Porter Stores / Barrel / Hawkes House, Silver Street, Thornbury BS35 2AB
George Ford of Patchway contacted Gloucestershire Pubs and gave the following information and reminiscences of the Porters Stores. He also wrote a booklet “The Barrel Story – The History of a Thornbury Pub’. (JL Business Services, Thornbury) “The premises were built about 1860 for a haulage and carrier business comprising two parallel buildings with a […]
Plough Inn, 3 St. Mary’s Street, Thornbury BS35 2AB, 2AT
Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Daniel Sykes & Co., Redcliffe Brewery Rateable value in 1891: £16.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: Georges & Co., Bristol Brewery Rateable value in 1903: £20.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse Closing time in 1903: 11pm Landlords at the Plough Inn include: 1861 Ephraim Nelson […]
Pub with no name, Thornbury
This was possibly in the High Street. It may have been a wine and spirit merchants with license to sell intoxicating liquor off the premises. It could have stood on the site of the Exchange Inn (Knot of Rope). There is a beer bottle in the local museum with the embossed legend ‘James Michael. Thornbury.’ […]
Horseshoe Inn, St. Mary Street, Thornbury
The Horseshoe was on the corner of Horseshoe Lane and St. Mary Street. Postal codes are BS35 2AB, and BS35 2AT Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: R.W. Miller & Co., Bristol Rateable value in 1891: £20.15s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: R.W. Miller & Co., Bristol Rateable value in 1903: £20.15s.0d. […]
Exchange Inn / Knot of Rope, 59 High Street, Thornbury BS35 2AP
The Exchange Inn is now trading as the Knot of Rope and is a tied house of Marston’s. Underground passages were found a few years ago beneath the pub. The roof of the passage had caved in. The outbuildings were taken over by the army during the Second World War. Licensing Details: Owner in 1903: […]
Crown Inn, High Street, Thornbury
The Crown Inn had been demolished by 1857 and a drapers shop built on the site. The Crown was adjacent to the Porter Stores, the license may have been transferred. Landlords: 1830 Francis Gainer 1856 T. Lane
Crispin Inn, St. John Street/ Crispin Lane, Thornbury
A reference in 1901 is to the Jolly Crispen Inn. The Crispen Inn was de-licensed almost a century ago. For many years the building was in use as a laundry. It is now home to the local Jehovah’s Witnesses. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Hester Cullimore (free from brewery tie) Rateable value in 1891: £14.10s.0d. […]
Black Lion, Castle Street, Thornbury
The Black Lion came into use sometime after 1830. However, it must have closed by 1891 as there is no mention in the licensing records. There is a private house in Castle Street called Lion House but it is later in construction than 1861/1881 which suggests that the Black Lion pub was demolished and a […]
Black Horse Inn, Gillingstool, Thornbury BS35 2EH
The original building was pulled down for road widening in the 1960’s and replaced by West Country Breweries with a new pub several yards back from the old one. What Three Words ///butternut.disclosures.reporters Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: George Playne & Son, Forwood Brewery, Minchinhampton Rateable value in 1891: £19.5s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: […]
Beaufort Arms / Castle Hotel, 57 High Street, Thornbury BS35 2AP
The Beaufort Arms had changed its name to the Castle Hotel by the 1880’s. The Castle Hotel is not mentioned in the 1891 licensing records as, by then, it was a temperance hotel. The building was demolished and a picture house built on the site. The Beaufort Arms was situated next door to the Exchange […]
