Shakespeare Inn

I come from a family that has two common themes. One being a strong military/navy theme which I have an interest in, but have no inclination to pursue (although I did pass officer selection to the Australian Military Academy - Duntroon). The other is in the pub and ale trade, and back in the day my great-great-grandparents were the publicans of the Shakespeare Inn in Bristol. Actually, my great-grandparents met in the pub and quite possible conceived my grandmother there. Not that this probably interest you that much!

Come forth a hundred or so years and whilst surfing through Wikipedia I stumble across an entry for the pub. I know the pub is in the center of Bristol and I have even had a pint there, but I did not realise that it was 'inherently' notable? Does anybody know much about the history of the pub? I'm not really interested in genealogy as such, but when there's a pub involved my interest tends to increase.

I should also add that my experience with adding knowledge to Wikipedia have been largely unsuccessful. Apparently the best kebab shop in London - "The Kebab Machine" is not notable. Many of us Brook Green residents disagree.

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Update: Some geezer has submitted a review of the 'Kebab Machine' here. From reading it, he obviously does not know what he is talking about (bland meat my ass). Also my original wikipedia musings have survived on this mirror here.