The Horseshoe, 2 High Street, Chipping Sodbury
The Horseshoe is a Lovely Traditional Public House in a 15th Century Building and yet was only founded in 2013 by Landlord and Landlady Dave and Gilly Gill. They made their home into a Pub and it is very successful. Their motto is “Come in as a Stranger, leave as a friend”. Dave and Gill […]
Grapes Hotel, 49 Rounceval Street, Chipping Sodbury BS37 6AS
The 16th Century pub is still trading and although still called the Grapes Hotel no longer offers accommodation. Part of the building is now the Tudor Raj Indian restaurant and takeaway. The old pub bracket now houses the Tudor Raj sign. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Charles Garton & Co., Bristol Rateable value in 1891: […]
George Hotel, 63-65 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury BS37 6AD
A large tri-gabled rendered building with large square central entrance which was originally used for stabling. It retains an impressive cast iron pub bracket above the central entrance. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Isaac Limbrick (leased John Arnold & Sons, High Street, Wickwar) Rateable value in 1891: £40.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse Owner […]
Red Cow / The Cow, Station Road, Chipping Sodbury
Referred to as the Red Cow in the 1881 census. I cannot help thinking that the postal address of this pub must have caused some amusement – The Cow, Sodbury, Glos ! The pub had a picture of a cow on the gable above the pair of upstairs windows. The second gable to the left […]
Boot Inn, 79 Horse Street, Chipping Sodbury
There used to be a walled enclosure to the right of the inn which was the town’s pound. The Boot was often referred to locally as ‘where beer is sold by the pound!’ The 19th century Boot Inn is still trading. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: John Arnold & Sons, High Street, Wickwar Rateable value […]
Bell Inn, 41 High Street, Chipping Sodbury BS37 6BA
The Bell Inn is now Jack Russell’s art gallery. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: James Nicholas Alway Hobbs (free from brewery tie) Rateable value in 1891: £24.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse Owner in 1903: Bristol United Brewery Rateable value in 1903: £32.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse (six day licence, presumably closed […]
Beaufort Hunt Inn, Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury
There are no early records of the Beaufort Hunt despite its obvious antiquity. It is possible that the Porter Stores is the same premises. Landlady: 1975-2000 Ann Jarvis
Chequers Inn, Hanham Mills, Bristol
Compass Inn, Tormarton GL9 1JB
The Compass Inn started life in the 18th century as a coaching inn. It has been said that the name of the pub can be attributed to an early landlord who decorated the outside of the inn with chandlery from ships in Bristol docks. In 2001 the only nautical artefacts was a pair of ship’s […]
Kings Head, Westgate Street, Gloucester
The following is taken from ‘The Story of Gloucester’s Pubs’ by Darrel Kirby (The History Press 2010). Reproduced with the kind permission of Darrel Kirby. The first licensing reference that I have found for the Kings Head is from 1736, although it is clearly older than that, dating to the early sixteenth century, probably about […]
