Gloucestershire Pubs 

Postcodes GL1 - 4    Gloucester  D to K

Deans Walk Inn, St. Catherine Street

Early 18th century pub. It was flooded in the height of the 1947 when it is shown in photographs to be tied to the Cheltenham Original Brewery. 86 St. Catherines Street in the 1957 town directory.  The Deans Walk Inn, often called the Quart Pot, is situated by the Railway Bridge (Gloucester- Cardiff line). In recent years a large rugby ball has emerged from the roof!

1. 1906 C. Hopkins

2. 1936, 1939 George H. M. Masters

3. 1957 William A. Bell

4. 1997 Bruce Drake

Denmark Arms, London Road

Referred for compensation 3rd February 1919. No location given.

1. 1906 C. Hart

Dial Inn, St. Marys Square - see Sundial Inn

Dolphin Inn / Vaults, Northgate Street

21 Northgate Street in 1906 directory. In that year it was leased to Smith's Brimscombe Brewery. The Dolphin Inn was referred to the compensation authority 'as not being required to meet the wants of the neighbourhood' in March 1906. The simple bricked built pub was demolished in the early 1930's to make way for the extension to the Bon Marche store.

1.  1822/3 Thomas Hyett

2.  1830 Thomas Cook

3.  1856 W. Clutterbuck

4.  1859 O. Clutterbuck

5.  1885 Joseph Mann

6.  1902 Frederick William Allen

7.  1906 Mrs Jane Loveridge

8.  1908 Mrs A. Etheridge

Double Gloucester Inn, Cheltenham Road

82/84 Old Cheltenham Road. Built in the late 1930's. Still trading

1. 1939 Arthur Malcolm Humphrey

2. 1957 Albert Rt. Payne

Ducie Arms, Longsmith Street

The Ducie Arms was probably once known as the Bolt. A report in a local newspaper (date unrecorded but c.1906) describes the Ducie Arms as "being frequented by women of bad character... that drunken persons were seen coming out at closing time, that there was filthy language, fighting, general disorderly behaviour and indecency outside."

1. 1885 Mrs Jane Taylor

2. 1902,1906 Frederick Ernest Miller

Duke of Gloucester, Quay Street

The Gloucester Licences submitted the Duke of Gloucester for compensation in December 1905 stating that: "we are decidedly of the opinion that, having regard to the character and necessities of the respective neighbourhoods, and that in the general interest of the public, the renewal of the license is not desirable." The owners of the Duke of Gloucester at this time was the Nailsworth Brewery. The site of the Duke of Gloucester is now intersected by the main ring road.

1. 1830 Mary Bea

Duke of Sussex, Lower Westgate Street

44 Lower Westgate Street in 1919 directory. 178 Westgate Street in 1936 listing. The Duke of Sussex was once tied to the Tewkesbury Brewery. Demolished.

1. 1830 Joseph Nicholls (The Duke, Westgate Street)

2. 1856,1859 and 1885  Francis Dutheridge

3. 1902, 1906 Henry Preedy

4. 1919 E. J. Ferris

5. 1927,1936 Henry J. Gosling

Duke of Wellington, Tredworth Road

72 Tredworth Road. The Duke of Wellington has been a pub for at least 400 years but not necessarily the same building. It once had its own brewery, possibly in the early 1880's. It was then acquired by Godsells & Sons of Stroud and then through acquisition it became a Stroud Brewery pub. It retained a 'men only' bar up until the 1970's.

1. 1906 E. D. C. Foxwell

2. 1917 - 1948 Albert Edgar Probyn

3. 1957 Henry Thomas Young

4. 1958 - 1990 Florence and Dave Pollard

5. 2002 Mark Carpenter

Duke of Wellington, Westgate Street

Referred to in 1830 (Pigot's Gloucestershire Directory)

1. 1830 Samuel Williams

Duke of York, Suffolk Street

3 Suffolk Street in 1957 town directory.

1. 1906 D. Cove

2. 1936,1957 George Alfred Jones

East End Tavern, Barton Street

66 Barton Street in 1957 directory - see East End Wine Vaults

East End (Wine) Vaults, Barton Street

66 Barton Street in 1936

1. 1885 Mrs M. Hyde

2. 1902 Charles Malone

3. 1906 Ernest May

4. 1919 Charles Davis

5. 1927 R.R. Mabley

6. 1936 W. E. Mustoe

7. 1939 Mrs E. Verney Mustoe

8. 1957 T. J. Townsend (East End Tavern)

Eastgate Vaults, Eastgate Street

5 Eastgate Street in 1919 directory, 10 Eastgate Street in 1939. The Eastgate Vaults was latterly known as the Market House.

