Postcode
GL50-53 - G-L - Cheltenham
Gamecock,
St. Margarets Road
The Gamecock
was a regency building which was on the corner of St. Margarets Road and
Monson Avenue. It was a popular pub in the 1950's within a stones throw of
the Cheltenham Brewery. It was demolished to make way for the West Country
Breweries offices - a modern tower block only recently vacated by
Whitbread. The licence was transferred to a new pub, also called the
Gamecock, on the ground floor of the office block. Just before it closed
in the early 1990's it was known as the Brewery Tap. The old Whitbread /
WCB office block was demolished in July 2004.
Garricks
Head, Bath Street, (Slak) GL50 1YE
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Ellen Aust (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Flowers & Sons, Stratford on Avon
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as ‘Slak’
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1870 John
Webley
1878 W.
Troughton (listed in Bath Street, no pub name)
1883 Mrs
Aust
1891 Ellen
Aust
1903 William
James Temple
1939 William
G. Cox
1999 Martin
Kenneally
George
Hotel, High Street
118 High
Street in 1830 Pigots directory. Rowes Illustrated Guide to Cheltenham in
1850 describes the George Hotel which "may be readily recognised by its
handsome portico covering the approach to the house, and affording a
convenient protection on alighting or entering carriages or public
conveyances. This house is fitted with every elegant and necessary
convenience, for the reception of private families and visitors, under the
careful superintendance of Mr. Fleischmann, whose general arrangements are
unquestionable. The coaching department is efficiently supplied, and every
facility afforded to persons who 'would resign the winding road for formal
line’”.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Jonadab McCarthy (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £29.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Jonadab McCarthy (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £29.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1830 William
Hughes
1850 Mr
Fleischmann
1870,1878
Jane Gunner (listed as George Hotel, Albion Street in 1870)
1878 W.H.
May (listed as George Temperance Hotel, High Street)
1883
Francois Metral
1885 Joseph
Bayley
1891 George
William Godsell
1902,1903,1906 Henry Fowles (Henry Daniel Fowles in 1903)
George Inn,
377 High Street
205 High
Street in 1927 The George Inn is still licensed but it is now the
Cheltenham Labour Club. It retains a magnificent Cheltenham Original
Saloon Bar etched brewery window which is probably unique. Several years
ago there used to be a second etched window facing the High Street but
that has sadly disappeared.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Corpus Christi College (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Corpus Christi College (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still licensed – Cheltenham Labour Club
Heritage:
The wonderful Cheltenham Original Brewery ‘Saloon’ window disappeared in
2003
Phone:
Landlords:
1830 William
Hands (Lower George, High Street)
1856 W.
Brunsdon
1859 William
Brunsdale
1870 Thomas
Houghton
1883,1891,1903,1906 John Hill
1926,1927
William Pope
1939 Hy.
Ball
Gladstone
Arms, 53 Sherborne Street, GL52 2JY
In the 1891
Cheltenham Post Office directory the address of the Gladstone Arms is
given as 34 Sherborne Street. The Gladstone Arms was one of only a handful
of pubs tied to Sadler Hall’s Cranham Brewery. Godsell's & Sons of Salmon
Springs, Stroud, later acquired the brewery and the pubs. The Gladstone
Arms was on the southern corner of Sherborne Street and Jersey Street. Now
a private residence.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: William Sadler Hall, Royal William, Cranham
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: William Sadler Hall, Royal William, Cranham
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status: Private residence
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1870 Mary
Stone (Mrs)
1878 Gregory
and Lawson
1883 E.
Merrett
1891 Eli
Merrett
1903 John
Hounslow
1939 Thomas
Leon Gaynor
Globe Inn,
North Street
4 North
Street in 1891 directory. The Globe Inn was demolished.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Young and Gilling (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £20.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £20.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1878 Eli
Merrett
1883,1885,1891 Frederick Hooper
1902,1903,1906 Charles Mitchell
1919 Arthur
William Painter
1926 Charles
G. Hall
1927 Thomas
Geo. Hall
1939 Charles
Geo. Hall
Gloucester
House Inn, Gloucester Place, GL52 2RN
20
Gloucester Place in 1883 and 1939. The building was last used as a centre
for small businesses but it is now derelict and boarded up. On the western
corner with Fairview Road.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Eliza Hall (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870,1883
Charles Hall
1891 John
Arkell
1903 Harry
Hill
1926 Charles
Frederick Hopkins
1939
Frederick Charles Hopkins
Golden Cross
Inn, Tewkesbury Road
It was
located on the junction with the Tewkesbury Road and Townsend Street, a
few yards away from the Adam and Eve.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mrs Williams (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £27.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £20.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished
Landlords:
