Postcode
GL50-53 - C-F - Cheltenham
Cactus
Jacks, High Street
See Coopers
Arms
Calcutta
Inn, 126 Gloucester Road, GL51 8NS
The Calcutta
Inn had an annual rateable value of £20.5s.0d. in 1891 and 1903. The
Calcutta Inn closed in Summer 1999. After lying empty for over four years
the Calcutta was finally demolished in the Winter of 2003.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Edward Jennings (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £20.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1903: £20.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished – residential flats being built on site (Summer 2004)
Heritage:
West Country Ales plaque stolen before demolition
Landlords:
1878 Edward
Butler
1883 J.B.
Butler (Mrs)
1891 Thomas
Wheeler
1903 Joseph
Marsh
1939 John J.
Marsh
1999 Joe
Cassidy
Caledonian
(Brewery) Inn, 60 Swindon Road, GL50 4AY
The
Caledonian Inn last traded in about 1982. At the time of closure it was a
gay bar. It was also a Whitbread pub. For over 20 years the pub has been
allowed to deteriorate and is now in a very sorry state of dereliction. It
will probably be demolished when the Swindon Road is widened as part of
the northern relief road. With a little imagination it could have easily
been transformed into a thriving pub as it stands directly opposite the
front gates of the University of Gloucestershire (Francis Close Hall)
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Exors of John Swann (leased to Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £23.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £23.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still standing but in a very dilapidated state. A tree is growing
through the roof!
Landlords:
1870 W.
Holland (Caledonian Brewery)
1883 H.
Knight - listed as a brewer (Caledonian Brewery)
1891 James
William Bowd
1903
Frederick John Marshall
1919,1927
Rose Emley Cooper
1939 Joseph
Cooper
Cambridge
Inn, North Street, GL50 4DJ
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Edgar Flower (Flowers & Sons, Stratford on Avon)
Rateable
value in 1891: £38.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Flowers & Sons, Stratford on Avon
Rateable
value in 1903: £38.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished – site now occupied by part of Littlewoods Stores.
Landlords:
1885 Donald
Furguson
1891 John
Franklin
1902,1903,1906 John Henry Bullock
1919 James
Baldwin
1927,1939 Hy.
Herbert G. Carrick
Carlton Bar,
Hewlett Street ?
It is
probable that the Carlton Bar was named after the old Carlton Brewery off
Hewlett Street (now Hewlett Road). The Carlton Brewery was acquired by the
Anglo-Bavarian Brewery. The exact location of the Carlton Bar, however, is
not yet known. It must have been very near to the Hewlett Inn. There is no
record of the Carlton Bar in 1891.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1903: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Rateable
value in 1903: £25.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1903 George
Capon
Carpenters
Arms, Beaufort Place, Portland Square,
Listed at 6
Beaufort Place in 1926 and 1939 Kelly's Directories. There is a reference
to a Carpenters Arms in Portland Street in 1878. The Carpenters Arms
closed c.1941.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mrs Williams (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Stephen James (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Private residence
Heritage:
Landlords:
1870 Joseph
John Dicks
1878 John
Allen
1883 E. Roff
(Mrs)
1891 Allen
Taylor
1903 Stephen
James
1926,1939
Arthur Hy. Andrews
Carpenters
Arms, Henrietta Street
Only one
reference.
Landlord:
1856 J.
Randall
Cat and
Fiddle, 63 Whaddon Road, GL52 5NE
Large red
bricked building built by West Country Breweries. It was acquired by
Arkell's Kingsdown Brewery of Swindon in 1999. It is near to Cheltenham
Town Football Club.
