Gloucestershire Pubs - Postcodes GL50-53 M-Q

Postcode GL50-53 - M-Q - Cheltenham

Maltsters Arms, St. James Street

The Cheltenham Original Brewery pub is not mentioned in the 1903 petty sessional divisional records.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Present status: The eastern side of St. James Street is now a car park – probably demolished

Landlords:

1870 William Whiting

1878,1885 Albert Paget

1891 Albert James Browning

1902 William Wilden

Malvern Inn, 164 Leckhampton Road, GL53 0AA

The Malvern Inn closed in September 1997. It had been bought by ex-brewers Greenall's from Whitbread. Despite concerted efforts by local residents to save it as a pub it was eventually converted into a house. Additional houses were also built in the car park. I am privileged to have the old pub sign from the Malvern Inn in my collection.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £25.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £34.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Converted to private residence

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1878,1883 Mrs Cotton

1891 Letitia Miriam Kirkham

1903 Robert George Cotton

1919,1926,1927,1939 Frederick Albert Tovey

Man of Ross Inn, Henrietta Street, GL50 4AA

There is only the following reference to this pub:

Map Reference:

Landlord:

1883 T. Atkins

Marlborough Arms, Princes Street, GL52 6BE

The Marlborough Arms stood on the corner of Princes Street and Duke Street. It is now a private house with little to indicate that it was once a pub. The old corner door has been bricked up and re-rendered.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Charles Grimes (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: G. Williams (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1903: £17.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Private residence on corner of Princes Street and Duke Street

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1870 Elijah Sallis

1878,1883,1891,1902,1903 John Haines

1926,1927,1939 Edward William Kearsey

Masonic Arms, Albion Street

The Gloucester Journal reported on the 17th June 1905 quoting from the Gloucestershire Licensing Committee: ..."this particular part of town having the biggest cluster of licensed houses in Cheltenham. The Masonic was the smallest of the lot of them and structurally unfit. There were seven ale houses and five beerhouses in Albion Street, including the Masonic Arms”. The Masonic Arms was near the junction with Pittville Street.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Henry William Holliday (Leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Henry William Holliday (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:

1870 Catherine Choate

1878,1883,1891 Joseph Watkins

1903 Arthur Thomas Price

Midland Hotel, 247 Gloucester Road, GL51 8NW

The Midland Hotel is still trading but now is known as The Midland. It gets its name from its proximity to the old Midland Railway. It is just over the road from the Cheltenham Spa Railway Station. Railway and Postal workers based at the station have nicknamed it 'Platform Three’.

In its earlier days it was known as the Midland Railway Hotel (1885) and the Midland Family and Commercial Hotel (1903).

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Harriet Boudet (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £42.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Harriet Boudet (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £80.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

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Landlords:

1870 David Parker (referred to as the Midland Railway Inn, 1 Bradfield Villas, Gloucester Rd.)

1878 William Maynard

1883 E. Russell

1885 Charles Edward Russell

1891 Charles Arundell

1902 John William Arundell

1903,1906,1919 John Cowlin

1927 Charles Waghorne

1998 Kevin Medcraft

Midland Inn, 237 Gloucester Road, GL51 8NJ

The Midland Inn was situated to the north of the Midland Hotel across from the railway bridge. Because of its lesser status it was often dubbed the 'Little Midland’. The backyard must have been a haven for beer and train lovers. It closed in the early 1970's. It is now the premises of John Stayte Services. The front facade is now converted into a shop. However the plasterboard surround which once displayed the pub name remains between the upstairs windows.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: James Leighton (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £34.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (Beer and Wine on)

Owner in 1903: James Leighton (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1903: £34.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1870,1878 Henry Arundell

1883,1891 Charles Arundell

1903,1919,1926,1927,1939 William Baker

Mitre Inn, 23 Sandford Street, GL53 7JW

Situated in a back street off the Bath Road. It was once a tied house of Stibbs Cheltenham Steam Brewery. In the early 1990's it was acquired by Banks's of Wolverhampton but has since been sold again after a brief period of closure. It was refurbished and traded very successfully as a wine bar / real ale pub. It even won the Cheltenham CAMRA branch ‘Pub of the Year’ in 2002 gaining a place in the Good Beer Guide. It closed unexpectedly in 2003 and has since been converted to residential flats. A West Country Ales ceramic plaque that was on the wall was removed during conversion.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: George Stibbs, Cheltenham Steam Brewery, Albion Street

