Gloucestershire Pubs - Postcode GL7

AMPNEY CRUCIS

Butchers Arms

Built in 1847. The pub once brewed its own beer. It was described in the June 1984 edition of the 'Tippler’, the news sheet of the Gloucestershire branch of CAMRA: 'the pub is right in the village, go straight when you reach the patch of grass. This is an old pub, somewhat Spartan with a wood block floor and mostly wooden seats in the lounge bar, however it’s very friendly. One of those pubs that it’s easy to start a conversation.’ The Butchers Arms called 'last orders' for the final time on Friday 21st February 1997.

Map Reference: SP 069024

Owner in 1891: Mrs Mary Radway

Rateable Value in 1891: £11.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse / Brewery

Owner in 1903: Stroud Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £11.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence

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Landlords:

1891 Charles Legg

1903,1913 John Legg

1939 Edric Charles J. Legg

1997 Mike Mansfield (owner Peter Keal)

Crown Inn (Crown of Crucis) GL7 5RS

The Crown Inn is still licensed and has been trading as the Crown of Crucis for many years. The 16th century building has been much enlarged and the prestigious hotel now even offers conference facilities for up to 90 delegates.

Map Reference: SP 067017

Owner in 1891: Reverend F.S. Sclater (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: F.W.B. Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.16s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading as The Crown of Crucis

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1856 C. Holder

1885,1891 Cornelius Mitchell

1902,1903,1906 Eleanor Mitchell (Mrs Eleanor Frances Mitchell in 1903)

1919,1927 William Munday

1939 John Kenneth Low

1998 Bill Leadbeater (manager)

AMPNEY ST. MARY

Hill Oak GL7 5SN

A contemporary description refers to 'a very small house.. stood up on the hill’. The Hill Oak is now a private house. There is a reference to the Hill Oak, Ashbrook, Cirencester in 1913.

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Owner in 1891: Mrs Reuben Smith (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £9.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Trustees of Reuben Smith (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence – Hill Oak

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1891 Joseph Russell

1903 William Palmer

1913 Herbert Leach (Hill Oak, Ashbrook, Cirencester)

1939 Albert Osbourne Nicholls

AMPNEY ST. PETER

Hope Inn GL7 5SH

The Hope Inn closed on 3rd March 1922. The Hope is now a private house.

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Owner in 1891: Robert Sutton (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £8.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: F.W.B Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence

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Landlords:

1891 Frederick Truman

1903 George Hill

Pack Horse

Referred to in 1939 as the Old Packhorse Inn. The Cotswold stone pub overlooked the village pond.

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Owner in 1891: Jonathon Larner (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891:£11.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Jonathon Larner (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £11.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence – the Old Packhorse

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1891,1903 Jonathan Larner

1939 Frederick Larner

Red Lion Inn GL7 5SL

Still trading. The following is extracted from the Gloucestershire Branch of CAMRA 'Tippler' news sheet: "To many pub-goers, the Red Lion has a number of short-comings. It serves no food at all. There is no background music, loud or soft. There is no fruit machine flashing and bleeping in the corner. No pool table dominating part of the pub. No karaoke evenings. No satellite TV. There is no bar festooned with keg beer and lager fonts. In fact there is no bar at all, drinks are served from a corner of one of the two small rooms across a bench seat. However, to the more discerning, the pub is a rare gem, a time warp of peace and conviviality where little has changed for generations. The Red Lion has been a labour of love for the excellent landlord for over 20 years, and the beer is always in superb condition.”

Map Reference: SP 089014

Owner in 1891: Messrs. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891:

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903:

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903:

Present status: Still trading

Heritage: West Country Ales ceramic plaque, Stroud Brewery ‘oval’ pub sign

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Landlords:

1891,1903 James Wilkins

1974 Horace Wilkins

1978, - present day John Barnard

ASHBROOK?

Hill Oak

There is a reference to the Hill Oak, Ashbrook, Cirencester in 1913. Presumed to be the Hill Oak, Ampney St. Mary.

1913 Herbert Leach

BARNSLEY

Greyhound Inn

I believe that the Greyhound Inn is now the Village Pub but this has yet to be confirmed.

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Owner in 1891: W. A. Wykeman Musgrave (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £11.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: W.A. Wykeman Musgrave (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading as the Village Pub??

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1856 T. Habgood

1885 William Norris

1891,1903,1906 Charles William Bridges

1913 S.V. Hiscock (Mr)

1919 Frank Archer

1927,1939 William Hopkins

Village Pub GL7 5EF

Presumably the Village Pub is the old Greyhound Inn but this has to be confirmed. The Village Pub is a free house.

Map Reference: SP 076051

Present status: Still trading

Landlords:

1998 Sue Wardrop and Richard Arnol

1999 Tim Haigh and Rupert Pendere

BIBURY

Catherine Wheel, Arlington GL7 5ND

The Catherine Wheel is situated a quarter of mile west from the centre of the village on the main road to Cirencester. The pub dates from the 16th century, licensed in 1755. The licence was probably transferred from an earlier beerhouse called the Wheel situated nearer the River Coln. The reason why it is called the Catherine Wheel is not clear. However it is generally accepted that it is not named after the firework of the same name. According to local historian John Holland it might have been named after a queen. Mr. Holland has memories of pre-war landlord George Adams: "He was as broad as he was tall. He was enormous, the stoutest man I have ever known and a wrestler of some renown in those days.” The Catherine Wheel is still successfully trading and is now owned by the Eldridge Pope pub chain.

Map Reference: SP 112067

Owner in 1891: Trustees of John Hathaway (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £9.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1851 Ann Green (aged 70, widow. Retailer of beer. Name of premises not given)

1871 William Smith (aged 38, name of premises not given)

1881 John Hathaway (aged 52, publican and cooper)

1891 William Hathaway, 38

1901,1903,1913,1939 George Mallard Adams (aged 39 in 1901, beerhouse keeper and haulier)

1939 George Mallard Adams (born 1862, died 1952 - nickname 'Damper')

1997 Paul and Katy Wood

Swan Hotel, GL7 5NW www.swanhotel.co.uk

William Morris once described Bibury as 'the prettiest village in England’. Certainly the location of the Swan Hotel is idyllic, by the old stone bridge over the River Coln. In autumn the foliage clinging to the walls of the Swan turns into brilliant shade of red. The Swan Hotel overlooks Bibury Trout Farm and the fish swim in abundance in the River Coln. The hotel has been enlarged over the years.