Landlord:
1999-present
day Graham Elliot
Central Inn,
17 Bennington Street, GL50 4ED
17
Bennington Street in 1939 directory.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mrs Farr (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Flowers & Sons, Stratford on Avon
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903:
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Heritage:
Landlords:
1870 William
Green
1878 Frank
Palmer
1883 C.
England
1885 George
Parker
1891 Donald
Ferguson
1903 Charles
William Miles
1926 Charles
Radway
1939
Florence Radway (Mrs)
Clarence
Hotel, Clarence Street
19 Clarence
Street in 1856.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: James Samuel King (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £68.0s.0d
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: George Harry Pratley (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £68.0s.0d
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1830 Richard
Liddell
1856,1859
Robert Leader
1870 Richard
Mekin
1878,1883
James Samuel King
1885 John
Samuel King (sic)
1891 James
Samuel King
1902 William
Durham
1903,1906
George Harry Pratley
Clarendon
Ale and Porter Stores, Pittville Street
Only one
reference. Location not yet known
Landlord:
1878 Thomas
Cooke
Cleveland
Arms/Inn, Tewkesbury Road
The
directories of 1859, 1870 and 1891 refer to the Cleveland Arms. Listed at
18 Townsend Place, Tewkesbury Road in 1856 and 18 Tewkesbury Road in 1927.
The pub was once tied to Stibbs Cheltenham Steam Brewery in Albion Street.
The Cleveland Arms was on the junction with Cleveland Street. It was
demolished in the 1960's as part of the Tewkesbury Road widening scheme.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Stibbs & Co. (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £18.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891:
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse (six day licence)
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status: Demolished
Landlords:
1856,1859
Henry Markey
1870,1885,1891 George Stibbs
1902 Jane
Hands (manageress)
1903 Thomas
Morgan Thomas
1906 Henry
James
1919 Sam
Harper
1926,1927
Albert Cummings
Coach and
Horses Inn, Portland Terrace
The Coach
and Horses is listed as being at 8 Portland Terrace in 1883 and 3 Portland
Terrace in the 1939 Kelly's Directory. In 1906 Portland Terrace is
described as being opposite Leamington Place. This is now in Prestbury
Road between Portland Square and Albert Place. The Coach and Horses closed
in 1941.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: William Hoad (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Showell & Co., Oldbury, Staffs
Rateable
value in 1903: £18.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1856,1859
George Evans
1870 Martha
Evans (Mrs)
1878 Miss
Evans
1883,1891
William Hoad
1902 Henry
Bush
1903,1906
Albert Henry Browett
1926,1927
William T. Leonard
1936 Stephen
C. Birch
Cock
Listed as
221 High Street in Pigots Directory
Landlord:
1830 Jemima
Bonnewell
Colletts
Brewery, St. Pauls
Location
unknown but possibly connected with Engineers Arms where Benjamin
Ratcliffe is listed as occupier in 1891.
Landlord:
1885,1891,1902 - Benjamin Ratcliffe
Commercial
Arms, Gratton Terrace
Gratton
Terrace is off Great Norwood Street and is now known as Gratton Street.
The Commercial Arms was probably located on the corner with Commercial
Street. An 1878 reference gives the address as Commercial Street. The pub
was certainly brewing its own beer in 1883 when it was referred to as the
Commercial Brewery. There was no application for the renewal of the
licence in 1923.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mary Ann Alcock (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Mary Ann Alcock (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1878 William
Alcock
1883 T.
Coole (Commercial Brewery)
1891,1903
Joseph Martin
Compasses
Inn, New Street (Cavern / Nostalgia), GL50 3NF
On 31st
October 1995 the Compasses was renamed the Cavern. It is located on the
corner with Park Street. There is an old advertisement for Cheltenham
Ales, Wines & Spirits on the wall of the pub. It is situated next door to
the Flute n' Jig (Welsh Harp).
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £22.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as ‘Nostalgia’
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1859 Samuel
Bobbett
1870 Mrs
White
1878 Thomas
Wheeler
1885
Frederick Crowther
1891 John
Cavell
1902 Joseph
Evans
1903,1906
James Charles Pockett
1919 Lizzie
Cullen (Mrs)
1926 Geo.
Whittern
1939
Frederick A.M. Walter
1999 Lee
Sharpe
Continental,
Regent Street, GL50 1HA
70A Regent
Street in the 1939 Kellys Directory. This was on the western corner of the
High Street. This was the site of the beerhouse, owned by Mrs Underhay in
1891/1903, leased to Flowers & Sons of Stratford on Avon. In a later
reincarnation it became the Regents Bar until closure in the late 1970's.
It has now been converted to a shop.