Rateable value in 1891: £34.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £34.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Residential apartments

Landlords:

1830 Samuel Baldry (Mitre, Bath Road)

1856 G. Stibbs

1859 Josiah Nicholls

1870,1885,1891 George Stibbs

1902 Arthur Williamson

1903,1906 Albert Edward Lloyd

1919,1939 Albert Henry Carpenter

1978-1996 Paddy and Pauline Morrisey

Montpellier Ale Stores

The Montpellier Ale Stores was an outlet for Neames’ of Stroud and latterly Nailsworth Brewery. No other records at present. Location unknown

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Harper & Neames, Stroud

Rateable value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Landlords:

1891 Henry James Tanner

1903 Albert Edward Smith

Montpellier Wine and Spirit Vaults

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Stone, King & King (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £93.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Stone, King & King (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £93.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse (six day licence)

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Landlord:

1891,1902,1903 Alfred Edward Hoare

Montpellier Wine Vaults

No other records at present. Location unknown.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Charles Frederick Mills

Rateable value in 1891: £25.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Charles Frederick Mills (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £29.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse (six day licence)

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

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Landlords:

1891 Charles Frederick Mills

1903 Henry Crocker

Mount Pleasant Inn, Winchcomb Street

The Mount Pleasant area of Winchcomb Street was between the present Odeon Cinema and John Trainer Cars. The pub once brewed its own beer and was referred to as the Mount Pleasant Brewery between 1878 and 1903. It is probable, however, that brewing had stopped before 1891 when it had been acquired by Charles Garton of Bristol. No application was received to renew the licence in 1923 so, presumably, it closed soon afterwards. Numbered 36 Winchcombe Street in 1919 Kelly's directory.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Charles Garton & Co., Bristol

Rateable value in 1891: £34.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Rateable value in 1903: £35.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

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Landlords:

1870 James Harris

1878 J. Thomas

1883,1891 John George Dyer

1902 Frank Salmon

1903,1906 Daniel Cove

1919 Roy B. Smith

Nags Head Inn, Lower High Street, GL50 3HX

On the western corner of Granville Street and originally numbered 236A High Street and latterly 441 the Nags Head served its last pints in the mid 1970's. The building was used for commercial use but has now been converted to residential. I can clearly recall the wording 'Nags Head’ in tiled lettering on the front facade. This has now been needlessly covered over with panelling. It would cost nothing to remove these panels and expose the facade of the Nags Head to its original splendour. The Lower High Street area of Cheltenham is undergoing regeneration and it would be appropriate to see the buildings of the area restored as part of this improvement. The Nags Head would be a focal point.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £32.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £25.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage: ‘Nags Head’ in raised stone lettering concealed under boarding.

Phone:

Landlords:

1830 Bartholomew Sweet

1856,1870 Joseph Wood

1878 William Turner

1883 W. Wells

1885,1891 James Spire

1902,1903,1906 Charles Piff

1926 William Pearce

1939 Frederick W. G. Andrews

1955 Francis E. J. Browning

1957 Leonard J. Mills

National Hunt, Benhall Avenue

Built by Whitbread in the 1970's. It is in a mock alpine style of architecture. The pub is owned by Whitbread pub partnerships but the landlord stocks a varied selection of real ales.