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Owner in 1891: Lord Sherborne (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £32.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Lord Sherborne (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £60.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1851 Andrew Martin or Marten (aged 60)

1856 A. Martin

1861 Andrew -arton (sic), (aged 73)

1871, 1885 Ralph Lees (aged 35 in 1871 and listed as innkeeper and farmer, 44, in 1881)

1891 Edward Frederick Woodman. Alehouse. Free from brewery tie. (owner Lord Sherborne)

1901,1902 Elizabeth Woodman (Mrs) (listed as a widow in 1903, aged 52)

1903.1906,1919 Frank R. Busby

1927 Evelyn H. Busby (Mrs)

CERNEY WICK

Crown Inn GL7 5QH

The Crown Inn is a Cotswold stone building. It had a long association with Courage Brewery but is now free of tie.

Map Reference: SU 078959

Owner in 1891: Trustees of J. Howse (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £57.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Trustees of J. Howse (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £15.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1856 G. Smith

1885 Thomas Hedges

1891 Charles Webb

1902,1903,1906 Edwin James Smart

1906 Edwin James Smart

1919,1927 Edwin John Smart

1939 Geo. Giles

Good Intent

The Good Intent closed on 3rd March 1922 after first being referred to the Compensation Authority in 1917. The pub is listed in the 1891 petty sessional divisional records without having a name. I have no other details at present and location is not known. There is a house in Cerney Wick called Innisfree GL7 5QJ. Could this be the Good Intent?

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Owner in 1891: Frederick W. Coole (leased Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Frederick W. Coole (leased Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £7.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

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1891,1903 John Howse

COATES

Great Western (Railway Hotel), Tetbury Road GL7 6NZ (Thames Head Inn)

The Great Western was so named because of its location near the GWR line from Stroud to Swindon. The 1871 Census refers just to 'Mr Avery's Inn’. The pub was named the Great Western in 1891 and 1903. By 1919 the pub had changed its name to the Railway Hotel. In 1939 it was owned by the P. R. H. A. - Peoples Refreshment House Association. I do not have any information on this association. The pub later became known as the Thames Head Inn. The 'official’ source of the River Thames is less than a quarter of a mile away. The pub is now a tied house of Arkell’s Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon.

Map Reference: ST 981986

Owner in 1891: M. Biddulph, Esq., M.P. (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £23.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: M. Biddulph, Esq. (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £23.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Owner in 1939: Peoples Refreshment House Association (P.R.H.A)

Present status: Still trading

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1885,1891,1903,1906 Mary Ann Avery (Mrs) - aged 68 in 1885

1913, 1919 Frank J. Avery (referred to as the Tetbury Road Hotel in 1913)

1992,1998 Shirley Kirker

Shepherds Arms GL7 6JY

The Shepherds Arms closed its doors to the public when the last bottles of beer were sold many years ago. In 1891 and 1903 the premises is listed in the petty sessional divisional records without having a name. Thomas Lewis, the occupier in 1891, is named the executor of Mary Lawrence. This presumably refers to having been appointed to perform the instructions of her will rather than being her assassin! There is still a house in Coates called the Shepherds Arms. The sign from the Shepherds Arms can still be seen in the lobby of the toilets at the Tunnel House.

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Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £5.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only)

Owner in 1903: T.W. Matthews (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £5.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only)

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence – Shepherds Arms

Landlords:

1891 Thomas Lewis

1903 Georgina Lawrence

Tunnel House, Tarlton Road GL7 6PW

A classic Gloucestershire pub. Originally built in the 1780’s for the navvies working on the two mile long Sapperton tunnel on the Thames & Severn canal. It was once called the New Inn. The building was badly damaged by fire in 1952 and it was rebuilt without its top floor which gave the Tunnel House a different roof line. The daughter of Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, Candida Lycett Green wrote in 'The Oldie’: "Along the bar and around the two log fires are the most eclectic mix of people and objects imaginable. Hearty fresh faced Cirencester students, arty bearded and crocheted craftsmen, their women in felt hats with babies on their hips, horse girls in puffas and jods with Jilly Cooper giggles, local farm workers with tractor oil up to their armpits and nattily suited estate agents from Tetbury. There are piles of old copies of Hello!, stuffed weasels and otters, mad sofas, redundant dentists’ chairs, copper pans, old advertising signs, carnations in cut-glass vases, juke-box and fruit machines (seemingly soundless and on their lowest volume at lunch time anyway), good stew, postcards of pert gigantic breasts on sunny beaches and photographs of racehorses winning at Cheltenham....” The advertising signs that Candida refers to include Stroud Brewery and other brewery signs.

Map Reference: ST 965005

Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £18.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1891,1903 Joseph Norton.

1913 R.B. Norton (Mr)

1999 Chris Kite

COLN ST. ALDWYNS

New Inn GL7 5AN

Picturesque 16th century coaching inn built around a courtyard which continues to trade against all odds. It was threatened with redevelopment into residential units after it had been branded uneconomic. In 1991, after a public enquiry, the locals raised £80,000 and prepared a detailed report explaining why the New Inn should remain licensed. Fortunately the residential development was rejected and in the last decade the New Inn has gone from strength to strength. It has won many awards. It was UK Inn of the year for Johansens, the leading publisher of hotel guides.

Map Reference: SP 146051

Owner in 1891: Ellen Mary Wilkins (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £11.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only – six day licence)

Owner in 1903: Ellen Mary Wilkins (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £11.4s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse (six day licence, presumably closed on Sundays)

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1891,1903 Ellen Mary Wilkins

1906,1913 Edmund James Wilkins

1919 Frederick W. Smith

1927,1939 Jesse Blackwell

1992,1999 Brian and Sandra-Anne Evan

DAGLINGWORTH

One reference in 1913. Name of premises not given. No other details at present.

