Gloucestershire Pubs - Postcode GL8

Postcode GL8

AVENING

Bell Inn, High Street GL8 8NF

The Bell Inn is still trading on the B4014 in the village centre. In 1866 the Bell Inn together with three cottages and half an acre of land was sold. It was converted to a restaurant in 1985 but reverted to a full licence again in 1995.

Map Reference: ST 884978

Owner in 1891: Charles Richard Luce, Malmesbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Charles Richard Luce, Malmesbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1891 Ralph Jones. Beerhouse

1903,1906 Charles Willavoys

1998 Melissa Bovey

Butchers Arms, Point Road

The license of the Butchers Arms was allowed to lapse voluntarily because of lack of trade. It closed on 2nd June 1916. Rowland Fowles, landlord in 1902, was previously at the Horse & Farrier, Avening. The building is now a private house. In the central first floor window recess, which has been covered over and plastered, there is an old painted hand written sign of the Butchers Arms. After nearly ninety years the writing is still clearly legible.

Owner in 1903: Duck and Reed, Malmesbury

Rateable value in 1903: £11.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private house

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Landlords:

1902 Rowland Fowles

1903 William Keen

1906 Charles Teal

Cross Inn. Star Lane GL8 8NT

The Cross Inn is still trading. It is on the corner of Star Lane and Hampton Hill. To the side of the pub in Hampton Hill there is a painted pub sign 'The Cross Inn’ on the stonework - a rarity these days. There is a fine ornamental iron work pub sign bracket - possibly dating back to Stroud Brewery days. The 1903 petty sessional divisional records refer to the Golden Cross Inn.

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Owner in 1891: Stroud Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Stroud Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £9.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage: West Country Ales ceramic plaque in situ, interesting pub sign bracket

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Landlords:

1856 James Sharp

1885,1891,1902 Thomas Essex

1903,1906 Honor Dee (Mrs Honor Dee in 1906)

1919,1927 Frederick Dee

1939 Joseph Mullen

Farriers Arms / Horse and Farrier

I am assuming that the Farriers Arms and the Horse & Farrier refer to the same pub. Roland Fowles is listed as landlord of the Farriers Arms in 1885 and the Horse and Farrier in 1891. There is no mention of the pub in 1903. No other details at present and location not known.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Stroud Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £11.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Present status:

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1856 S. Essex (Farriers Arms)

1885 Roland Fowles (Farriers Arms)

1891 Roland Fowles. (Horse and Farrier)

Horse and Groom

Only one reference in 1856. No other details at present and location unknown.

1856 E. Niblett

Nags Head, Nags Head hamlet

Modern postal code of Nags Head Lane is GL8 8NZ. This is an isolated hamlet just to the east of Avening on the unclassified road to Cherington. The old pub is an old building of interesting architectural styles. It is essentially a Cotswold stone building but has an elaborate stone carved frontage, uncharacteristic of a simple village pub. The carvings were probably once above a door but the entrance has been since replaced by a single window. The Nags Head had an annual rateable value of just £9.0s.0d. and yet had a full license. Nags Head is still marked on the map as an settlement.

Map Reference: ST 894983

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: £9.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903:

Present status: Private house

Heritage: Highly decorative stonework

Landlords:

1856 Mrs H. Waite

1885 Thomas Musto

1891 Joseph Sparrow

1902 Herbert Taylor

1903,1906 Charles Strange

1919 Albert Boulton

1927 Reginald Boulton

1939 Reginald Clifford Jackson

New Inn, Pound Hill

The New Inn is now a private residence called Glebe House. There is a New Inn lane in Avening. Post code GL8 8NB. No other details at present.

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Owner in 1891: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable value in 1903:

Type of licence in 1903:

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence – Glebe House

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Landlords:

1856 J. H. Hopkins

1885 William Essex

1891 John Fletcher

1902,1903,1906,1927 Ernest Harman

1939 Frederick Charles Ernest Howley

Rising Sun

The Rising Sun Inn was referred to the Compensation Authority c.1922 and presumably closed soon after.

