Marked on the old One Inch to the Mile Ordnance Survey Map ‘Bristol and Stroud’ (Sheet 156) as the Toll Down Inn on the junction of the A46 Nailsworth – Bath road and the B4465 to Pucklechurch. (About twelve miles north of Bath). The Crown Inn is still trading and is a Wadworth house.
Map reference: ST 754769
Licensing Details:
Owner in 1891: George William Blathwayt (free from brewery tie)
Rateable value in 1891: £180.0s.0d. (included land)
Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in 1903: Reverend Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (free from brewery tie)
Rateable value in 1903: £10.16s.0d.
Type of licence in 1903:
Closing time in 1903: 10pm
Landlords at the Crown Inn include:
1776 William Meere
1851,1856 Edward Shellard
1881,1902 John White
1903 Charles Cowley
1919,1927 Mrs Elizabeth Cowley (Toll Down Inn)
1939 William Cowley (Toll Down Inn)
1985,2000 John Collins