1. 1906 A.D. Guy

2. 1913 - Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs, Stroud (old postcard)

3. 1919,1927 Charles James Dee

4. 1936,1939 Mrs Florence A. Dee

Elephant and Castle, Upper Quay Street

The Elephant and Castle was submitted to the compensation authority for closure on at least two occasions. The 'Citizen' reported in March 1906 that the 'public and family of the tenant used the same sanitary arrangements. At the side of the house was a passage leading to four cottages and the side entrance to the property was fenced off. There were seven licensed houses within 100 yards'. On 4th March 1913 it was said that there were '13 licensed premises within 250 yards.' The Elephant and Castle was tied to Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery, Stroud.

1. 1906 F. Alder

Excelsior Inn, George Street

6 George Street in 1936 directory and 4 George Street in 1957 city directory. The Excelsior Inn was demolished in 1979 but it had already been closed for a long time.

1. 1936 A. R. J. Raybould

2. 1939 Alfred Howell

3. 1957 S. P. Brookes

Fleece Hotel, Westgate Street

19 Westgate Street in 1936.Closed in 2002.There is a medieval undercroft beneath the Fleece Hotel which trades as the Monk's Retreat

1. 1830 Henry Haviland

2. 1856 H. Heyden

3. 1859 John Tandy

4. 1885 Frederick S. Cable

5. 1902 James Samuel King

6. 1906 Albert F. Eberle

7. 1919 Samuel James Rich

8. 1927 Major. W. Stoyle

Fleece Hotel, Wotton Pitch (off London Road)

The Fleece hotel at Wotton Pitch was demolished at the beginning of 1965 because of its poor structural condition. A temporary replacement was provided in the form of a 'terrapin' prefabricated building. This even featured in HTV news. The temporary pub even had hand-pulled beer! Unfortunately the replacement Fleece pub never materialised. The site is now occupied by flats.

1. 1830 Samuel Barnard

2. 1856,1859 Joseph Seabright

3. 1872 owner Agg-Gardner, Cheltenham Original Brewery

4. 1885 Edward Byan Wight

5. 1902 Michael Buck

6. 1902 John Thomas Organ

7. 1906,1927 William Barrow Barnett

8. 1936,1957 William Dunbar Edwards 

Fortune of War, Kingsholm Road

Number 2 Kingsholm Road in 1919 directory. Believed to have been owned by Godsell & Sons of Salmon Springs, Stroud. The license was surrendered by Godsells so that 'new premises could be erected at the corner of Calton Road and Ladysmith Road to be known as the Calton Hotel.'

1. 1859 William Tilley

2. 1885 Alice Amelia Tilley

3. 1902 George Richards

4. 1906 Mrs S. A. Richards

5. 1919 Charles Harcourt

6. 1927 Frederick C. Butler

Fountain Inn, Westgate Street

17th century pub located at 53 Westgate Street. The original street number was 27. It is possible that a tavern was on the site as early as the 13th century. The pub was once used by Jacobite rebels who held clandestine meetings in the upstairs room. The story goes that William of Orange rode his horse up to the Jacobites meeting room to show his contempt for their cause. A legend is enshrined in a plaque overlooking the courtyard with the motto: 'Dieu defend le droit. GVLIELMVS III. I believe that it was once tied to Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs, Stroud.

1. 1830 Henry Knust

2. 1856 T. Upton

3. 1885 John Cameron

4. 1895 Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs, Stroud

5. 1902 Edwin Pollard

6. 1919 John Lane

7. 1927,1939 William O. C. Morse

8. 1957 W. G. Hope

Fox and Elm, Stroud Road

Opened in 1958 by the Stroud Brewery. A photograph of the new pub shows an interesting inn sign consisting of a model fox standing on a branch of an elm tree. The signs on the pub advertise Cotswold Beers, a reference to the Stroud Brewery. Only a few months after the opening of the Fox and Elm the Stroud Brewery was amalgamated with the Cheltenham brewery to form West Country Breweries. In the 1980's the pub changed its image and a new name was given to the pub - the Blinkin' Owl. Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries acquired the pub in the 1990's and have reverted the pub back to the Fox and Elm and  it is now back to a community estate pub selling excellent Banks's beers.