Map Reference: ST 885982

Owner in 1891: Mrs Hannah Wilkins (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Esther Glastonbury (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Private residence – Rising Sun Cottage

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Landlords:

1891 Elijah Glastonbury

1903 Esther Glastonbury

Sawyers Arms

In 1856 Henry Bennett bought the Post Office occupied by Joseph Powis and a blacksmiths shop and yard occupied by William Hopkins. In the first half of the 1870's Henry Bennett pulled down the Post Office and house and built the Sawyers Arms on the site. He sold the pub to Playnes of Minchinhampton for £600 in about 1876. (the property cost just £60 in 1856). Henry Bennett was also a master blacksmith. He died without making a will and apparently penniless in 1893. He is buried in Avening churchyard. The location of the pub is not yet known.

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Owner in 1891: George Playne & Sons, Forwood Brewery, Minchinhampton

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Stroud Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beer and Cider

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

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1885 Thomas Holborow

1891 Henry Bennett

1902 Honor Dee (Mrs)

1903,1906 Jabez Powell

CHERINGTON

Cherington

A pub called The Cherington is listed in 'Real Ale in Gloucestershire'. I have never seen another reference to this 'pub'. Did it exist at all?

No name

Cherington is just over three miles to the north of Tetbury and about a mile and a half east of Avening. The map reference for Cherington Post Office is ST 904987.

Map Reference: ST 904987 (approx)

Owner in 1891: Luke Lowsley (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £10.10s.0d.

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

Owner in 1903: Jesse Hall

Rateable value in 1903: £10.7s.6d.

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

Closing time in 1903:

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Landlord:

1891,1903 Jesse Hall

Trouble House Inn - see Tetbury

There is a superb website devoted entirely to the Trouble House Inn.

KINGSCOTE

Hunters Hall, GL8 8XZ

The Hunters Hall is a 16th century coaching inn located in an isolated position on the road from Dursley to Tetbury (A4135). Still trading and now under the ownership of Greene King of Bury St. Edmunds.

Map Reference: ST 814960

Owner in 1891: Sir Nigel Kingscote (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £20.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Sir Nigel Kingscote (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £20.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

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Landlords:

1856 J. Butler

1885,1891 Elias Hobbs

1902 George J.P. Holloway

1903,1906,1913 Eliza Holloway (Mrs)

1919,1927 William H. Holloway

1939 Ethelberta Jn. Snell

1997 Stephanie Ward (manageress)

KNOCKDOWN

New Inn (Holford Arms), GL8 8QY

The New Inn is still trading as the Holford Arms. On the A433. The pub, within the parish of Sherston, is actually in Wiltshire, the county boundary runs through the pub car park!

Map Reference: ST 837883

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1840-1853 George Woolnough

2003 Terrance Heatley

LEIGHTERTON

Royal Oak, The Street GL8 8UN

The Cotswold stone building is at least 300 years old. It was sold to the Stroud Brewery in 1903 by the Huntley family of Boxwell Court.

Map Reference: ST 824912

Owner in 1891: Huntley’s trustees (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £14.7s.6d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Reverend O. C. Huntley

Rateable value in 1903: £14.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903:

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage: West Country Ales plaque in situ

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Landlords:

1856 G. Hooper

1885 William Morse

1891 Elizabeth Morse

1902 Harry Jones

1903,1919 Henry Jones

1927 Orlando Jones

1939 G. Bristow

2000 Andrew and Rachel Milson Clifford

2003 Reg and Lynette Quinlan

SHIPTON MOYNE

Cat and Custard Pot, The Street, GL8 8PN

The 1891 and 1903 petty sessional divisional records refer to a beerhouse with off sales only without having a name. The premises was also the village stores and post office. It was purchased by the Stroud Brewery from the Escourt estate in 1924 and subsequently gained a full licence. The unusual name comes from the Victorian novel 'Handley Cross’ by Surtess which recalls the tales of John Jorrocks, a sporting grocer. Apparently, Stroud Brewery wanted to call the inn the Escourt Arms but the proposed name was met with disapproval from the local squire. It has been in the same family for over 125 years (five generations).

Map Reference: ST 890895

Owner in 1891: Reverend R. H. B. Estcourt (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

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

Owner in 1903: George T.J. Sotheron Estcourt (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £12.0s.0d.

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

Closing time in 1903: 10pm

Present status: Still trading

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Landlords:

1891 Charles Jeffrey

1903 Sarah Jeffrey

TETBURY

Bell Inn, New Church Street / Charlton Road

The Bell Inn was a two storey building with a central entrance with an ornate portal. Between the first and second floor was a wooden sign board with the name of the pub. When this was removed there would have been nothing to suggest that it had ever been a pub. The Bell had closed sometime prior to 1949. It has since been converted into flats and there is no trace of the original central entrance.