Map
Reference:
Landlords:
1926 Arthur
Frederick Bunston
1939 Arthur
F. Bunstow
Cooperage
Inn, High Street, GL50 3HT
The
Coooperage Inn closed in 1907. The pub was situated at the present day 371
High Street (203 in 1900). The premises is now occupied by A.J. Green,
printers. There is nothing to indicate that it was once a pub.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Corpus Christi College (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £22.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Corpus Christi College (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £22.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1878,1883,1891 William Compton
1903 Henry
Peck
Coopers
Arms, 47 High Street (Cactus Jacks), GL50 1DX
On the
Western corner of St. James Street. 65 High Street in original numbering
and now No.47.
The Coopers
Arms was completely destroyed by a fire on March 26th 1909 and rebuilt on
the same site by the Original Brewery.The Coopers Arms is still licensed
and now trades as Cactus Jacks, an American theme pub. This is most
incongruous as the rebuilt Coopers Arms has a superb green tiled exterior
with the legend 'Wines & Spirits, Ales & Stouts’ still clearly visible.
Perhaps when the Cactus Jack concept is time expired it might return to
its proper role of a traditional English pub.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £30.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £30.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as Cactus Jacks
Heritage:
Green tiled exterior with ‘Wines & Spirits’ ‘Ales & Stouts’ lettering,
West Country plaque
Phone:
Landlords:
1859 William
Sunner
1870 William
Marsh
1878 William
Henry Hall
1883 M.M.
Freeman
1885 Peter
Hand Wydell
1891 Sidney
Tibbles
1902 Daniel
Long
1903 Sarah
Truman
1906 Alfred
Baldwin
1919 Arthur
J.R. Jenkins
1926,1927
Millicent Jenkins (Mrs)
Coopers
Arms, Winchcomb Street
Only one
reference
1856 R. Bown
Cotswold
Hotel, 17 Portland Street, GL52 2NZ
9 Portland
Street in 1885 and now 17 Portland Street. Established c.1820. The
Cotswold has lost its hotel status and now trades as the Cotswold Inn. It
has been tied to Wadworth of Devizes since 1964. It was refurbished in the
early 1980's but I remember it as a favourite real ale haunt of the mid
1970's when the Wadworth ales were sold direct from the wooden cask. I
recall that the bar was long and narrow and it retained gas lighting. It
also got very busy and claustrophobic but it certainly had character.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mary Wood (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £76.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Mary Wood (leased to Salt & Co., brewers, Burton on Trent
Rateable
value in 1903: £76.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as Cotswold Inn
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1870,1878
Joseph Newport
1883,1885,1891 Alexander Edwin Green
1903,1906
Thomas Hughes Sparrow
1919 Joseph
Percy
1926,1939
Donald King Higgs
1970's
(dates unknown) Con and Peggy Carroll
1998 Paul
Moody
Cotswold
Stores, Suffolk Road
5 Suffolk
Road in 1891 Cheltenham Post Office Directory. The last pints were pulled
at the Cotswold Stores in 1929.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Charles Garton & Co., Bristol
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlord:
1883,1891,1903 William Hayward
Crispin Inn,
New Street, GL50 3LN
11 New
Street in 1926 directory. Thomas and Letitia Coombe are recorded as the
owners of the Kemble Brewery Inn in 1891 and 1903 respectively. The
licence of the Crispin Inn was refused in 1929
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Thomas Coombs (see Kemble Brewery Inn, free from tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Letitia Coombs (see Kemble Brewery Inn, free from tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1891 William
Williams
1903 Thomas
C.G. Jenkins
1926 Harry
Turner
Cross Inn,
Townsend Street
Only one
reference. Probably refers to the Golden Cross
Landlord;
1870 B.
Brookes
Cross Keys,
High Street
Listed as
being at 214 High Street in 1830 Pigots Directory
Landlord:
1830 Robert
Smith
Cross Keys,
Tewkesbury Road
There must
have been a brewery at the Cross Keys because the 1856 directory refers to
the Cross Keys Brewery. It was later acquired by the Cheltenham Original
Brewery. 8 Townsend Place in 1856 reference and 8 Tewkesbury Road in 1939
directory. Demolished when Tewkesbury Road was widened.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £18.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £18.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status: Demolished
Landlords:
1856 J.
White
1859 John
Phillips
1870 James
Hogg (Cross Keys Brewery)