Landlord:

1913 H. Curtis (Mr)

DANEWAY

Bricklayers Arms (Daneway Inn) GL7 6LN

For many years the Bricklayers Arms has been known as the Daneway Inn. It is located in a superb isolated position near the western portal of the old Sapperton canal tunnel. In fact it was originally built for the navvies working on the Thames & Severn canal. The building has changed very little over the years. An old photograph shows a horse and cart tethered to the wall of the pub patiently awaiting for its master to return from his liquid refreshment. A painted sign on the gabled end of the building reads 'The Bricklayers Arms. Cirencester Brewery Co., Ales & Stout. Wines & Spirits.’ There is a magnificent dutch carved fireplace in lounge bar. The Daneway and the Tunnel House Inn were owned by the bookmaker Jack Burrows sometime after 1939 and he was still at the Daneway just before he died c.1983. The Daneway Inn was acquired by Mr. Burrows secretary after his death - his wife and only son had died before him. The Daneway Inn was bought by Wadworth of Devizes on April 2nd 1997 but has enjoyed a long association with the Devizes brewery for at least 20 years prior to that date. I can remember making the effort to cycle to the Daneway on several occasions in the 1970’s to sample the excellent Wadworth 6X which was then served straight from the wooden barrel.

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Owner in 1891:

Rateable Value in 1891: £6.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cripps & Co., Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £6.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1856 E. Restall

1885 George Hill

1891 William Whiting. Alehouse

1903 Annie Whiting

1906 Ann Whiting (Mrs)

1919,1927 Arthur Pearman

1939 M. Pearman (Mrs)

c.1940-c.1983 Jack Burrows

1999 Richard Goodfellow

DOWN AMPNEY

Eliot Arms GL7 5QR

The Eliot Arms closed down in the 1870’s. The pub took its name from the Eliot family who were owners of the Down Ampney estate in the 1740’s. The pub was popular with canal navvies when the Thames & Severn canal was being built. The navvies were often boisterous and on one occasion, according to a local story, a fight led to a murder. Upon closure the Eliot Arms was converted to a farmhouse - Laynes House. The building is a large four gabled Cotswold stone house opposite the village war memorial. There is no evidence to suggest that it was once a pub. However, the wooden sign 'Eliot Arms Inn’ has been privately preserved.

Present status: Private residence – Laynes House

Landlord:

1856 J. Rex

DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTS

Five Mile House GL7 7JR

In 1891 and 1903 the pub was referred to as the Old Inn. The Five Mile House is a 300 year old coaching inn set high in the Cotswolds on the old Roman Road - Ermin Street. When the landlady, Ivy Ruck, died in 1995 there were fears that this totally unspoilt pub would close forever. The Five Mile House had been in the Ruck family since the 1930’s and had hardly altered in the intervening 65 years with bare wood floors, open fires and wooden seating. The small bar leads through to the tap room with its high-backed settles and wood burning stoves. John Burrows sent me an email recently. He told me: "I remember Ivy Ruck of the Five Mile House at Duntisbourne Abbots with much respect and affection. I first visited the pub when I was a young man and her father Fred kept it. Latterly I used to call in on cold winter’s nights for a pint of Courage’s Ale straight from the barrel. Sometimes I was her only customer, and I often thought how vulnerable she was there on her own as a single woman.” Thankfully the classic country pub was saved and was reopened again in 1997 when the Carrier family bought the Five Mile House. Since then there have been a few sensitive alterations and the pub is now able to serve excellent food in a restaurant that was once Ivy Rucks old living quarters.

Map Reference: SO 978091

Owner in 1891: Mrs Marianne Sutton (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Mrs E.M. Cumberland (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage: Wonderful unspoilt interior

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1856 Mrs A. Andrews

1861 George Telling (listed as the Old Inn in 1861 census. George had left the pub by 1867)

1891,1903,1906 Jesse Short

1913 Thomas Ratcliffe

1927 Albert Bennett

1939 Frederick William Ruck

Ivy Ruck (died in 1995)

1997 - present day Jo Carrier

EASTINGTON

Red Lion

There is a reference to the Red Lion, Eastington, Cirencester in 1913. No other details at present.

Landlord:

1913 James Wilkins

EASTLEACH TURVILLE

Victoria Inn GL7 3NQ

The Victoria Inn is still trading in the centre of the village, facing the road from Southrop. The 16th century Victoria Inn was once tied to the Cirencester Brewery. It was subsequently acquired by Arkell’s Kingsdown Brewery of Stratton St. Margarets, Swindon.

Map Reference: SP 198052

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading. Arkell’s tied house.

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1856 R. Shellam

1885 Robert Kibble

1891 William Pinnock. Alehouse. Cirencester Brewery

1902 ,1903,1906,1919 Albert Bowles

1927,1939 Albert Edward Spires

1998 (Oct) Philippa Jenkinson and Stephen Reeves

EWEN

Wild Duck Inn, Drakes Island GL7 6BY

The Wild Duck was only licensed in the 1940's but the building dates back to 1563. The Wild Duck is still a popular pub which retains a slightly rustic feel with panelling, settles, old paintings and an imposing Elizabethan fire place.

Map Reference: SU 007977

Present status: Still trading

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Landlords:

1972 Mr L.R. McLoughlin

1999 (Jan) Dino Mussel

FAIRFORD

Bull Hotel, Market Place GL7 4AA

This imposing market place hotel is thought to date back to the 15th century when it used to be a Monk’s chanting house. The Bull was once leased to the Brimscombe Brewery, then to the Cirencester Brewery. It had an annual rateable value of £48.0s.0d. in 1891 and 1903, closing at 11 p.m. Frank R. Busby was also the landlord of the Swan Hotel, Bibury. The Bull Hotel has been a tied to Arkell’s Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon, for many years. 1745 recorded as an hotel

Map Reference: SP 151010

Owner in 1891: Leased Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery but free of tie

Rateable Value in 1891: £48.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Trustees of J.R.R. Barker (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £48.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading – Arkell’s tied house

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1856 J. N. Ferris

1885,1891 Francis Chard.