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Owner in 1891: T. S. Crew (leased Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £12.15s.0d

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: T.S. Crew (leased Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery)

Rateable value in 1903: £15.0s.0d

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

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Landlords:

1830,1844 John Crew

1856 G. Ford (Bell, Coomber's Mead, Tetbury)

1885 William Wear

1891 W. G.Weare

1902,1903,1906 Henry Cull (Henry Edward Cull in 1903)

1913,1927 George Beale

Boot and Horse Collar Inn

Possibly same premises at Boot Inn

Boot Inn, Market Place

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Owner in 1891: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £13.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Reverend W. Thomson

Rateable value in 1903: £17.12s.6d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

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Landlords:

1830 George Frape

1844 Daniel Cole

1856 S. Saunders

1885 Thomas Townsend (junior)

1891,1903,1906 Thomas Townsend

Nick Clarke

Compasses Inn

See Three Compasses

Crown Inn, 12 Gumstool Hill, GL8 8DG

The Crown Inn is the starting point of the historic Woolsack Races held at Whitsuntide every year. A large sack of wool is carried from the Crown down the hill to the Royal Oak. The tri-gabled Cotswold stone building dates back to 1693. It was originally called the Angel. The front facade has been spoilt by modern replacement windows. To the rear of the building is a decorative iron work entrance with a crown displayed on top of the archway. There is also a damaged West Country Ales ceramic plaque inlaid into the gateway wall.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £13.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £16.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage: West Country Ales plaque still in situ

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Landlords:

1856 W. Lock

1885 William Lock

1891 E. T. Mann

1903 Ernest William Mann

1906 Ernest Mann

1913 E.W. Mann

1919 Alfred Townsend

1927 Rt. Charles Plank

1939 Charles Edward Bowsher

Eight Bells Inn, 14 Church Street, GL8 8JG

The Eight Bells had an unusual frontage with its timber framed gables jettied out over the pavement. The entrance was set back beneath the upper floors. A landlord fell to his death by falling down a well at the pub in the 1890's. The Eight Bells closed in the 1970's. The property is now home to a picture framing company - Eight Bells Gallery.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Picture framing shop

Landlords:

1830 Ann Buckingham

1844 Edmund Sealy

1856 Mrs A. Cox

1885 Henry Cuss

1891 Jonathan Pratt

1903,1906,1919 Robert Palmer

1927 James Joseph Long

1939 Ernest Joseph Strong

Fox Inn, 34 Silver Street

There is an Old Fox House in Silver Street. Postal code GL8 8DL.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £14.7s.6d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £17.12s.6d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Private residence – Old Fox House

Landlords:

1830 Robert Taylor

1844 James Wakefield

1856 J. Hunt

1885,1891,1903,1906 William Compton

1913,1919 Frederick Ashleford (F.E. Ashelford in 1913)

1927 Frank Jefferies

1939 Percy Wilkins

Gentle Gardener, Long Street

See the Ormonds Head.

Greyhound Inn, 3 Hampton Street, GL8 8JN

The Greyhound was directly opposite Cook’s Tetbury Brewery and served as their tap house... Nathaniel and Walter Cook probably drank their own beer there. The Greyhound is still trading although, unfortunately, the days of Cook’s Tetbury Ales are long forgotten. The exterior of the pub would be still recognisable to Messrs Cook except that the old stable entrance has been partitioned into a glazed doorway. The old Cook’s Brewery can still be seen across the road. It is now converted into luxury apartments.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £17.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £20.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage: West Country Ales ceramic plaque in situ

Phone:

Landlords:

1830 William Tanner

1844 Joseph Giles

1856 W. White

1885 James Sweeney (Mrs)

1891 John Philpot

1902,1903,1906,1927 Edward Boulton

1939 Gilbert Charles Merrett

Horse Collar

Landlord:

1844 Mary Warn

Jolly Butchers

Referred to as the Jolly Butchers in 1913. See Three Jolly Butchers

Landlord:

1913 Mr F. W. Faulkner

No name

A late Victorian / early Edwardian wine bar perhaps. No other details at present.