1. c1970-c.1980  Russell and Doreen Head (tenants for 15 years)

Fox, Mercers Entry, Westgate Street

Mentioned in 1830 Pigot's directory. A later reference in 1859 gives the address as Fox Court. No other details.

1. 1830 Ann Abell

2. 1856 J. Griffiths

3. 1859 Thomas Pinnock

Gladiator, Tuffley Lane

2-bar estate pub built in 1967.

1. 1999 Roger Sullivan

Glevum Inn, Oxstalls Way

Built by West Country Breweies in the late 1950's. Brick built pub catering for the Longlevens estate. A West Country Ales ceramic plaque remains in situ. The Glevum Inn is now a popular place for live entertainment.

1. 1997 Alan and Hilary Dodd

Globe Inn, Elmbridge, Barnwood

The location of the Globe Inn is not known. The Gloucester Journal reported on 17th January 1903 that Mitchell & Butlers, brewers of Cape Hill, Birmingham had requested the 'removal of a license now in force and held by William Short for the sale of beer to be drunk or consumed on or off the premises known by the name of the Globe Inn from the said premises intending to be erected on a piece of land 2,228 yards from the said Globe Inn.'

1. 1891 William Short. Beerhouse. Owner James Cugley

2. 1903 William Short. Beerhouse. Mitchell & Butler, Cape Hill, Birmingham

Globe Inn, Quay Street

The 1936 reference to the Globe Inn lists it as 1 Quay Street. The Globe Inn was renamed from the Union Jack c.1822.

1. 1830 Mary Penton

2. 1856,1859 Esther Maysey

3. 1885 Thomas Pierce

4. 1902,1919 John Dee

5. 1927,1936 Herbert Lapworth

6. 1939 H. G. Ingram

7. 1957 F. Matthews

Gloucester Hotel, George Street

Near the Great Western Railway station. The 1936 address of the Gloucester Hotel is the G. W. R. approach. The building is still standing and is now in commercial use. The front elevation has been altered. The main entrance on the corner of the property is now a window but the side door nearest the railway station has very faint writing 'licensed to sell beer, wines and spirits on or off the premises' (or words to that effect). Believed to be tied to Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery. It was probably one of Arnold Perrett & Co's most prestigious pubs.

1. 1856 Uwy Andrew Harrison

2. 1885 John Kirby Shrimpton

3. 1902 Henry J. Radford

4. 1906 Walter Danks

5. 1919 Henry George Kloss

6. 1927,1939 Roland King

7. 1957 Reginald E. C. Hale

Goat Inn, Llanthony Road

7. Llanthony Road. Near Gloucester Docks. The Goat Inn is still standing although it has been delicensed for many years. It is a two storey brick rendered building. On the side of the property there are no windows but there is a large square bearing the three words 'THE GOAT INN' in stone plastercast. The building is now in office use. The pub was once tied to Francis Wintle, Forest Brewery, Mitcheldean.

1. 1885 Sidney White

2. 1902 James Hogg

3. 1906 William Henry Jones

4. 1919 Daniel Minahan

5. 1936 R. J. G. Drew

6. 1939 George Harley

7. 1957 Hubert W. Robbins

Golden Cock, Hare Lane

1830 Pigot's Directory reference

1830 Edward Brainsford

Golden Heart, High Street, Tredworth

85 High Street, Tredworth. The Golden Heart is still trading and is a popular pub with its own function room called Porkies.. The exterior of the Golden Heart is interesting as it has small embellishments that are usually overlooked. Over the front door is a triangular shaped canopy which houses an ornamental plastercast Godsell & Son emblem; the malt shovel clasped in hand trademark. It is amazing to think that the Godsell's sign has been there for seventy years or more. It has been very well looked after and looks as good now as when Godsells ales could be actually drunk in the Golden Heart. At eye level at the same door are two letters carved either side of the entrance - a 'G' and a 'S'. Could this refer to Godsells, Stroud? There is also a West Country Ales plaque on the front of the building.