1903,1906,1927 Frank R. Busby

1998,2002 Mark Dudley (former Zambian rugby player)

Cheltenham Original Brewery Stores

Mentioned in 1913. Presumably an off licence. No other details at present.

Landlord:

1913 Ernest Orvis

Eight Bells Inn, East End, London Road GL7 4AP

The Eight Bells is still tied to Arkell’s of Swindon.

Map Reference: SP 157009

Owner in 1891: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £12.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

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1891 Charles Harrison

1903 Isaac Harris

1913 G. Berry

1939 Ernest Albert John Berry

1997 Peter and Jennifer Gill

1998 Peter Mortley

George Hotel, Market Place GL7 4AA

The George Hotel was next to the Bull Hotel. The George was eventually amalgamated with the Bull and the licence relinquished.

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Owner in 1891: Misses Silvester (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £24.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Misses Silvester (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £24.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Part of Bull Hotel

Landlords:

1856 T. C. Shurmer

1885 Mary Ann Hope (Mrs)

1891 James Levi Scarrott

1902 Edward Cowley

1903,1906,1927 Fred Price

Marlborough Arms, Milton Street / Cirencester Road GL7 4BS

The 17th century Marlborough Arms is still trading. An old door entrance can be seen to the right of the building that has been recently bricked up.

Map Reference: SP 147009

Owner in 1891: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

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Landlords:

1891,1903 Thomas Comley

1939 Sydney S. Comley

1998 Barry Bird

No name

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Owner in 1891: Exors of Mr Sewell (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only)

Owner in 1903: Exors of Mrs Sewell (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only)

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

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Landlords:

1891 William Simpson

1903 Thomas Clarke Wearing

No name

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Owner in 1891: Charles Taylor Kingsley (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £6.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only)

Present status:

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1891 Mary Elizabeth Forty

No name

The premises was leased by William Cobbett Arkell in 1891 (held on lives). I do not know whether William was related to the Arkell’s Brewing family. I cannot find a reference to the property in 1903.

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Owner in 1891: J. R. R. Barker (free from brewery tie – leased William Cobbett Arkell)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only)

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1891 William Ball Gibbs

Plough Inn, London Street GL7 4AQ

The Plough Inn has had a long association with Arkell’s Kingsdown Brewery. The Cotswold stone Plough Inn still serves excellent pints of Arkell’s ales to this day.

Map Reference: SP 152009

Owner in 1891: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

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Landlords:

1891,1903 Henry Barrett

1913 A. Ryman (Mr)

1939 John William Burge

1998 (Oct) Oliver and Sheila Cleary

Queens Head, Milton Street

The postal codes for Miton Street are GL7 4BN and GL7 4BW.

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Owner in 1891: Emma Giles (leased Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Exors of Emma Giles (leased Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903:

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Landlords:

1891 Alfred Hignell

1901 J. Mason

1903 Elizabeth Mason.

Railway Inn, London Road GL7 4AR

The Railway Inn is still trading. It is just out of town on the road to Lechlade. A stone door archway has the inscription 'The Railway’ above it.

Map Reference: SP 157010

Owner in 1891: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £10.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 Edward Cowley

1903 John Kibblewhite

1913 J. Lloyd

1939 Charles Jones

1998 Roger Scott

1999 Carol Sawyer

White Hart, Market Place GL7 4AB

The White Hart closed a few years ago and is now White Hart Court. The large cast iron pub sign bracket remains in situ.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Trustees of J.R.R. Barker (leased Tayler & Co., Cotswold Brewery, Northleach)

Rateable Value in 1891: £28.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Trustees of J.R.R. Barker (leased Tayler & Co., Cotswold Brewery, Northleach)

Rateable Value in 1903: £28.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: White Hart Court

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 L. Cross

1885 George Hooper

1891 John Wodward

1902,1903,1906 Aaron Cohen

1919 Reuben John Harris

1927,1939 Harry Barber

HORCOTT, Nr. FAIRFORD

Carriers Arms

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891:

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903:

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903:

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 John George Harvey

1903 Reuben Scarrott

1913 W. Davis (Mr).

1939 William Joseph Davis

KEMBLE

Tavern Inn, GL7 6AX

Kemble was a 'dry’ village in 1891 and 1903. It must have been the largest settlement in Gloucestershire without a pub at that time. It had a temperance 'coffee house’ which was eventually licensed and is now the Tavern Inn. The Tavern is still the only pub in the village of Kemble. It is owned by Arkell’s Kingsdown Brewery of Stratton, Swindon. The Tavern is near Kemble Railway station on the Stroud to Swindon line. Kemble Station used to be the junction for the branch lines to Tetbury and Cirencester. The branch lines have long gone but the station remains open and is a well preserved G. W. R. station complete with now defunct water tower.

1984-1998 Henry Archer (retired Feb.1998)

1999 Nyra Stepp

KEMBLE (parish of)

Jackaments Inn, Fosse Way, GL7 6PL

The Jackaments Inn was situated some distance to the west of Kemble village on the old Roman Fosse Way at Jackaments Bottom, very close to the junction with the A433. The building is now Jackament's Bottom Farm. The locals believe that it closed down before the First World War. I have no other details at present. The postal code (GL7 6PL) is Jackaments, Rodmarton.

Landlord:

1828 Henry Tilling

KEMPSFORD

Axe and Compasses, Meadow View, Main Street GL7 4EZ

The Axe and Compass is a traditional Cotswold beamed village pub. In 1996 the pubs owners, Phoenix Inns Ltd., applied for planning permission to turn it into a house. It was saved when Cotswold District council rejected the application and Chippenham based Libran Inns announced that they were prepared to take over the lease of the pub.