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Owner in 1891: Frederick Hugginson (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £28.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Wines only

Owner in 1903: Mrs M.J. Hugginson (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £36.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: ‘Refreshment House for wines only’

Closing time in 1903:

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Landlords:

1891 Frederick Hugginson

1903 Mrs. M. J. Hugginson

No name, Warn's Barton Steam Brewery

This was probably the off licence attached to Warn’s Barton Steam Brewery.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: William Warn, Barton Steam Brewery, Tetbury

Rateable value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

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

Owner in 1903: William John Warn / William Warn, Barton Steam Brewery, Tetbury

Rateable value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.

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

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Landlords:

1891 Martha Bayliss

1903 William John Warn

No name, Witchell's Brewery

This was probably the off licence attached to Witchell’s Brewery.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Thomas H. Witchell (brewer)

Rateable value in 1891: £44.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only – probably attached to brewery)

Owner in 1903:c Thomas H. Witchell (brewer)

Rateable value in 1903: £37.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only – probably attached to brewery)

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

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Landlord/Proprietor:

1891,1903 Thomas H. Witchell

Ormonds Head Hotel, 23 Long Street, GL8 8AA

During the 17th century the inn was known as the Lamb and then the King and Queen before becoming the Ormonds Head in honour of James Butler, the seventh Duke of Ormond. The front facade of the Ormonds Head was reconstructed in 1902 which might explain the increase in rateable value. The original twin gabled pub was replaced with the present frontage. In the 1970's and early 1980's the Ormonds Head reputation deteriorated. From 1987 to 1997 the premises was known as the Gentle Gardener. It was listed in the 1985 CAMRA Good Beer Guide as a pub but later became an off licence. It eventually closed altogether. There were plans to convert the building into a block of executive flats but, luckily, Lyndon and Judy Parry Booth bought the premises to keep it as a going concern. The Ormonds Head has its own website www.ormondshead.com

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £25.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Nailsworth Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £32.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

A West Country Ales plaque has been rescued and is fixed on the wall in the public bar.

Phone:

Landlords:

1830 Lydia Ashbee

1844,1856 Joseph Maggs

1885 Joseph Clark

1891 William Dyke

1903 Frank Butler Soper

1906 Richard Rich

1913 Edgar Rawlings

1919,1927 Harry Miller

1996 Lyndon and Judy Parry Booth

? to present day (2004) - Andy and Maggie Vowles are Managers

Plough Inn, 65 Long Street, GL8 8AA

When the Stroud Brewery acquired the Tetbury Brewery in 1933 a huge wooden sign was erected on the roof of the building which read: 'Plough Inn. The Stroud Brewery Company. Ales & Stouts. Wines & Spirits’. The Plough closed many years ago and is now trading as a licensed restaurant.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £16.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1885,1891 William Sessions Jenkins

1902,1903,1906 Samuel Frederick Wildsmith

1913,1919 James Purnell

1927,1939 Florence Alice Purnell (Mrs)

Prince and Princess, Market Place

No other details at present.

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Owner in 1891: Charles Richard Luce, Malmesbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Charles Richard Luce, Malmesbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £19.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

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Landlords:

1830 Richard K. Woodward

1844 Richard Hillier

1885 James Hayward

1891 A. T. Ford. Alehouse. Charles Richard Luce, Malmesbury Brewery

1902,1903 Frederick Cull (Frederick William Cull in 1903)

1906 William Hy. Haynes

Prince of Wales, 79 West Street, GL8 8DR

H. R. H. Prince of Wales lives just over a mile away at Highgrove House. I wonder if he ever popped in for a pint? If you are reading this Charles, your Royal Highness, and fancy a pint and a pasty at your own local pub.. forget it because it closed in the Autumn of 1999! The pub was known to the locals as the 'Drum and Monkey'. It was one of the last pubs in the county to retain its old Whitbread sign.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: W. Weare (leased Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £11.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: Misses Weare (leased Messrs N. &W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery)

Rateable value in 1903: £14.7s.6d.

Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

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Landlords:

1885,1891 James Horton

1902,1903 Charles Keedwell (Charles James Keedwell in 1903)

1906 John Oates

1939 George Pullie

1967-1999 Sue and Colin Henry 'Fred' Dyer

Priory Inn, London Road

The Priory Inn is trading today but there are no other references to it. It must be a newly licensed premises.