Present status:

Phone: 01242 527461

Landlords:

Nelson Inn, Lower High Street, GL50 3HU

The Nelson Inn is listed as being at 221 High Street. Upon renumbering this equates to 405 High Street which no longer exists. It was on the north side just to the west of the Hire Shop where the car park is now. The Nelson Inn was previously known as the Phoenix Inn.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £25.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 John Garrison

1902 James Dowdeswell

1903,1906 William Baker

New Inn, Hewlett Road ( then Pump and Optic, now Fiery Angel)

The New Inn was once tied to the nearby Carlton Brewery before the business was acquired by Charles Garton of Bristol. The New Inn is now more familiar as the Fiery Angel. It is on the corner of Hewlett Road and Duke Street. An interesting feature, and a relic of the past, was a 'men only’ bar which the New Inn retained until the 1960’s. There was also a Jug and Bottle department in the Duke Street side of the building but this was lost in refurbishment a decade or so ago.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Charles Garton & Co., Bristol

Rateable value in 1891: £51.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet

Rateable value in 1903: £40.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading as Fiery Angel

Heritage: West Country Ales ceramic plaque still in situ

Phone:

Landlords:

1859 William Smith

1870 William Price

1883,1885 John Higgins

1891 Mary Jane Ireland. Alehouse.

1902,1903,1906 Frederick Reed

1919 Edith Stephens (Mrs)

1926 Albert Edward Stanley

1927 Cecil Charles Channon

1939 Charles Geo. Cross

1999 James Anderson

Geoff Smith

New Inn, 84 Gloucester Road (New Penny), GL51 8NZ

The New Inn was renamed the New Penny in November 1970 in recognition of the change to decimal currency. The New Penny was probably the first pub that I ever drunk beer in. I remember being very impressed that my slightly older friend had managed to order two pints of P.A. for him and myself.. at 16 going on 17. We sat quietly in the corner of the pub. Stepping outside and walking back towards town I can still remember the strange and almost surreal sights of the nearby large but empty town gas holders viewed in an adolescent alcoholic haze. The gas holders have long since gone but the New Penny is still trading.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: 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: £19.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage: West Country Ales ceramic plaque still in situ

Phone: 01242 690330

Landlords:

1878,1883,1891 John Minett

1903 Albert John Colston

1939 Elizabeth Coulston (Mrs)

1970 F. G. Halford

New Inn, Prestbury Road

Mentioned in 1830 Pigot's directory

Landlord:

1830 John Edins

New Market, Market Place

No other records. Market Place no longer exists in Cheltenham

Landlords:

1830 William Lait

1856,1859 Emily Stoyle

No name, High Street (Stroud Brewery Branch)

328 High Street. Opposite the Fleece Hotel

No name, High Street (Flower & Sons Branch)

377 High Street in original numbering. The 1926 Cheltenham Street Directory advertises 'Flower & Sons, Limited. Brewers, Stratford on Avon. Cheltenham Branch: Town order office No. 377 High Street. Stores - Selkirk Street. Ales and Stout in cask and bottle for family use. Prices on application. Telephone No. 228’. The building later become the Continental Bar and then Regents Bar.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Mrs Underhay (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £81.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Mrs Underhay (leased to Flowers & Sons, Brewers, Stratford on Avon)

Rateable value in 1903: £81.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 Joel Thomas. Beerhouse

1903 Charles Morgan Gwynn

No name, High Street

419-420 High Street in original numbering

No name, High Street

400 High Street in original numbering

Noahs Ark, St. Georges Street, GL50 4AF

50 St. Georges Street in 1891 reference and in 1926 directory. Joseph John Walter is listed as a brewer in 1891. The Walter family was very much involved in the licensed trade (and brewing?) at one time or another, having connections with the Noahs Ark, Adam & Eve, Engineers Arms, Wickwar Brewery Inn, Somerset Brewery, Greyhound and the Compasses Inn. In recent years the building was the Cheltenham Liberal Democrats H.Q. It made headlines in January 2000 with the murder of a local councillor and the attempted murder of Nigel Jones, the towns M. P.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891:

Rateable value in 1891: £25.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Ruth Meek (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £25.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1878 George Meek

1883,1891,1900 Joseph John Walter

1902,1903,1906,1919 Raymond Edward Walter (Raymond was the son of Joseph)

1926,1927 Herbert Hawkins

1939 Mabel Louisa Smith (Mrs)

North Place Brewery

North Place Brewery was located on the west side of North Place. The site was latterly occupied by the Black and White coach station but it is now a car park. Not mentioned in the 1891 petty sessional divisional records.