1870 B.
Brookes (Cross Inn, Townsend Street)
1878 E.
Sprackman
1883 J.T.
Hayward
1891 Ann
Hayward. Beerhouse. Cheltenham Original Brewery (owner Mrs Williams)
1903,1926
John Davis
Golden
Heart, Lower High Street, GL50 3HU
Originally
numbered 224 High Street. The Golden Heart closed c.1896 and the premises
was subsequently used as a working mans club. By 1926 it had changed in
use to a butchers shop. Renumbered 413 it stood on the northern side of
the High Street in the vacinity of Poole Way.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Charles Garton & Co., Bristol
Rateable
value in 1891: £25.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1851
Elizabeth Long (aged 61)
1856,1859
James Brookes
1870 Richard
Barnett
1878,1885
James Barrett
1891 William
Valentine Butcher
Golden Lion,
Lower High Street, GL50 3HU
Numbered 215
High Street the premises was latterly No.393. It had been previously known
as the Roebuck Brewery/Inn. The Golden Lion closed in 1872. By 1883 it was
a tobacconist and for many years housed Green's Grocer Shop. It is now
occupied by Chicken Barbeque take-a-away.
Landlord:
1870 Henry
Goulding
Golden
Miller, Devon Avenue
Modern
estate pub built as part of the Rowanfield development (1950's ?)
Landlords:
1998 Gary
Busson
1999 Richard
Savory
Grafton
Brewery
This was the
off licence serving Benjamin Coombe’s Grafton Brewery. It had a license
to sell intoxicating liqour off the premises only. In 1903 the business
had been acquired by the Nailsworth Brewery.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Benjamin Coombe (free from brewery tie -brewing on the premises)
Rateable
value in 1891: £42.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only – probably selling bottled and
jugged beer)
Owner in
1903: Nailsworth Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £42.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only)
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Landlords:
1891
Benjamin Coombe
1903 John A.
Connelly
Grapes
Tavern, Gloucester Place
11
Gloucester Place in 1878
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870 Charles
Spring
1878 George
Bliss
1883 C.A.
Spring
1891 Jessie
Cook
1903 James
Richmond
Great
Western, Clarence Street (Jim Thompson's), GL50 3NX
40 Clarence
Street in 1939 directory. On the eastern corner of Clarence Street and
Crescent Place. It traded Corks Wine Bar. I recall the pub in the 1970's
when it was trading as the Royal Clarence - a Whitbread pub. The building
has recently been refurbished into Jim Thompson's Oriental bar. See
www.jimthompsons.com
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Jabez Dee (leased Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud)
Rateable
value in 1891: £46.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1903: £51.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still licensed – Jim Thompsons oriental restaurant
Heritage:
Two West Country Ales plaques still in situ
Phone:
Landlords:
1859 John
Griffin
1870 Daniel
Evans
1878,1885
Edwin Shipway
1891 Sarah
Woodhouse
1892 Miss E.
Woodhouse
1902 Herbert
Geo. Robertson
1903 James
Duffy
1906 James
Duff
1919,1927
Thomas Parker
1939 Geo.
Barnet Green
Green
Dragon, Albion Street
An 1872
reference describes the Green Dragon as being 'between Witcombe Place and
St. Johns School'. There is no mention of the Green Dragon in the 1891
licensing book.
1870 G.
Clissold
1872 H.C.
Harding
Greyhound
Inn, 198 Hewlett Road, GL52 6UQ
The
Greyhound Inn was completely rebuilt by West Country Breweries. It is a
typical brewery designed red bricked pub. The wooden door surrounds to the
front of the pub have small embellishments of the West Country castle
trademark. These are very easily overlooked. Unusually the Greyhound was
built without the familiar West Country Ales ceramic plaques laid into the
walls of the pub - at least there is no evidence of one ever being there.
A metal gate leading to the double skittle alley (the only one in
Cheltenham) has a 'castle’ within the decorative ironwork.