Map Reference: SU 154971

Owner in 1891: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £12.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 William Hewer

1903,1913 Charles Lappington

1996 Geoff Willis (manager)

2000 Philip Lewis

Cross Tree Inn, High Street GL7 4EU

There is a Cross Tree and Cross Tree Cottages in the High Street, Kempsford.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence

Heritage:

Landlords:

1891,1903 Frederick Brooks

1913 F. Brooks

1939 Aldwyn G. Witchell

George Inn, High Street GL7 4EQ

The 19th century George Inn has enjoyed a long association with Arkell’s Kingsdown Brewery of Stratton, Swindon. It was the first pub that Arkell’s acquired outside of their Swindon home. The George Inn has been selling Arkell’s excellent traditional beers for well over 100 years. It has probably got the distinction of being the one pub in the county to serve beer from one brewery for the greatest length of time.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £20.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £20.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 A. Ashcombe

1891 William Westbury North

1903,1906 Edward B. North

1913,1919 Frank Yates

1927 James Stratford

1939 Charles Herbert

1998 Ted and Barbara Cade (retired Dec. 1998)

LECHLADE

Bell Inn, High Street, GL7 3AD

In 1897 the landlord’s daughter died from Scarlet Fever. There are no details in the 1903 petty sessional divisional records.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891:

Rateable Value in 1891: £12.2s.3d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Present status: Private residence – Old Bell

Landlords:

1856 G. Hawkins

1891 Charles Stevens

Crown Inn, High Street GL7 3AE

Apart from the removal of dormer windows the exterior of the Crown has changed remarkably little over the years. The pub sign bracket, which can be seen today, was in situ in 1919. A photograph of the peace celebrations of that year shows that the beers were supplied by Ushers Trowbridge brewery. The Crown had only just been acquired by Ushers as it had been tied to the Sun Brewery of Highworth, Wiltshire. (Wadley Bros). Ushers acquired Wadleys and their 17 pubs in 1918. I believe that the Crown Inn was Wadley’s only Gloucestershire pub. The inn was put on the market in 1998 for £180,000 and was then described as a Grade II listed building believed to be approximately 400 years old.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Wadley Brothers, Sun Brewery, Highworth, Swindon, Wilts

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.9d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Wadley Brothers, Sun Brewery, Highworth, Swindon, Wilts

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.9d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 R. Miller

1885 Elizabeth Edwards (Mrs)

1891

1902,1903,1906 Alfred Spiers

1913,1919 John James Lee

1927 Charles Smith

1939 Charles James Burgess

Fox and Hounds, Clay Hill

Clay Hill is not mentioned in the postal address book.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891:

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.13s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903:

Landlords:

1891 Thomas Gillett

1903 William Lane

Labourers Arms, High Street

On the northern side of the High Street.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £9.13s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.13s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Landlords:

1891 Jacob Frampton

1901,1903 Harry Cooper

Marlborough Arms, High Street GL7 3AD

There is a Marlborough House in the High Street. I am assuming that this was once the Marlborough Arms. The Morning Star beerhouse had the same rateable value in 1891.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1903: Stroud Brewery (but free from tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £10.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Landlord:

1903 Frederick James Jaggard.

Morning Star

The Morning Star had an annual rateable value of £10.12s.2d. in 1891 which would indicate that it might have changed its name to the Marlborough Arms which had the same annual rateable value in 1903.

Map Reference:

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

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Present status:

Heritage:

Landlord:

1891 James Hiscock

Nags Head, St. John Street

A simple stone beerhouse that was next door to the old Lechlade Doctors Surgery. Photographs show that it sold Bowlys Entire (no ‘e’ in Bowlys). The pub name and brewery sign was of wooden construction. When these were removed on de-licensing there would have been no evidence of it ever being a pub.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £10.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Landlords:

1891 Raymond Hayden

1903 Elizabeth Hayden

1913 J. Thompson (Mr)

1939 Ernest Telling

New Inn, Market Place, GL7 3AB

17th century Georgian coaching inn facing Market Place and backing on to the River Thames. The 1885 Kelly's Directory lists it as the New Inn family & Commercial Hotel and Posting House. Still successfully trading.

Map Reference: SU 214995

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

Rateable Value in 1891: £24.4s.6d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £24.4s.6d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading as New Inn Hotel

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 John Jacobs

1885 Jane Humphries

1891 Sarah Jane Humphries

1902,1903,1906 William Coombs

1913 H. M. Oliver (Mr)

1919 Florence Maria Oliver (Mrs)

1927 Ellen Hole (Mrs)

Railway Tavern, Station Road

The Railway Tavern was near to the G. W. R. Fairford branch line and on the old Salt Way to the north west of Lechlade. The unclassified road is the route to Quenington. Both the railway and the pub have long since closed.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Eliza M. Kinch (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £8.17s.8d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.17s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 Eliza M. Kinch

1903,1913 John Willis

1939 James Edwin Warrack

Raven

Mentioned in 1856. No other details.

Landlord:

1856 J. Hosier

Red Lion, High Street GL7 3AD

The Red Lion is still trading and has kept its allegiance to Arkell’s Kingsdown Brewery for well over a century. Almost opposite the Crown Inn on the junction with the A361 and A417 near Ha’Penny bridge.

Map Reference: SU 213995

Owner in 1891: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £12.18s.5d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.18s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 W. Hiett

1885,1891,1903,1906 Robert Stevens

1919 Elizabeth Mary Stevens (Mrs)

1927 William Pudwell

1939 Alice Pudwell (Mrs)

2002 David Miles

Royal Oak, Oak Street GL7 3AX

Mrs S.C. Scriven the owner of the Royal Oak in 1891 and 1903 is recorded as being from 39 St. Johns, Bedford. Originally leased to the Cirencester Brewery the Royal Oak was subsequently acquired by Arkells brewery of Stratton, Swindon (date unknown). It is alleged that some of the old wooden beams come from Cirencester church. June Turner who retired in July 1999 was Arkell’s longest serving landlady in recent years being at the pub for over 35 years.