1878 Thomas
Mayall
1883 J.
Ponting
1891 John
Lane
1903 Charles
Taylor
1939
Ebeneezer Evans
Crown and
Cushion, Bath Road (Old Amsterdam), GL53 7HA
6 Bath Road
in 1919 directory and now numbered 10 Bath Road. The Crown and Cushion is
still trading but has recently changed its name to the 'Old Amsterdam’.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: William Sadler Hall, Royal William, Cranham
Rateable
value in 1891: £32.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: William Sadler Hall, Royal William, Cranham
Rateable
value in 1903: £40.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as ‘Old Amsterdam’
Phone:
Landlords:
1856,1870
James Horspool
1878,1883
James Price
1885,1891
Charles William Price
1891 H.
Clarke
1902,1903,1906 George Howell
1919 Frank
Hopton Davis
1926 Charles
B. Hawkins
1927 C.
Hawkins
1939 William
Hy. Thick
1999 Ash
Chakraborty (left May 10th)
2000 Annette
Walker
Crown Inn,
Upper Park Street, GL52 6SA
The Crown
Inn was known by regulars as the 'Little Crown’. The Crown is still
licensed but now trades privately as the Cheltenham Motor Club. The club
sells real ales.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Sophia Hambling (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Walter L. Hambling (tied to Henry Dredge)
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as ‘Cheltenham Motor Club’
Phone:
Landlords:
1857 A.
Hambling
1891 Sophia
Hambling
1903 Edward
Hogg
1939
Frederick Thomas Robins
Crown
Inn/Hotel, High Street
113 High
Street in 1906 Kellys directory. The site of the old Crown Hotel is now
occupied by Top Man.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mitchell & Co.,Brewers, Birmingham
Rateable
value in 1891: £136.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Mitchell & Co.,Brewers, Birmingham
Rateable
value in 1903: £136.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status: Demolished – site now occupied by ‘Top Man’
Phone:
Landlords:
1830 Charles
Marshall (Crown Inn, High Street)
1856 J.
Waine
1859 Thomas
Studd
1870 John
Evans
1871 John H.
Evans (aged 49)
1878,1885
George Capon
1891 John
Edward Chambers
1903 Hubert
Withey
1906 Alfred
Ogborn
1919 Fred
D'Arcy Bearuph
1927 William
Alfred Pimley
1939
Sylvanus Windridge
1955 Rt.
Edwards
1957 Albert
W. Short
Derby and
Stafford Arms, Lower Alstone
No other
information
Landlord:
1878,1883
James Smith
Devonshire
Brewery Inn, High Street, GL50 3JE
The
Devonshire Brewery stood on the western corner of Devonshire Street. When
it closed in 1927 it was known as the Devonshire Inn. It was numbered 291
and was renumbered 352. The building is now a shop and there is nothing to
indicate that the small building was once a pub.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: John Vanstone Moles (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: John Vanstone Moles (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £18.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1883 Leonard
H. Warren - listed as a brewer
1891
Charlotte Matilda Warren
1903 George
William Francis
1926 Annie
Skidmore (beer retailer)
Dewdrop Inn,
Townsend Street
Believed to
have been on the eastern side of Townsend Street.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Representatives of Joseph Simmonds (leased Cheltenham Original
Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870,1878 J.
Simmonds
1885
Elizabeth Boyce (Mrs)
1891 George
Bullock
1903
Frederick Lewis
Dobells
See the St.
Albans Inn.
Dolphin Inn,
St. Georges Street
A Cheltenham
Directory of 1906 gives the location as being between 14 and 15 St.
Georges Street with the numbers running consecutively from 1-20.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: William Edwards (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: William Edwards (leased Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd, Wickwar Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1856 E.
Yearsley (Mrs)
1859,1870
John H. Plaister
1878 Joseph
Cooke
1883,1885,1891 William Young
1902 Arnold
Halsey
1903,1906
William John Cooke
1919 W.H.
Seager
Double
Barrel, Salisbury Avenue, Warden Hill
Early 1960's
brick built estate pub. In the 1980's it changed it's name to the Pot and
Canon but has since reverted back to its original name.