1. 1885 William Harris

2. 1902,1906 Frederick Arthur Harris

3. 1919 Mrs Maria E. Partridge

4. 1927 Charles Davis

5. 1936,1939 Jesse Robinson

6. 1957 R. A. Langley

Golden Heart, The Island, Westgate Street

100 Westgate Street in 1906 reference. This was in the area of Westgate called the Island. No other details.

1. 1906 E. Wood

Green Dragon, Southgate Street

26 Southgate Street; demolished c.1868 for construction of infirmary. When I was exhibiting at the Great Gloucestershire Heritage Show in August 2001 a gentleman showed me an original sign from the Green Dragon Inn which had been discovered in a cellar.  It was wooden and had not been restored but the words 'Home Brewed Ales' were clearly legible.

1. 1823 John Maundey (?) Wallop

2. 1830,1839 Joel John Tanner

3. 1856,1859 Henry Pearce

Gresham Hotel, Westgate Street

Originally on the corner of Berkeley Street and Westgate Street but was demolished to make way for the Shire Hall extension. It was owned by the Stroud Brewery in 1897. It later crossed the road and occupied the building which later became the Lamprey Hotel. No.56 Westgate Street in the 1920's. 32 Westgate Street in other references. Listed as the Gresham family and commercial hotel in 1919. It was sold in 1931 to the Cheltenham Original Brewery. (see Lamprey Hotel)

1. 1906 Mrs Sarah Hickman

2. 1919,1931 Fred Smiley

Greyhound Hotel, Eastgate Street

In the centre of Gloucester in the shadow of St. Michaels church near the Cross. 1 Eastgate Street. The license for the Greyhound lapsed in 1921.  The hotel was demolished and the Cadena Cafe was built on the site.

1. 1830 Maria Critchley

2. 1856,1859 John Ford

3. 1885 James Cooper

4. 1902,1906 Charles Matthews

5. 1919 Frederick Joseph Smiley

Hampden Inn, Wellington Street

Referred to in 1889. It was probably the same premises as Uncle Toms Cabin. No other details.

Harrow Inn, Northgate Street

Only one reference.

1. 1859 George Bower

Hauliers Arms, 230 Southgate Street (Baker Street)

230 Southgate Street is the modern address. The Hauliers Arms is still trading but is now known as Baker Street. The pub has retained its twin bay windows with sash windows.

1. 1856,1859 Thomas Clifford

2. 1885 George Thomas Beard

3. 1902 William Jones

4. 1906 Arthur William Hands

5. 1919 William G. Mendham

6. 1927 William Dowler

7. 1936 A.T. Marriott

8. 1939 William Bradbury

9. 1957 W. Ward

Heart of Oak, Columbia Street

One reference in 1860 but no other information.

Hope Inn, Barton Street

The Hope Inn was located at 62 Barton Street according to the listing in the 1957 Gloucester directory. The Hope Inn was originally called the Hope & Anchor. No other details at present.

1. 1856 O. Clutterbuck

2. 1859 Thomas Brewer

3. 1885 Richard Henry Sidlington

4. 1902 Frederick Burgwin

5. 1906 Joseph Margrett

6. 1919 Frederick James Griffin

7. 1927 William J. Gough

8. 1936,1939 Mrs Kate K. Abbott

9. 1957 Mrs D. K. Brint

Horse and Groom, London Road

12 London Road. The Horse and Groom was a tiny pub immediately to the south of the railway bridge in London Road. In fact the pub was literally in the shadow of the embankment leading to the bridge. It must have been demolished in the late 1970's. I can remember drinking there in 1978 when it was serving Ind Coope light mild on hand-pump brewed at the Romford brewery. The Horse and Groom had a long association with Ind Coope. It was Ind Coope who had acquired the Hatton's Northgate Brewery in George Street, Gloucester - a stone's throw away from the Horse and Groom. Arthur Hatton is listed as landlord at the pub in 1885.

1. 1885 Arthur V. Hatton

2. 1902,1906 Mrs Eliza Messenger

3. 1919 Herbert James Phelps

4. 1927 William James Byard

5. 1936 E.W. Jones

6. 1939 Alfred Aldhouse Wyburn

7. 1957 Thomas H. Critchley

Horse and Jockey, Sweetbriar Street

Only one reference in 1856. The Kingsholm Inn is often called the Horse and Jockey.