Map Reference: SU 214998

Owner in 1891: Mrs S.C. Scriven (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £8.17s.8d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Mrs S.C. Scriven (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.17s.8d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage: Decorative leaded windows with the words ‘Arkells Entire’

Phone:

Landlords:

1891,1903 William Tovey

1939 Philip Walter Griffin (Oak Inn)

1999 June Turner (retired in July 1999)

1999 Michael and Leslie Hackett

Sherborne Arms, Sherborne Street GL7 3AH

There is a Sherborne House and Sherborne Cottage in Sherborne Street. (GL7 3AH)

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: William Lane (leased Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon)

Rateable Value in 1891: £8.17s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Mary Ann Lane (leased Arkell & Son, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon)

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.17s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Private residence

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 William Ryman

1903,1913 William Punter

1939 Lewis Ashley

Swan Inn, 7 Burford Street GL7 3AP

The Swan Inn was built in 1507, two years before Henry VIII came to the throne. It is Lechlade’s oldest pub and continues to trade. The exterior has changed little over the years but the left side of the old twin gabled inn is now an antique shop (Swan Antiques).

Map Reference: SU 214996

Owner in 1891: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery Swindon

Rateable Value in 1891: £13.14s.6d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: R.B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £13.14s.6d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading but part of building is an antique shop – Swan Antiques

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 R.J. Archer

1885 Alfred Spiers

1891,1903,1906,1913 Sarah Gerring

1919 Harry Cooper

1927,1939 William Hy. Banyard

1995 (May),1999 Joanne and Eric Butler

Three Horseshoes Inn, Fairford Road, Downington GL7 3DL

The Three Horseshoes is still licensed as a pub. It is located to the west of the town on the road to Fairford (A417). The building dates from 1657. The pub was possibly once called the Wagon and Horses. The Three Horseshoes was the only Morlands tied house in Gloucestershire as recorded in the petty sessional divisional records The 1996 edition of the CAMRA 'Real ale in Gloucestershire’ indicates that Morlands beers were still available at the Three Horseshoes one hundred years later. It seems a shame, therefore, that the Abingdon Brewery has recently closed down.

Map Reference: SU 207997

Owner in 1891: Morland & Co., Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.2s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Morland & Co., Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Rateable Value in 1903: £10.2s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891,1903 John Rawlings (listed as the Woodman Inn in 1891)

1939 William Ferris

1998 Michael and Leslie Hackett (moved to the Royal Oak July 1999)

Trout Inn, St. Johns Bridge GL7 3HA

13th century inn on the Thames, originally the alms house of a priory dissolved in 1472. An old photograph shows the pub with the sign ‘Bowlys Entire’ (no ‘e’) prominent. In recent years it has had a long association with the Courage Brewery. Still trading.

Map Reference: SU 223991

Owner in 1891: A. R. & W. S. Prideau of Goldsmiths Hall, London (leased Stroud Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £26.11s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: R. B. Bowley, North Wilts Brewery, Swindon

Rateable Value in 1903: £26.11s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 J. Willesdon

1885,1891,1903,1906 Daniel Bowyer

1919 Mrs Bowyer

1927,1939 James Ayliffe

1989,1999 Bob and Penny Warren

Woodman Inn - see Three Horseshoes Inn

MEYSEY HAMPTON

Lamb and Flag

Only one reference to the Lamb and Flag in 1856.

Landlord:

1856 J. I. Packer

Masons Arms, 28 High Street, GL7 5JT

The 17th century Cotswold stone built Masons Arms is in a picturesque location on the village green.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Exors. of W.K. Mott (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £11.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Exors. of W.K. Mott (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £11.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903:

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 J. Trinder

1885 Mrs S. Lewis

1891,1903,1906 John Hedges

1913,1919,1939 Charles Hedges

1997 Andrew and Jane O'Dell

Three Magpies

On the London Road near Meysey Hampton, between Poulton and Fairford. Now a private house. see Poulton

NORTH CERNEY

Bathurst Arms

The 17th century Bathurst Arms is still successfully trading. The attractive whitewashed village pub, just off the A435, has flagstone floors, settles and a stove in an inglenook fireplace. The stream running through the garden is the River Churn.

Map Reference: SP 019079

Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £12.17s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.16s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 W. Bradley

1885,1891 Henry Williams

1902,1903,1906 Robert Williams

1919 Henry Williams

1927 Mrs Alice Williams

Guise Arms

Only one reference to the Guise Arms in 1856.

Landlord:

1856 R. Gegg

PERROTTS BROOK

Bear Inn, GL7 7BD

The Bear Inn had an annual rateable value of £14.8s.0d. in 1891 and 1903, closing at 10 p.m. The Bear Inn is still trading. It is located about two miles to the north of Cirencester on the A435 road to Cheltenham. Map reference SP 019060. The building dates back to 1715. The Bear had a long association with Courages Brewery having been acquired by the takeover of Simonds of Reading who had already taken over Cirencester Brewery. In recent years, however, the Bear has been tied to Ushers of Trowbridge. Ushers brewery closed in 2000 and the beers are now contract brewed.

Map Reference: SP 019060

Owner in 1891: John H. Howell (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: F.W.B. Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.8s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Closed 2004

Heritage:

Landlords:

1856 A. Pinchin

1885,1891 William Moore

1902,1903,1906 William Townsend

1913,1919,1927 William George Scriven

1992-1998 Ray and Yvonne Helsdon (retired March 1998)

1999 Simon and Sally Tarrant

POULTON

Axe and Compasses / Carpenters Arms, London Road

In 1856 it was listed as the Ox and Compass, Poulton, Swindon. In the 1885 Kelly's directory the entry was for the Axe and Compasses. It had changed its name to the Carpenters Arms by 1891. The building was constructed in 1650. It was in the centre of the village on the London Road. No other details at present.

Map Reference: SP 102010 (approximate)

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £13.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Present status:

Heritage:

Landlords:

1856 R. Harrison (Ox & Compasses)

1885 Thomas Ricketts (Axe & Compasses)

1891 Edward Herbert. (Carpenters Arms)

Falcon Inn, Cricklade Street, GL7 5HN

The 300 year old Grade II listed Falcon Inn is located on a bend on the A417 and is a dominant landmark when approaching Poulton from the east. The Falcon holds a conker festival every October.