Owner in
1891: James Leighton (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £37.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £20.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Heritage:
West Country ‘castle’ emblem in door surrounds and in ironwork on side
gate
Phone:
Landlords:
1870,1878
Philip Cook
1883 Alfred
Lines
1885,1891
James Dowdeswell
1902 M.J.
Wheeler (Mrs)
1903,1906
Mary Grace Wheeler
1919 James
Bradshaw
1926,1927
Jane Bradshaw (Mrs)
1939 Jane
Walter (Mrs)
Greyhound,
North Street
There is no
reference to the Greyhound in the 1891 petty sessional divisional records
Landlords:
1830 John
Shotten
1856 Mrs A.
Goodrich
1859 George
Micklewright
Grosvenor
Brewery, Albion Street
Walter
William Spragg is recorded as licensee of the Royal Vaults in Albion
Street in 1926/1927 and the Grosvenor Brewery Inn in 1939. The pub was
located on the corner of Sherborne Place.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mary Ann Cooper (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £22.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Tied to Harry Warner
Rateable
value in 1903: £22.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1878 Edwin
Brawn
1883,1891
Mary Ann Cooper (listed as a brewer in 1883)
1891 Mary
Ann Cooper
1903 Henry
Bird
1927,1939
Walter William Spragg
Hanover Inn,
Hanover Street
The Hanover
Inn, an end of terrace building, has been closed since the 1970's. The
Whitbread era plastic / alloy 'Hanover Inn’ sign still remains in situ on
the side of the building.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: John Morgan (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £19.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Exors of John Morgan (leased Nailsworth Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903:
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Heritage:
Landlords:
1870 James
Bevan (Hanover Arms)
1878,1883
William Shore
1891 Thomas
Richard Launchbury
1903 Elisha
Hogg
1926 James
Kidd
1939 C.
Lewis
Harp Inn,
Lower High Street, GL50 3JD
Numbered 270
prior to renumbering, the Harp Inn stood on the eastern corner of the
junction with Grove Street on the southern side of the High Street. The
Shakespeare Inn is on the western corner of Grove Street. The Harp has
been demolished for many years and the tiny site is now occupied by
advertising hoardings.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: John L. Righton (leased to Cripps, Cirencester Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished
Landlords:
1870 Solomon
Surman
1878 William
Chevalier
1883 Job
Minty
1891 William
Wheeler
1903
Frederick Grinnell
Hatherley
Inn, 293 Hatherley Road, GL51 6HT
The
Hatherley Inn was once tied to George Stibbs’ Albion Steam Brewery of
Albion Street. The building has been enlarged and much altered over the
years. The name was changed to the Three Crowns in the late 1980's but has
recently reverted back to the ‘Hatherley’.
Map
Reference: SO 919210
Owner in
1891: George Stibbs, Cheltenham Steam Brewery, Albion Street
Rateable
value in 1891:
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £27.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as the ‘Hatherley’.
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1870 William
Verrinder
1883 William
Newman
1885 Henry
White
1891,1903,1906 Jacob Stafford
1919 Alfred
John Chapman
1926,1927
Albert Victor Peugh
1939 A.C.
Arundell
1998 Shirley
Howard
Haymaker,
Windyridge Road, Wymans Brook
Modern
estate pub opened by Courage Brewery in the early 1980's.
Hereford
Arms, 48 Winchcombe Street, GL52 2ND
Numbered 77
Winchcomb Street in 1878 directory.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mrs Baxter (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £34.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Henrietta Russell (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £41.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1878,1883 E.
Felton
1891,1903
Frank Felton
Hewlett
Arms, Harp Hill, GL52 6QG
At the foot
of Harp Hill near the junction with Hales Road. The Hewlett Arms is still
successfully trading. It has a distinct country pub feel about it with
pleasant outdoor drinking areas.
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1891,1903,1926 John Shemmal Green
1939 William
E. Green
1975 Harold
Gould (chairman of the Cheltenham Licensed Victuallers Association)
2000 Jim and
Maria Jennings
Hewlett Inn,
Hewlett Street
No.