Landlord:

1870,1883 Thomas Eldridge

North Place Stores

Location unknown but believed to have been near the present day Parrot pub on the east side of North Place.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Miss Grinnell (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £20.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Mrs Gay (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £23.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Landlords:

1891 Henry Clark

1903 Harry William Gay

Norwood Arms, Leckhampton Road, GL53 0AX

Harry Warner was brewing beer at the Norwood whilst he was landlord. An old photograph of an electric tram trundling up the Leckhampton Road shows a wall at the side of the pub with the words 'Norwood Brewery’. The Norwood Arms is still trading and is now known simply known as the Norwood. Over the years it has been extensively altered and modernised.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: R.S. Kearsey (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £23.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Harry Warner (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £59.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1830 William Burrows

1859 James Chandler

1870 Henry Vines

1878 Joseph Vines

1885,1891,1903 Harry Warner

1919 Richard W. Mason

1926,1939 Percy Kilmister

Oddfellows Arms, North Street

No other details available at present. No mentioned in the 1891 petty sessional divisional records.

Landlord:

1870,1878 Henry Markey

O’Hagans, The Strand, 37 High Street

See the Old Swan Hotel

Old Amsterdam, Bath Road

See the Crown and Cushion

Old Anchor Inn, Tewkesbury Road

The 1870 directory refers to the Anchor Inn. 52 Tewkesbury Road in 1939 Kelly's Directory. It was located midway between Queen Street and Sun Street. The Old Anchor was demolished when Tewkesbury Road was widened.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: James Wilcox (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: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Demolished

Landlords:

1870,1883 James Wilcox

1891 Edward Savory

1903 Samuel Barnett

1939 A. W. Barnett

Old Cherry Tree Inn, Swindon Road

The Old Cherry Tree in was demolished when the Great Western Railway built its main line from Birmingham via Stratford to Cheltenham in 1906.

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: £21.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1878,1883,1891 Henry Morgan

1901 Mrs M. Morgan

1903 John William Turner

Old Packhorse, Burton Street, GL50 3NE

63 Burton Street in 1939 directory. The building still stands, now in private occupancy, set back a few yards from the Lower High Street on the western side of Burton Street. It is in a row of terraced houses but has an unusual archway, which has now been blocked off. This must have once been used for stabling horses to the rear.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud

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:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1870,1883 Daniel Jones

1891 William Henry Gardner

1903 Eliza Poole

1939 Ernest John Spencer

Old Severn Vaults, Albion Street

Mentioned in 1881 census. No other reference.

Old Swan Hotel, 37 High Street (O'Hagans Bar), GL50 1DY

60 High Street in 1919 and 1939. I remember the Old Swan in the mid 1970's when it was an unspoilt multi-roomed traditional alehouse. It was the haunt of folk musicians; the Old Swan Band took its name from the pub. Whitbread gutted the interior in the early 1980's but did add a micro brewery producing malt-extract 'home-brewed ales’ on the premises. Unfortunately this venture did not last very long. It has been known as O'Hagans, a trendy Irish theme pub, since 1995. I wrote to the Gloucestershire Echo on 14th March 1995 with the following comments: "The refurbishment of the Old Swan public house in the High Street is nearing completion and it is soon to reopen with a new name and image. The Old Swan is to be replaced by the name O'Hagan's Bar, presumably in response to 'consumer demand' and the revamped pub will be aimed at the younger, more profitable sector of the market... The Old Swan is no more...”

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Charles Garton & Co., Bristol

Rateable value in 1891: £68.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet

Rateable value in 1903: £68.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading as the Swan

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1830 John Barrett

1856 C. Dowle

1859 William G. Evans

1870 John Gould

1871,1878 William Ward (aged 53 in 1871 and married to Mary, aged 45)

1883,1885 Henry Scadding

1891 Daniel Underwood. Alehouse.

1902,1903 Emma Mansell (Mrs)

1906,1927 Thomas Piper

1939 Ernest Rennie

Old Swan Tap

This must have been the public bar of the Old Swan Hotel.