Map Reference: SP 102009

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status:

Heritage: Still trading

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 W. Poole

1885,1891 Thomas Niblett

1902,1903,1906 George Ockwell

1913,1919,1927 John Tanner

1939 Margeret Tanner

1997 John Gardiner

Dec 1998, 2000 Viv and Catrina Joyce

New Inn, London Road

The New Inn was a simple beerhouse on the London Road which closed just after the Second World War. It is now a private house with nothing to indicate that it was once a pub.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Ann Oram (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £8.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Exors. Of Ann Oram (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 Ann Oram

1903 Fred Morse

1913,1939 Elizabeth Morse (Mrs)

Three Magpies, London Road

I have made notes of this establishment but I have forgotten where the information was sourced. It does not appear to be in any county directory, nor in the 1891 and 1903 books.

QUENINGTON

Earl Grey, Church Road GL7 5BL

The Wilts & Glos Standard reported on 15th August 1996: 'Tiny pub to become holiday home - A Cotswold bar which used to claim to be the smallest pub in England will close for good in the autumn. Landlady Lucie Swainson at the Earl Grey in Quenington will call last orders for the very last time on Halloween night. She hopes to turn the tiny pub, which is also home to the village post office, into a holiday apartment. Mrs Swainson decided to shut up shop when running the bar became too much for her. Her retirement marks the end of an era at the Earl Grey. But the locals will not be left without a watering hole in the village. The tiny pub is within staggering distance of a much larger inn, the Keepers Arms.’ I visited the Earl Grey for the first, and last, time after discovering that it was to close. What I found was a delight. A small quaint cottage housing the epitome of a quintessential English traditional rural pub; a delightful small garden with flowers in profusion and, inside, small homely rooms with beer served direct from a barrel. It was perfection. The Earl Grey had an annual rateable value of £9.10s.0d. in 1891 and 1903 which, surprisingly, was more than the nearby Keepers Arms.

Map Reference: SP 146041

Owner in 1891: Thomas Moss (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Thomas Moss (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903:

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1871,1891,1903 Thomas Moss (aged 50 in 1871 census and 62 in 1881 census!!!))

1939 James Thomas Smith

1996 Lucie Swainson

Keepers Arms, Church Road, GL7 5BL

The Keepers Arms was originally a gamekeepers cottage, hence the name. The pub is still successfully trading.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £8.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903:

Closing time in 1903:

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1851 ? John Hollister (aged 55. Beershop and carrier. No name given of premises)

1861 ? Mary Hollister (aged 45, listed as beer seller. No name of establishment)

1871 ? Thomas Hollister (aged 50. No name given but presumably Keepers Arms)

1881 George Gibson (aged 56)

1891,1901 Mary Gibson. (Mary Gibson , aged 64 in 1891, widowed)

1903 Charles Harris. Beerhouse. Cirencester Brewery

1913,1939 Charles Harris

Jack and Linda Harris

Pig and Whistle, Springfield Road, GL7 5BU

On the outskirts of the village on the crossroads leading to Ready Token and Coln St. Aldwyns. The Pig and Whistle was an isolated outlet for Smith’s Brimscombe Brewery Ales. The building is now a private house called the Old Pig and Whistle. The building looks like it might have once had stabling.

Map Reference: SP 145045

Owner in 1891: Elizabeth Ivin (leased Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £10.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903:

Present status: Private residence – Old Pig and Whistle

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1871,1881 Elizabeth Ivin (aged 63 in 1871 census; Henry Webb is her son-in-law,34)

1891 Henry Webb

1901 Emily Claridge (aged 26)

1903,1913Walter D. Claridge

1939 William Hy. Smith

READY TOKEN

Drum and Monkey, GL7 5SX

Originally called the Bell, the Drum and Monkey stood on the crossroads where Akeman Street, the Roman Road, met Welsh Way, the Drovers Road. Ready Token is to the west of Coln St. Aldwyns near Bibury. Joe Stevens, an amateur historian, told the 'Wilts and Glos Standard’: "There are many stories of travellers being robbed and murdered here. Skeletons have been found on the site of the old inn including eight in a mass grave thought to be Cromwellian soldiers from the English Civil War, who were captured at the inn and later killed.” The old pub is now Ready Token House. It is reputedly haunted. It had ceased trading by 1891.

Map reference: SO 107045

Present status: Private residence – Ready Token house

Landlords:

1738 Thomas Skillin

SAPPERTON

Bell Inn, GL7 6LE

Map Reference: SO 948033

Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £12.16s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1856 T. Arnold

1885,1891,1903,1906 John Harrison

1919 George Cook

1927 Charles Harris

1976-1999 Gordon and Violet Wells (retired August 1999)

1999 Paul Davidson and Pat Le Jeune

No name

Location not yet known.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £4.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £4.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status:

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Landlords:

1891,1903 Richard Harrison

SIDDINGTON, Nr. CIRENCESTER

Greyhound Inn, Ashton Road GL7 6HR

The Thames and Severn Canal was once carried over the Ashton Road near to the pub on an aqueduct. The Greyhound used to be tied to the local Cirencester Brewery but it was acquired from Courages in 1984 by Wadworth of Devizes, Wiltshire. The 17th century stone built pub has two bars and is within easy walking distance of Cirencester.

Map Reference: SU 034995

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £18.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £18.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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Landlords:

1830 John Sutton

1856 J. Cripps

1885 Robert Wheeler

1891,1903,1906,1913 Solomon Tilling

1919 Thomas G. Teall

1927 Anthony E. Matheson

1939 Frederick Percy Winmill

1999 Mike and Loiuse Grattan

SOMERFORD KEYNES

Bakers Arms, GL7 6DN

The stone built Bakers Arms has recently been acquired by the owners of the Wild Duck Inn at Ewen.

Map Reference: SU 017954

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Type of licence in 1891:

Owner in 1903:

Rateable Value in 1903: £11.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1902 Geo. Joseph White

1903 Alfred Sansom. Alehouse. Cirencester Brewery

1906,1919 Alfred Sansom

1927 Mary Ann Sansom

No name

This licensed premises was tied to Cook’s Tetbury Brewery. No other details at present.

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Owner in 1903: Messrs Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £8.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only)

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

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1903 Richmond Bowley.