1. 1856 G. James

Imperial Inn, Northgate Street

The Imperial Inn is a small fronted pub in Northgate Street. The front facade of the Imperial is an architectural Victorian gem with glazed green tiles and etched bar windows. Mitchell & Butlers of Cape Hill, Birmingham built the facade of the Imperial with every attention to detail. There are two windows and a doorway on street level with decorative pillars in between each. Across the top of the two etched brewery windows is the name of the pub, Imperial Inn, in decorative tiles. On top of the door is a elaborate crest. The upper floor of the Imperial Inn is brick built but the transition between the tiled facade and brick is sensitively broken by decorative ironwork. The pub is owned by Bass who have resisted the temptation to fix modern signs over the frontage. The lines of the Imperial Inn are spoilt to a certain extent by the positioning of a modern pedestrian crossing traffic light just outside the front door. The interior has been refurbished over the years and the original three rooms were knocked into one room in 1985.

1. 1906 E. J. Long

2. 1919 Mrs Christine Hyde

3. 1927 John While

4. 1936 F. G. Capewell

5. 1939 William Hy. Eyre

6. 1957 Thomas S. Harris

7. 1973 Mary Bell

8. 1999 Tom Kennedy

Jet and Whittle, Shakespeare Avenue, Podsmead (Red Rooster)

The Jet and Whittle was built by the Stroud Brewery. The name reflected the links with Gloucester and the development of the jet engine at Gloster Aircraft Company.  The pub was acquired by the Stroud based Red Rooster in 1997 and changed the name to the Double Gloster. This enraged local resident Roger Daniels who told the Citizen (21 Nov.): "The lounge used to be called the Meteor Lounge and it was full of a lot of very valuable memorabilia - press cuttings and photographs of the first jet flights, headlines from original copies of the national papers. They're already renovating it - it would be an absolute crying shame if they just dumped all that or gave it away."  Just over one year later the pub changed its identity once more to the Red Rooster.

1. 1957 Harold Beighton

2. 1999 Sue Larby

King Edward VII, Longlevens

1. 2002 Chris Foster

Kings Arms, Hare Lane (Kings)

3 Hare Lane in 1939 Kelly's directory. The Tabard and Kings Arms pubs which were next door to each other amalgamated into one pub. The pub now trades as Kings and is a popular music venue for the younger drinking set. The modern address is 53 Northgate Street.

1830 John Miles (Kings Arms, Tewkesbury Street)

1. 1856 G. Hill

2. 1859 Matthew Gadfield

3. 1885 George Symonds

4. 1902,1906 William Rasbach

5. 1919 Ernest James Baldwin

6. 1927 William Horner

7. 1936,1939 Norman E. Brown

Kings Head, Westgate Street ('to the West of Three Cocks Lane')

1. 1856 William Churchill

Kings Head, King Street

An advertisement in 1873 reads: 'Kings Head Inn, King Street, Gloucester. E.J. Wilkes. Dealer in foreign wines and spirits. Home brewed beer. Well aired beds."

1. 1873 E. J. Wilkes (home brewed beer)

2. 1885 John William Sherwood

Kings Head Tap, St. Marys Street / Westgate

Kingsholm Inn, Kingsholm Road

8 Kingsholm Road in 1919 Kellys directory and present day address. It is still successfully trading. The Kingsholm Inn may have once brewed its own beer as there is a 1863 reference to the Kingsholm Brewery, It later became a tied house of Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs, Stroud and an early photograph in the pub proves it. On the outside of the pub on the northern wall is a modern advertising hoarding but behind that it is just possible to make out the faded paint of an old wall advert for, possibly, Stroud bottled beer. The pub is opposite Gloucester Rugby Football ground. Before the Kingsholm Rugby ground was built there was a small racecourse nearby and as a consequence the pub is still referred to on occasions as the Jockey. There is a reference to a Horse and Jockey in nearby Sweetbriar Street in 1856.

1. 1859 Sarah James

2. 1885 Miss Hannah S. Phillips

3. 1902 Frederick Smith

4. 1906 A. Edward Gardner

5. 1919,1927 Arthur Victor Byard

6. 1936,1939 Daniel A. Wyburn

7. 1957 W. Lawrence

8. 1997 Rob and Sandra Gough

9. 1997 (May) Danielle Gainsford and Rick Phillips

10. 2001 Keith Bryon and Mary Barnes

King William, Alvin Street

32 Alvin Street. The King William was referred for compensation in December 1905. It was a tied house of Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery

1. 1856 T. Owen

2. 1859 F. Hanman

3. 1885 James Stone

4. 1902 Mrs Louisa Jane Lane

5. 1906 Frederick Lewis Watkins