11Hewlett Street in 1891 Cheltenham Post Office Directory. Hewlett Street
later became known as Hewlett Road. The license was refused in 1929. It is
likely that the Hewlett Inn was located near to the now closed Esso
Service Station. The Carlton Brewery was nearby.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mrs Pardoe (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Mrs Pardoe (tied to Henry Dredge)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870 William
Mills
1870 John
Witcomb
1891,1903
Thomas Peart
High Street
Wine Vaults
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Stone, King and King (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £76.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse (six day licence)
Owner in
1903: R.W. Miller & Co., Stokes Croft, Bristol
Rateable
value in 1903: £63.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse (six day licence)
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1891 Charles
Frederick Mills
1903 George
Albert Hawkins
Hole in the
Wall, Chapel Street, GL50 3LW
5 Chapel
Street in 1878 reference. Not mentioned in the 1891 petty sessional
divisional records. Possibly the same pub as the Express Inn
Map
Reference:
Landlords:
1870 James
Daniels
1878 J.A.
Morris
Hop Pole
Inn, 22 Gloucester Road, GL51 8PQ
At one time
the brick built Hop Pole Inn stood opposite the Cheltenham Gas Works but
the site has been redeveloped and is occupied by Tesco supermarket. A
plaque on the wall commemorates the old Cheltenham and Gloucester tramway
which terminated near the site.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: James Leighton (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Exors of James Leighton (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading
Heritage:
Two West Country Ales ceramic plaques in situ
Phone:
Landlords:
1870 Matilda
Roberts
1878,1891,1903, Daniel William Parker
1939 Albert
Nairne
Horse and
Groom, St. Georges Place, GL50 3JZ
12 St.
Georges Place in 1939 Kellys directory. The Horse and Groom is immediately
behind Cheltenham town library.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Heritage:
the words 'Horse and Groom' can be seen carved in stone on the front of
the building.
Phone:
Landlords:
1870,1878
James Ingles
1883 J.
Coates
1891 Charles
Clement Craddock
1903 Alfred
Curtis
1939 Raymond
O. Franklin
Horse and
Groom, St. James Street
In the 1885
Kellys directory the address of the Horse and Groom is given as 20,
Longdon Place, St. James Street. The Horse and Groom was tied to Mitchell
& Butlers of Cape Hill, Birmingham. Believed to have been on the eastern
side of the street which has now been demolished. St. James Street car
park now occupies the site.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mitchell & Co., Birmingham
Rateable
value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Mitchell & Co., Birmingham
Rateable
value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870 Samuel
Grinnell
1878 James
Lugg
1883 John
Nurden
1885 Charles
Knight
1891 Joseph
Jenkins. Alehouse.
1902,1903,1926 Emily Draper (Mrs)
1927 Albert
Joseph Porter
1939 Ewart
F. Tyler
Jolly
Brewmaster, 39 Painswick Road, GL50 2EZ
The British
Union changed its name in 1961 to the Jolly Brewmaster. It is still
successfully trading.
Map
Reference: SO 944214
Owner in
1891: Flowers & Sons, Stratford on Avon
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Flowers & Sons, Stratford on Avon
Rateable
value in 1903: £20.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading as Jolly Brewmaster
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1856 J.
Gardner
1856,1870
James Tansell
1878 J.G.T.
Harris
1883,1891,1903,1906 Edward Thomas
1919 William
Hammond
1926,1939
Louis Whittle
1961 Mr.Bird
1972/1973
Eric Weston
c.1995 John
Broomfield
Kemble
Brewery Inn, 27 Fairview Street, GL52 2JF
Mrs Wood,
nee Allen, of Cheltenham who once lived in the Kemble Brewery Inn told me
in 1996: "I remember that the name of Wheeler was once connected with the
pub. At the back of the Kemble was a brick built buiding with a huge vat
in. I always thought that beer was brewed there but the beer was delivered
from Coombs brewery in Brockhampton by horse and dray, they kept us well
supplied. In fact during the 1914-1918 war, I remember we had beer when
there was very little in Cheltenham and customers had to bring their own
jugs and queue for it.” The Kemble Brewery was acquired by Ind Coope .
Ind Coope sold the Kemble Brewery and for a few years it was a freehouse
selling interesting real ales but with a reputation of 'lapse’ closing
times. It was then acquired by Archers Brewery of Swindon but has since
been sold again as a ‘free house’.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Thomas Coombe (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse / Brewery?
