & Co., Brewers of Lawrence Hill, Bristol were the owners of the Beaufort Hunt in 1891. Garton’s were taken over by the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery of Shepton Mallet in 1898, and the Beaufort Hunt became part of their expanding estate – a considerable distance from their Somerset brewery. The annual rateable value of the Beaufort Hunt was £15.5s.0d. in 1891 and 1903 and it was licensed as a beer house.
Landlords at the Beaufort Hunt include: (additional information courtesy Alan Jones)
1844 Edward Hunt
1847 Hunt & Co. Directory Edward Sutters listed as a “Beer Retailer” in Union Street
1848 Edwards Directory E. Sutters as above
1850, 1851 & 1852 Edwards Directories W. Stephens as above
1872 Royal Directory Mrs. Mary Stephens listed under “Union Street E. (Near Sherborne Street) East Side” as an “Innkeeper” at no. 1 – no pub name given
1878 Royal Directory listed under Union Street “1. M. Stephen” (but it does list the Union Inn by name
1891 Mary Stephens
1903 John Webb
1926 Mrs Emily Hampton
1926 & 1927 Kelly’s Directories listed under “Union Street West Side” is “1 Beaufort Hunt P.H. Mrs. Emily Hampton”