Landlords:

1883 Henry Scadding

1891 J. Bridge

Old Swan Vaults, Albion Street

71 Albion Street. To the rear of the Old Swan Hotel, almost certainly the same premises as the Old Swan Tap.

Landlord:

1939 Ernest Rennie

(Original) Stout House, St. Georges Place, GL50 3JZ

Listed as the Original Inn in 1870. 2 St. Georges Place in 1939 directory. This would have been on the eastern side of St. Georges Place near the junction with the High Street. It has been demolished.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Henry Herbert (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891:

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Mrs Herbert (tied to Flowers & Sons, Stratford on Avon)

Rateable value in 1903:

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Demolished

Heritage:

Landlords:

1870 C. Evans (Original Inn, St. Georges Street (sic)

1870,1883,1891 Henry Herbert

1903 Charles Moulder

1939 Laura K. Holtam (Mrs)

Oxford Arms, Corpus Street, GL52 6EZ

5 Corpus Street in 1926 reference. The western side of Corpus Street was completely demolished and a light industrial complex occupied the site for many years. It is probable that the Oxford Arms was razed to the ground as part of this development. The whole area is being redeveloped and replaced by new houses.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Thomas Masters (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Thomas Masters (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Landlords:

1878 Mary Joachim

1883 J. Ruck

1891 Charles Hobbs

1903 James Charles Hearne

1926 E. Albert Long

Parrot Inn, Lower High Street, GL50 3HU

The Parrot Inn was at 225 High Street (latterly 415). Although recorded as a pub in 1870 some eight years later the premises was occupied by John Creed, Leather and oil seller. In the 1920's it became a fried fish shop and by 1955 it was a fruit shop. It stood next door to the Golden Heart Inn which was also de-licensed by 1896. The area is now occupied by the traffic lights of Poole Way.

Landlord:

1870 William Onion

Phoenix Inn, 36 Andover Road, GL50 2TJ - see Tivoli Ale and Porter Stores

Numbered 3 Tivoli Place in 1939. The premises is now more familiar as the Phoenix. It has recently been renamed as the Tivoli.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £21.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: 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 as the Tivoli

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1878 Thomas Sheppard

1891,1903 Isabella Watts

1939 C. Roberts

1999 Tony Brown

Phoenix Inn, Lower High Street

The Phoenix Inn was known as the Nelson Inn by 1891. It was situated near the Hire Shop on the north side of the High Street by Poole Way. (see Nelson Inn)

Landlords:

1859 Richard Lloyd

1870 John Evans

1883 Samuel Grinnell

1885 Alfred Humphris

Pickled Duke, Swindon Road

See the Duke of Sussex.

Pierpoint Hotel, Clarence Parade

The 1891 reference is from the Cheltenham Post Office Directory. Not mentioned in the 1891 petty sessional divisional records

Landlord:

1891 M. J. Edwards

Pilgrim Inn, Rutland Street

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Present status:

Landlords:

1885 Thomas Grimsell

1891 Charles James

Pittville Arms, Prestbury Road

On the 1834 map of Cheltenham surveyed by H. S. Merrett for Lord Sherborne there is a Pittville Arms shown where the present day Elf Service Station stands. No other details at present.

Pittville Brewery, Winchcomb Place

9 Winchcomb Place. William Meek is listed as a brewer in 1883.

Landlords:

1870 Henry Slatter

1878 W. Price

1883 William Meek - listed as a brewer

Pittville Inn, Prestbury Road

I am not sure if the Pittville Inn refers to the Pittville Arms or the Pittville Brewery.

Landlord:

1830 John Archer

Pittville Hotel, 3 Portland Place, Portland Street, GL52 2PB

44 Portland Street in 1939 Kelly's directory. I do not know when the Pittville Hotel closed down.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Eliza Jefferies (leased 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:

Landlords:

1883 Miss Edmonds

1885 Mrs Elizabeth Tarrant

1891 Stephen Cook

1892 W. S. Cooke

1902 Frederick Reed

1903 Frederick William Reed

1906 O. Macey

1919 Joseph Wright

1926,1939 John Wright

Plasterers Arms, Rutland Street

The licence of the beerhouse was not renewed in 1918

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: 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 Thomas Cheers

1903 George Powell

Plough Hotel, High Street

Demolished in 1983 and now the site of the Regent Arcade. The old facade of the Plough Inn has been used as a model for the reconstruction of the arcade entrance. The Plough Hotel was an important hotel and traded for at least 240 years.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £595.0s.0d. (Five Hundred and Ninety Five Pounds)