Owner in
1903: Letitia Coombe (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse / Brewery?
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading
Phone:
Landlords:
1883,1891,1903 George Wheeler – (listed as a brewer in 1883)
1939 Albert
Hewlett
2001 Dennis
& Eileen Melia
Kings Arms,
Bath Road, GL53 7NF
There was
once a small brewery at the Kings Arms, Samuel Carter is described as a
brewer in 1883. 39 Upper Bath Road in 1926 and 182 Bath Road in 1939.
Owner in
1891: Harriet Hall (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Charles Hall (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1856 T.
Tuckett
1870 Abijah
Kerry
1878,1883
Samuel R. Carter - listed as a brewer in 1883
1891 William
Shorey
1903 Charles
Young.
1926 Joseph
Webb
1939
Frederick Smith
Kings Arms,
Gloucester Road, GL51 8NS
140
Gloucester Road. The 1903 petty sessional divisional records clearly state
that the Kings Arms was owned by R.W. Miller & Co of Bristol but
contemporary photographs of that time show that the pub was tied to the
Stroud Brewery Company. The pub is still trading and the exterior has
changed little in one hundred years.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Eliza Smith (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £34.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: R.W. Miller & Co., Stokes Croft Brewery, Bristol
Rateable
value in 1903: £34.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1856 T.
White
1859 Henry
Herbert
1878,1883
Samuel Goodred
1885,1891
Ann Goodred (Mrs)
1902,1903,1906 Samuel Best
1919 Mary
Hillier Cox
1926,1927
Susan Ellison (Miss)
1939 Mrs L.
Huntley
1994,2000
Stephen and Ruth Cremin
Kings Arms,
King Street, GL50 4AU
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1870 Samuel
Birbeck
1883 M.
Lambourn
1885,1891
George Lloyd
1903 William
Roberts
1926
Frederick Nicholls
1939 James
Plunkett
Kings Head
Hotel, Lower High Street, GL50 3JF
The Kings
Head was a fine regency building which was needlessly demolished in the
late 1970's. I can vaguely remember the superb ornate carved wooden bar
surrounds that must have been the original fixings. I doubt if these
survived the demolition. Numbered 295 High Street, and latterly 340 the
Kings Head was replaced by a very nondescript concrete building which has
already seen a number of uses. It is currently the neighbourhood resource
centre.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Stroud Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £55.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Stroud Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £55.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished
Landlords:
1856 W.P.
Hurlston
1859,1870
Mary Ann Blanton
1883 G.
Bevan
1885,1891
Harriet Hogg
1902,1903,1906 George Cook Hopkins
1919 Amelia
Sharp (Mrs)
1927
Frederick Smith
1939 Thomas
A.F. Jackson
King William
Vaults, 140 Bath Road, GL53 7NG
The 1859
directory refers to King William IV. 3 Upper Bath Road in 1919 Kellys
directory. 140 Bath Road in 1939 Kellys. The building, on the southern
corner of Kew Place, is now occupied by C.J. Hole estate agents. Paul
Burgess recalls that when he was living in Kew Place the road caved in at
the junction with Bath Road when the old pub cellars collapsed. There is
nothing visible to suggest that it was once a pub.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Charles Garton & Co., Bristol
Rateable
value in 1891: £42.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Rateable
value in 1903: £42.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Landlords:
1856,1859
William Witts
1870 –
Kitchener
1883 J.T.
Weeks
1885,1891
Thomas Coole
1903,1919,1927 Frederick James Pearce
1939 Samuel
F. Williams
Knapp Inn,
New Street
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Alfred Price (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Rateable
value in 1903: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1891 Alfred
Price
1903 Alfred
Henry Humphries
1926,1939
Edith Annie Johnson (Miss)
Laughing
Cat, 43 Sherborne Street
Little is
known about the Laughing Cat. It was a beerhouse and closed c.1855
Lamb and
Flag, Commercial Street, GL50 2AU
3 Union
Street South in 1926 reference. Date of closure unknown.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Harriet Hall (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Charles Hall (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1870
Frederick Baker
1891 Thomas
Price
1903 Sarah
Price
1926
Caroline Jane Pearce (Mrs)