Dove and
Rainbow Inn, Burton Street, GL50 3NE
The Dove and
Rainbow was the sole outlet for Tayler’s Cotswold beers from Northleach
in Cheltenham. It was adjacent to the Welsh Harp Inn. 34 Burton Street in
1939 Kellys directory.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: John Hoult (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Tayler & Co, Cotswold Brewery, Northleach
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Private house
Landlords:
1870 Richard
Best
1878,1883
Jane Best
1891 Joseph
Young
1903 Charles
Frank Morgan
1939 William
James Morgan
Dublin &
Bath Stores, High Street
There is a
reference to the Dublin & Bath Hotel in Gwen Hart’s 'A history of
Cheltenham’.
Dublin
Stores
An 1870
reference where the landlord was Henry Hulbert. He was later at the
Original Stout House in St. Georges Place. This might have been the same
premises.
Landlord:
1870 Henry
Herbert
Duke of
Brunswick, St. Pauls Road, GL50 4EZ
57 St. Pauls
Road in 1939 directory. On the eastern corner with Brunswick Street. The
pub had been acquired by the Stroud Brewery Company by 1912. The building
still exists and has seen many usages since it was a licensed premises. A
few years ago it was a launderette but it has since been converted into a
shop.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Representatives of William N. Morgan (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Emily Augusta Palmer (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870,1878
William Nott Davies Morgan
1883,1891
John Palmer
1902,1903,1906 Emily Palmer (Mrs) (Emily Augusta Palmer in 1903)
1912 N.
Tyrell (Mr)
1919 Samuel
Henson
1939 George
E. Fletcher
Duke of
Sussex, 40 Swindon Road (was Pickled Duke, then Bar Cuba), GL50 4AS
On the
western corner with St. Pauls Street South. After many years of
languishing as an ordinary Whitbread back street local it was bought by
Mr. Cassidy in the late 1980's and for a decade traded as Cassidy’s Bar.
Arkell’s of Swindon acquired the pub in 1999. I had hoped that Arkell’s
would change the name back to the Duke of Sussex. During June 2000 it was
refurbished and new signs appeared heralding its new image - as the
Pickled Duke. However, it must be confessed that the name Duke of Sussex
is rather obscure so a slight modification was only to be expected.
However, an opportunity was lost as it would have been better named as the
Duke Dog which would have offered the opportunity for amusing pictorial
signage as well as being relevant to Swindon - the Duke Dog was an early
G.W.R. locomotive. But just over a year later the Pickled Duke sign was
removed and the pub was reborn as Bar Cuba. When I wrote to Arkells they
wrote: 'To compete on the High Street and fulfil a need of a majority of
customers in the young world of inner town centres, we have to attract
customers. We believe Bar Cuba will do this and sell beer and other drink
products.’ It appears that something went wrong as the pub closed soon
afterwards. Converted to residential flats in the late Summer of 2004.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £29.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £29.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Converted to residential apartments in the Autumn of 2004
Landlords:
1856,1859
William Watts
1870 Thomas
Morgan
1878 Daniel
Evans
1883,1885
William Wintle
1891 Frank
William Yeend
1891 J.
Barter
1902 William
Richard Mansell
1903 George
Speck
1906 Philip
Cooke
1919 William
Bradley
1926,1927
Joseph Smith
1939 Thomas
C. Turbyfield
2000 David
and Charmaine Reid
Duke of
Wellington, St. James Street
No other
information available.
Landlords:
1830 Thomas
Cleveland
1856 W.
Matthews
Duke of
York, Oxford Passage
On June 17th
1905 the Gloucester Journal reported of a meeting of the Gloucestershire
Licensing Committee who had concluded that the "house was unneccessary and
not easy of police supervision being up a passage.” Oxford Passage is the
small lane immediately to the east of the old Whitbread (Flowers) Brewery.
There is an old brick building along the passage in light industrial use
which might have possibly once been a pub (and brewery?).
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: James Merchant (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Phone:
Landlords:
1870,1878
John Ellis
1883 C.
Phipps
1891 John
Jakeway. Beerhouse. Cheltenham Original Brewery (owner James Merchant)
1903,1905
William Bradley
Dukes Head,
Duke Street
The Dukes
Head was once a rare outlet for Cirencester Brewery beers in Cheltenham.