SOUTH CERNEY

Butchers Arms, High Street, GL7 5UG

The Butchers Arms closed for the last time on 3rd March 1922 and compensation was paid.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: E. William Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £8.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: F.W.B. Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £11.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence – There is a Butchers Cottage in the High Street, GL7 5UG

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Landlords:

1891,1903 Robert Hemsley

1913 F. T. Carpenter (Mr)

Eliot Arms Hotel, Clarks Hay, GL7 5UA

The 16th century Eliot Arms, a former coaching inn, is still trading. The garden backs onto the River Churn.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £12.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £20.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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Landlords:

1885,1891,1903,1906 George Woodward

1913 G. E. White (Mr)

1927 Thomas Carpenter

1939 Sarah Jane Carpenter (Mrs)

1989-1999 Linda and Duncan Hickling (left May 17th 1999)

2000 Margaret Chivers

George Inn

See Old George

Horse and Groom Inn, Cricklade Road, GL7 5QE

The 18th century pub once stood on the busy A417 Cirencester to Swindon road but a bypass constructed in the mid 1990’s has left it isolated.

Map Reference: SU 068982

Owner in 1891: E. William Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £29.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: F.W.B. Cripps, Esq., Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status:

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1856 J. Pollard

1885 Henry Weeks

1891 George Weeks

1902,1903,1906,1927 Alfred George Beard

1997 Ernie Lucker

Old George Inn, Clarks Hay, GL7 5UA

The Old George is still trading as a traditional village pub. The building is a 200 year old listed building with whitewashed walls and stone-tiled gabled roofs. The Old George was transformed into a trendy young persons venue called 'Walter Mitty's’ in the 1980's. Thankfully the pub reverted back to its true identity in the mid 1990's.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Isaac B. Howell (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Trustees of Isaac B. Howell (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £13.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1856 C.O. Hayes

1885,1891 William Dunn

1902,1903 William Fred Maidment

1906 Albert Harding

1913,1919 Edwin Maidment

1927 William Huxley

1939 Jesse Archer

1996 - David and Elaine Neville-Lister

Plough Inn, Station Road, GL7 5UE

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Elizabeth Weeks (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1891: £20.15s.0d. (the higher RV might have included land)

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Elizabeth Weeks (free from brewery tie)

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: There is a Plough Cottage in Station Road. GL7 5UE

Heritage:

Landlady:

1891,1903 Elizabeth Weeks

Royal Oak, High Street, GL7 5UP

The 1856 reference is simply The Oak, South Cerney. When excavations were being made in 1997 to lay pipes for a new cellar human remains were found which necessitated a police enquiry. A new extension has recently been built to the Grade II listed pub.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: E. William Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: F.W.B. Cripps, Esq., Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £12.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1856 W. Short (Oak, South Cerney)

1885,1891,1903,1906 William Jasper Millard (William Millard in 1885)

1913 A.E. Cleavely (Mr)

1919,1927 William John Bird

1939 Ernest H. Brown

1991 - Steve and Deena Greenhough

SOUTHROP

Swan Inn, GL7 3NU

The Swan is a 17th century Cotswold stone building covered in virginia- creeper which today has a good reputation for food.

Map Reference: SP 201035

Owner in 1891: Wadham College, Oxford (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Wadham College, Oxford (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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1856 W. Rawlings

1885,1891,1903,1906 George Charles Tanner

1913,1919,1939 George Newman

STRATTON, Nr. CIRENCESTER

Drillmans Arms, 34 Gloucester Road, GL7 2JY

Closing time was at 10 p.m. in 1903. There must have been a steady migration eastwards to Cirencester where the pubs in nearby Gloucester Street closed at 11 p.m. The Drillmans Arms is still trading. In the bar there is a made up pub sign showing a monkey sratching its bottom with the title: 'The Mandrills Arms’. The pub had a long association with Courages’ Brewery but it was one of the first pubs to be acquired by Archers Brewery of Swindon. It has now been sold by Archers and operates as a free house. A mini beer festival is held at the pub on August Bank Holiday.

Map Reference: SP 017031

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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Landlords:

1891,1903 Joseph Smith

1939 Alfred S. Potter

1989 Brian Law

1999 Richard Selby

Plough Inn, 5 Gloucester Road, GL7 2LB

The Plough Inn had an annual rateable value of £14.10s.0d. in 1891 and 1903. (10 p.m. closing time). The building is at least 300 years old and was originally cottages. The building was rebuilt in 1870. The Plough was leased to the Stroud Brewery Company. It was an ordinary Whitbread pub before Arkell’s of Swindon bought the premises.

Map Reference: SP 015033

Owner in 1891: William Mann (leased Stroud Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Trustees of William Mann (leased Stroud Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading – Arkell’s tied house

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1885 Alfred Mullis

1891 George Freeman

1903 Rhoda Freeman

1913 J. M. Jewell (Mr)

1932 Sarah Jewell

1939 Charles W.E. Moss

1999 Mike Wells

Present day - Cherie Tancock and Ellwyn Simpson

Salutation Inn, Albion Street, GL7 2HT

The Salutation stood on the corner of Albion Street and Gloucester Road. Before the turnpike was built the road to Cheltenham started from this corner.

Map Reference: SP 015033

Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status:

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Landlords:

1856 H. Parsloe

1885 William Iles

1891 George Diver

1902,1903 Elizabeth Diver (Mrs)

1906 George Robert Barker

1913,1919,1927 George Hicks

1939 Albert Pinnock

WINSTONE

New Inn

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: E. William Cripps, Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1891: £10.16s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: F.W.B. Cripps, Esq., Cirencester Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £9.12s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence – New Inn Cottage, GL7 7JU

Heritage:

Landlords:

1856 W. Smith

1885,1891 William Townsend

1902 Anne Holder (Mrs)

1903 Ann Holder

1906,1919 George Ruck

1927 Thomas Woods

1939 Abel Ponting

WHELFORD

Queens Head

The Queens Head was demolished to allow construction of the runway at R. A. F. Fairford

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Mary Ann Poole (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Mary Ann Poole (leased Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Demolished

Landlords:

1885 John Hitchings Poole

1891 Henry Bond

1902,1903,1906 Mary Ann Poole

1919 William Strange

1927 Harry Coole

1939 William Hy. Griffin