1939 Mrs C.
Pearce
Lamb Hotel,,
High Street, GL50 1DG
Rowe’s
Illustrated Cheltenham Guide of 1850 describes the Lamb Inn and Commercial
Hotel:- "a house whose cheerful and central situation will afford every
accommodation for families and commercial gentlemen. Mr. Hulbert, the
presiding genius of the establishment, can conjure up 'spirits from the
vast deep', of the most potent as well as of the mildest influence, and
'wine, generous wine' from his 'shades below’, of the most approved
vintages, made good by 'good old age’.. The culinary department is managed
by a skillful wizard, assisted by a numerous train of humbler 'fire
worshippers’. The sleeping department is under the spell of the
descendants of old Morpheus, and 'with all the appliances and means to
boot’. 'Sleep, gentle sleep’may be here enjoyed, spite the racking pains
of the Bacchantes’ lures”. I can only conclude that Mr Rowe had enjoyed
rather too many alcoholic drinks at the Lamb Hotel when he wrote his
descriptive guide. Did a wizard really prepare the meals? Numbered 115-116
High Street in the original numbering this prestigious hotel was situated
on the site of the current Marks & Spencer department store. Date of
closure unknown.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Jane Scott (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £212.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Charles Drew (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £238.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Demolished – Marks & Spencer occupies the site
Landlords:
1830 John
Skane
1856 Timothy
Worcester
1859 Charles
Scott
1871,1878
Charles Ward (aged 44 in 1871 and married to Sarah Ward 42)
1883,1891
James Connor
1902 Charles
Ward
1903 Alfred
Guest Blofeld
1906 Thomas
Bach
1919 Feas
Drew
1926 James
Clark
1927 John
Ball
1955 Mrs H.
Lytheer
Lamb Tap
-see Lamb Vaults
Lamb Vaults,
Albion Street
99 Albion
Street in 1870 reference.
Landlords:
1878 A.V.
Jones
1891 N.
Griffin
1926 Mrs
Lilian Lindsey
Lansdown
Hotel, Lansdown Road
The Lansdown,
a large regency building, is still trading but has undergone a
transformation in recent years. In April 1997 a local resident told the
'Gloucestershire Echo’ newspaper: "The change of use of the former
Lansdown Hotel from a quiet residential hotel into a themed public house
catering for young people has dramatically harmed the amenity value of the
area”. The name has changed several times in the last few years, The Dog
and Doughnut, The Rat and Carrot, and the Rattle and Hum.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: John Thomas Darby (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £144.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Francis Jane and Edith Mary Darby (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £144.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Still trading
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1856,1859
Thomas Darby
1870,1885
Mary Darby
1891 John
Thomas Darby
1902 Misses
Darby
1903 Francis
Jane and Edith Mary Darby
1906 Misses
Darby
1919 Harold
Gilliard
Lansdown
Inn, Gloucester Road, GL51 7AY
The Lansdown
Inn was a fine regency pub situated on the A40 on the Gloucester Road. It
was demolished in the mid 1980's and an American themed T.G.I
Fridays.(Thank God its Fridays) now occupies the site. Whitbread was
responsible for the redevelopment of the site as they own T.G.F.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Frederick George Houghton (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £32.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud
Rateable
value in 1903: £63.15s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status: Demolished – TGI’s occupy the site of the Lansdown Inn
Landlords:
1856,1859
Thomas Werrett
1870 John
Spreadbury
1878 William
Smart
1885,1891
Charles William Wells
1891 Joseph
Herbert Waters
1902,1903,1906 Walter Frost (Walter Harry K. Frost in 1903)
Leckhampton
Inn, 33 Shurdington Road, GL53 0HY
The 'Echo’
reported in March 1997 that the pub was reputedly haunted. An old man with
a dog was seen sitting at the bar with a dog. Andy Hobbs, landlord at the
time, said: "I saw this old guy sitting at the bar with his dog. When I
said 'afternoon, what can I get you?' he just blanked me. When I looked
up, they'd gone”. The Leckhampton Inn was the venue of the Cheltenham Folk
Club and I saw some well known folk artists performing there including
Martin Carthy and Kate Rusby. The Leckhampton Inn was a 'gay’ pub in its
latter years. Despite being refurbished in the spring of 1999 it closed
less than a year later in April 2001. It is currently boarded up. The West
Country Ales Plaque was stolen soon after closure. The building is due to
be demolished and houses built on the site.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable
value in 1891: £23.15s.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: September 2004 – still standing but boarded up and derelict
Landlords:
1856 E.
Cretchley
1870,1891
John Smith
1902,1903,1906 Charles Thomas Arundell
1919 Charles
Bernard Hawkins
1926,1939
Henry John Higgins
1997 Andy
Hobbs
Letters Wine
Vaults, Montpellier
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Andrew Page (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £102.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Liddle’s Trustees (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £102.0s.0d
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Landlords:
1891
Frederick George Houghton (see Lansdown Inn)
1903 James
Cotton
Lion,
Coronation Square
The Lion is
housed in a late 1950's / early 1960's shopping precinct. It was
originally called the Royal Toby and was a Bass Brewery pub. It was
acquired by Banks's of Wolverhampton in the 1990's and the name was
changed to the Lion. Now called the ‘Gold Cup’.
Little
Crown, Commercial Street, GL50 2AU
Commercial
Street was known as Union Street South in 1926 reference. There were at
least two pubs in Commercial Street, the Lamb and Flag being the other.
The Little Crown closed down in the late 1970's. I can recall it being a
very small traditional back street corner local and it sold excellent West
Country P.A. on handpump. In recent years it has been converted into a
veterinary surgeons and was regularly seen on the BBC programme 'Vets in
Practice’.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: William Stone Lane (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £23.15.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Nailsworth Brewery
Rateable
value in 1903: £25.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time
in 1903: 11pm
Present
status: Veterinary Surgeons
Heritage:
Landlords:
1870 John
Philipps
1891 Clement
Press
1903 Arthur
William Ryder
1926 Alfred
Thomas Matthews
1939 Alfred
William Small
Liverpool
Vaults, High Street
Situated
just off the High Street at No.4 Liverpool Place. The Liverpool Vaults was
a Cheltenham & Hereford Brewery house and closed down in 1958. The site is
now occupied by the Beechwood Shopping Centre
Landlords:
1950 Percy
and Hannah Jones.
London Ale
and Porter Stores, Lower High Street, GL50 3HS
Numbered 184
High Street and latterly 325 the London Ale & Porter Stores was on the
western corner of the St. Pauls Street South junction (North side of the
High Street). In recent years it has been a radio and television spares
shop. There is no evidence to suggest that it was ever a licensed
property.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: Mrs Wheeler (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)
Rateable
value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in
1903: Mrs Wheeler (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:
1870,1878
Thomas Dollery
1883 Mary
Stanbridge (Mrs)
1891 Thomas
George Barker
1896 G.P.
Tapp
1903 William
Armstrong
1906 Mrs F.G.
Oliver
1926
Elizabeth Miller - beer retailer
1939 Thomas
Griffiths
London
Supply Company, 400 High Street
The London
Supply Company was a grocers shop and had a six day license.
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: John How
Rateable
value in 1891: £102.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Grocers (six day licence -free from brewery tie)
Owner in
1903: John How
Rateable
value in 1903: £102.0s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Grocers (six day licence - free from brewery tie)
Closing time
in 1903:
Proprietor:
1891,1903
John How
London Wine
& Spirit Stores, High Street
On the
eastern wall of the Royal Oak (Irish Oak) in the Lower High Street there
is an old embossed advert for the 'London Wine & Spirit Stores.'
London Wine
Vaults, High Street
Not to be
confused with the London Ale & Porter stores. The London Wine Vaults,
numbered 342-343 High Street in the original address, was located where
McDonalds restaurant now stands. It was a wine and spirit merchants. Known
also as Cook & Witherington a contemporary description of 1870 describes:
'John Cook. Wholesale and retail wine and spirit merchants. Bass’s and
Allsopps Pale Ales. Guinness Extra Stout and Alloa Scotch Ales.
Established upwards of 50 years.”
Map
Reference:
Owner in
1891: J. Williams (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1891: £127.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in
1903: Charles Witherington (free from brewery tie)
Rateable
value in 1903: £127.10s.0d.
Type of
licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time
in 1903:
Present
status:
Heritage:
Phone:
Landlords:
1891 T.
Witherington & J.J. Cook
1891 Thomas
Witherington and Joshua Jones Cook
1903,1906
Charles Witherington
1926 Charles
R. Thomas (wine merchants)
Gloucestershire Pubs