Phone: 01666 502251.

Queens Arms

Landlord:

1844 John Smith

Royal Oak, 1 Cirencester Road, GL8 8EY

The Cotswold stone built pub is still trading. It is the finishing point of the annual Woolsack Races (see Crown Inn). It has a skittle alley that looks like it was originally built as a brew house.

Map Reference: ST 892933

Owner in 1891: Reverend T. G. Horwood (leased to Cripps & Co., Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Reverend W. Thomson (Leased to Cripps & Co., Cirencester Brewery)

Rateable value in 1903: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Still trading

Heritage:

Phone:

Landlords:

1830,1844 William Lewis

1856 B. Purnell

1885 Samuel Beard

1891,1902 Henry Beale

1903,1906,1919 Charles Jones

1927,1939 William Jones

Snooty Fox

See White Hart Hotel

Talbot Hotel, Market Place, GL8 8DD

The 16th century Talbot was one of the most prestigious hotels in Tetbury. The Talbot is now converted into eight self contained flats called Talbot apartments. 'The Talbot sign is still in situ and, when I last saw the old hotel, a West Country Ales ceramic brewery plaque had been crudely painted over with white paint.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Edwin Webb (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1891: £30.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Edwin Webb (free from brewery tie)

Rateable value in 1903: £37.12s.6d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status: Residential apartments

Heritage: West Country Ales plaque painted over with white paint

Landlords:

1830,1844 Benjamin Watts

1856 J. Webb (Talbot, Silver Street)

1885,1891,1903 Edwin Webb

1913,1919 Henry Eddels

1927 Percy L. Holloway

Three Cocks Inn, Charlton

'Last orders’ were called at 10 p.m. in 1903 which indicates that the Three Cocks was situated just outside the town of Tetbury. The 1939 address in the Kelly's Directory is listed as Charlton, Tetbury Upton. The pub had a delightful nickname of the 'Ladies Delight’ . I'll leave you to figure out why! No other details at present.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903:

Present status:

Heritage:

Landlords:

1844 Henry Moore

1856 T. Moore

1891 Thomas Waters

1902,1903 Tom Hale

1906 Charles Keedwell

1919 William Drissell

1927 Frederick Hayes

1939 Rt. Baker

Three Compasses, Fox Hill

The Three Compasses might have been located in Silver Street as this leads into Fox Hill on the road to Malmesbury. (B4014). In the 1891 and 1903 petty sessional divisional records the premises is known simply as the Compasses.

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £13.12s.6d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Present status:

Heritage:

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Landlords:

1830,1844 Philip Cave (1844 reference to the Three Compasses)

1844,1856 Henry Sealy (1844 reference to the Compasses)

1885 George Ford

1891 Joseph Harbour

1902,1903,1906 George Andrews

Three Cups Inn, Market Place

The building became an ironmongers which was owned by Sidney Witchell, a relative of the Witchell's Brewing family. No other details at present.

Landlords:

1830 Edmund Peacey

1844 Henry Moore

Three Jolly Butchers, Market Place

There is no reference to the Three Jolly Butchers in the petty sessional divisional records of 1891. However, there is a reference to the Jolly Butchers in 1913. No other details at present.

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Landlords:

1830 Joseph Millard (connected to the Warn family of the Barton Brewery)

1844 James Slatter (Jolly Butchers)

1856 Mrs M. A. Slatter

1865 George White

1913 Mr F. W. Faulkner

Trouble House Inn, GL8 8SG

The Trouble House is located in an isolated position on the Tetbury to Cirencester road (A433) about two miles to the north-east of Tetbury. It is in the parish of Cherington (two miles to the north) but the nearest settlement is Culkerton (one mile to the east). The 17th century Trouble House has a fascinating history. It was called the Wagon and Horses occasionally between circa 1824-1856 but there is an early reference to the Trouble House in 1777. It has seen two suicides and violent skirmishes amongst agricultural workers.. little wonder, then, the pub was renamed the Trouble House. Not surprisingly it has at least one resident ghost. A mysterious 'Lady in Blue’ is a common ghost, seen by both innkeepers and customers. Once tied to Warn’s Tetbury Brewery, the Trouble House was acquired by Wadworth of Devizes, Wiltshire. c.1937 and they continue to supply the beers t