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Jonadab McCarthy (leased Cheltenham Original Brewery)

Rateable value in 1903: £510.0s.0d. (Five Hundred and Ten Pounds)

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1830 James Neyler

1859 John B. Churchill

1870 Joseph Rolls (manager)

1878 Plough Hotel Company; H.J. Cochrane (secretary)

1883 Plough Hotel Company

1903,1906 Walter Chapple

1919 Miss H. Powell

Plough Hotel Tap

The public bar of the Plough Hotel.

Landlords:

1870 Joseph Rolls

1878 William Hill

1883 J. Gibbs

Porter Stores, Henrietta Street, GL50 4AA

Only one reference in 1870.

Landlord:

1870 James Burbridge

Portland Arms, Portland Square, GL52 2HS, 2HT, 2PS

Only one reference in 1859. Probably the same premises as the Portland Inn, Sherborne Street.

Landlord:

1859 John Rowland

Portland Inn, Sherborne Street

The Portland Inn was once tied to George Stibbs’ Cheltenham Steam Brewery, Albion Street. The alehouse had a six day licence, presumably closed on Sundays. Date of closure unknown.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: George Stibbs, Cheltenham Steam Brewery, Albion Street

Rateable value in 1891: £34.0s.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 (six day licence only)

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Landlords:

1885,1891 George Stibbs

1902 James Henry Beadnell (Bednell in 1903)

1906 George E. Morris

Prince of Wales, 11 Portland Street, GL52 2NZ

6 Portland Street in 1919 Kelly's directory and renumbered 11 Portland Street by the 1939 edition. The Prince of Wales is still successfully trading. It is one of the few pubs in the centre of Cheltenham to retain its original name.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £34.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery

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:

1830 Susan Dangerfield

1859 William Giles

1865,1875 Charles Hoskins

1876,1878 A.G. Titley

1883 B. Land

1885,1891 George Smith

1902 Frederick J. Roberts

1903 Charles Alfred Jackson

1906 Charles Craddock

1919,1927 Arthur William Ryder

1939 William Hy. Robins

1999 W. J. Burke

Princes Plume, 22 Princes Street, GL52 6BE

The Princes Plume was once tied to the Nailsworth Brewery. I believe that the Princes Plume closed in the early 1970's. It is now residential with nothing to indicate that it was once a pub. It is at the far end of Princes Street on the west side near the Cheltenham Cricket Club.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: William Marmon (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £20.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £20.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1870 Mr. Marmon

1878,1883,1891 William Marmon

1903 John Carter

1926,1939 Henry George Cleaveley

Pump and Optic, Hewlett Road

See New Inn, Hewlett Road.

Queens, Trafalgar Street, GL50 1UH

Only one reference in 1859.

Landlord:

1859 Edward Jefferies

Queens Head, Tewkesbury Road, GL51 9AR

48 Tewkesbury Road in 1939 directory. It was situated on the western corner of Queen Street. Now demolished.

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: Demolished

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1830 David Edwards

1859 J. A. Gardner

1870 Mrs Roffey

1878,1883 Henry Fricker

1891 Eliza Fricker

1903 Joseph Bridges

1939 Albert J. Dilley

Queens Hotel, Promenade, GL50 1NN

The Queens is probably the most prestigious hotel in Gloucestershire, a distinction that it has held for a long time. The Queens Hotel had an annual rateable value of £680.0s.Od. in 1891 and 1903 - the most expensive rates of any licensed premises in the county. The Queens still enjoys a very high reputation.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Queens Hotel Company Limited (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £680.0s.0d. (Six Hundred and Eighty Pounds)

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Queens Hotel Company Limited (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £680.0s.0d. (Six Hundred and Eighty Pounds)

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1859,1878 William Smart Davis

1883 Mrs Lowe

1891,1903 John Belton

1906 Dennis Arnold Lockwood

1919 S. G. R. Holman (manager)

1927 Lady Honywood

1999 Tony Aspden (General manager)

2000 Stephanie Hocking (General manager)