66 Duke Street in 1878 reference, but 71 in todays numbering. It is not
yet known precisely when the Dukes Head closed, but it would appear to be
before 1941.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mary Hardy (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £13.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cirencester Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £13.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Terraced House – 71 Duke Street
Heritage:
Landlords:
1841,1851
Richard Savory
1861 Anne
Savory
1870,1871
Mary Hardy
1878 Henry
Morgan
1883,1891,1892 James Henry Morgan
1901,1902
William George Davis
1903,1911,1922,1927,1931 Reuben Lee (R. Lea in 1911,1922)
Early Dawn,
Lower High Street
Numbered 265
in 1900. The Early Dawn was situated on the western corner of Park Street.
The pub closed in 1927. For many years Tartaglia’s Cotswold Ice Cream
occupied the site.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: James Leighton (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £19.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870 Peter
Gardner
1878 Charles
James
1891 Charles
Stroud
1903 James
Brown
Eight Bells
Inn, Church Street (Two Pigs), GL50 3HA
Still
licensed and now trading as Two Pigs. Before the present identity it was
known as Kings and then Copperfields During this incarnation it had a
dubious reputation.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Exors. Of Chas. Harford (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £102.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Charles Lloyd Harford (leased Mitchell & Butlers, Birmingham)
Rateable
value in 1903: £104.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as ‘Two Pigs’
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1811 Moses
Yearsley (Eight Bells, High Street)
1830 Sarah
Baylis
1856,1859
Elizabeth Wilson
1870,1883
Mrs Wirdnam
1885 George
Burrows
1891 Samuel
William Barsby
1902 James
Foster
1903,1906
William Samuel Hawkes
1919 William
Charles Barrett
1926,1927
Harry Moseley
1939 Alfred
Evans
Elephant and
Castle, Tewkesbury Road, GL51 9BN
77
Tewkesbury Road according to 1939 Kellys directory. The now demolished
Elephant and Castle stood somewhere between Hope Street and the present
day Tewkesbury Road Post Office.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Joseph Troughton (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished
Landlords:
1870 Mrs E.
Taylor
1878,1883,1891,1903 Henry Cousins
1939
Frederick J. Reeves
Endeavour
Inn, North Place
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Elizabeth Maule (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891:
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903:
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Landlords:
1891 Thomas
Surman
1903 James
Dowdeswell
Engineers
Arms, St. Pauls Road (New Ale House),
The landlord
in 1891, Benjamin Ratcliffe, is also listed at the Colletts Brewery Inn,
St. Pauls. It is possible that the brewery might have been on the premises
prior to 1891. The pub was of unusual design. It appeared that the
building was minuscule as entry was made through a small brick extension
which fronted St. Pauls Road. At street level the rest of the building was
concealed by a wall and high hedge. It was something of a surprise,
therefore, to enter tardis-like into the actual pub. The Engineers Arms
traded briefly as the New Engineers and more recently as the New Ale
House. Unfortunately it closed down permanently in 2002 and was demolished
in the Spring of 2004. Large cellars were revealed during demolition.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £18.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished (Spring 2004)
Landlords:
1891
Benjamin Ratcliffe
1903,1906
Annie Matilda Walter
1919 Sidney
William Tibbles
1926,1927
Emily Tibbles (Mrs)
1939 Joseph
L. Johnston
Exmouth
Arms, 167 Bath Road, GL53 7LX
The twin
gabled and brick built Exmouth Arms is still trading and has been an
Arkell's of Swindon tied house since 1991. Behind the pub is a building
that resembles a brewery. The Exmouth Brewery is listed in the brewery
section.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Trustees of Joseph Wood (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £59.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Trustees of Joseph Wood (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £80.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading
Heritage:
West Country Ales ceramic plaque still in situ
Phone:
Landlords:
1830 John
Richings
1856,1859
Henry Leach
1870,1885
Joseph Wood
1891 James
Kitchen
1903,1906,1919 James Kitching
1926,1939
William John Woodhouse
1989,1999-
John Lerwill
Exmouth
Stores, Rotunda Terrace, Montpellier Street, GL50 1SW
19 Rotunda
Terrace in 1883 directory.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £25.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £25.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870 H.S.
Merchent. (Exmouth Ale and Porter Stores)
1883,1891
James Damrell
1903
Charlotte Sutherland
Express Inn,
Chapel Street, GL50 3LW
The Express
Inn was owned by Corpus Christi College of Oxford. The pub might have once
been called the Hole in the Wall which was listed at 5 Chapel Street in
the 1870's.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Corpus Christi College (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £18.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Corpus Christi College (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1891
Augustus Holtham
1903 Charles
Wellan
Fairview
Inn, Fairview Road, GL52 2EN
The
Kilminster family enjoyed a long association with the Fairview Inn.
Located at 96 Fairview Road in 1939 Kellys directory. The Fairview Inn was
demolished in 1981 and the site is now the entrance to Fairview Close.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: William Kilminster (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: William Kilminster (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status: Demolished. Site occupied by the entrance to Fairview Close
Landlords:
1870,1883,1891,1903 William Kilminster
1939 Harry
Kilminster
Farmers
Arms, Worcester Street
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Elizabeth Maule (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1891 Harry
Nash
1901,1903
Robert Henry Betteridge
Fiery Angel,
Hewlett Road
See the New
Inn (Pump and Optic)
Five Alls
Inn, 232 Bath Road, GL53 7ND
The Five
Alls was once tied to William Sadler Hall of Cranham but was later
acquired by Godsell & Sons of Stroud.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Robert Woodward (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Robert Woodward (leased William Sadler Hall, Royal William, Cranham)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading
Heritage:
West Country Ales ceramic plaque still in situ
Phone:
Landlords:
1870 David
White
1878 Job
Lyes
1881 Louisa
Lyes, widow (nee Gastrell)
1883 Mrs
Lyes
1891 John
Sims
1903 Louisa
Sims
1939 A.W.
Doane
Fleece
Hotel, High Street, GL50 3HJ
162 High
Street in 1830 directory. Situated in front of the Cheltenham Original
Brewery the Fleece Hotel was shamefully demolished with the neighbouring
Grammar School in 1967 and replaced with the ugly concrete shopping
precinct that is a constant reminder of the official vandalism endorsed by
Cheltenham planners in the 1960's. Rowe’s Illustrated Cheltenham Directory
of 1850 describes the Fleece Hotel: "adjoining Gardner's Original Brewery
is the Fleece Hotel, where every accommodation is afforded for families;
it is also well known as a Commercial and Coaching House. Mr Yearsley, the
proprietor, is also a wine merchant and possesses a stock of the choicest
vintages, the excellence of which has occasioned a well-earned celebrity
to attach to this hotel. On 'the road’ the Fleece Hotel of Cheltenham has
become a synoneme for comfort, good living, and the general excellence of
its appointments.”
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £297.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £340.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished – site occupied by shopping precinct
Landlords:
1830 Thomas
Hurlston (Fleece Inn)
1850 Mr.
Yearsley
1856 Jane
Corrie (Miss)
1859,1870
Henry Nicholls
1878 George
Jonas Atkins
1883 E. A.
Atkins
1885 George
J. Atkins (Mrs)
1891 Morris
Hart
1903,1906
Thomas Goldsworthy Mitchell
1919 M.
Collins (Miss) (manageress)
1927 I.F.
Bishop (Miss) (manageress)
Folly Inn
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: James Leighton (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Present
status:
Landlord:
1891 James
John Yeend
Foresters
Arms, Grosvenor Street
4 Grosvenor
Street in 1878 reference. Godsell & Sons of Stroud acquired the Foresters
Arms but the licence was refused when they owned the pub.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Robert Burge (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Exors. Of Robert Burge (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £20.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870 James
Clew
1878 Thomas
Burge
1883 C.
Sallis
1891 John
Lane
1903 Tom
Perry
Fountain
Inn, Northwick Place, Bath Road
28 Upper
Bath Road in 1927 reference. The Gloucestershire Echo reported on 10th
March 1927 that "the house was conducted in a model way and was kept
scrupulously clean and beautifully kept.” However, the license of the
Fountain Inn was refused in 1929.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Samuel Phipps (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £25.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Samuel Phipps (leased Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery,
Stroud)
Rateable
value in 1903:
Type of
Gloucestershire Pubs