Four Mile House / Fagins, Stroud Road, Brookthorpe GL4 0US
The Four Mile house (now Fagins) is four miles from Gloucester Cathedral and about four miles to Stroud. It is actually located in the parish of Harescombe. The Four Mile House was once a coaching inn and dates back to at least 1856. The Citizen: Tuesday 8th September 1987 – Pub’s £200 gifts: Three charities […]
Kings Head Inn, Birdlip GL4 8JH
The Kings Head is mentioned in 1856 and 1863. It does not appear in the two books of licensed premises in Gloucestershire dating from 1891 and 1903. There is a Kingshead House in Birdlip which once traded as the Kingshead House Restaurant. It is now a private residence. No other details at present.
Black Horse Temperance Hotel, Birdlip GL4 8JH
The booklet ‘The History of the Parish of Great Witcombe’ compiled by M.M. Cox and E.M. Clifford in the 1950’s gives the following description: “ The last Court Leet of the Manor was held in 1852 at inn within the parish boundary, the Black Horse Ridge at Birdlip. This old Cotswold style house was called […]
Air Balloon Inn, Crickley Hill, nr Birdlip GL4 8JY
Crickley Hill is about one mile to the north of Birdlip. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty and superb views of Gloucester and the Severn Vale can be seen from the escarpment. There has been a pub on the site for at least 230 years. The landlord in 1856, Richard Tuffley, was brewing […]
Royal George Hotel, Birdlip GL4 8JH
Gloucester Journal: July (29th?) 1889: The annual fete and dinner of the Birdlip Lodge of the Gloucester Benefit Society and Conservative Association, was held in a field at the rear of the George Hotel, on Wednesday. Mr T.S. Williams of Salterley Grange presided at the dinner. The Royal George Hotel was built in the 19th […]
Severn View Inn, Overton Lane, Arlingham GL2 7JJ
The Severn View Inn was on the banks of the Severn to the north of the Arlingham Horse Shoe. It was located on the bend on the road at Overton. The Severn View had its own moorings on the river. There is a massive (and unexplained) increase in rateable values in the twelve years between […]
Red Lion Inn, The Cross, High Street, Arlingham GL2 7JN
The Red Lion is located on the village Crossroads and has a history dating back to 1782. The Citizen, Friday 26th August 1983 – Slippery pole champ: There’s an elite group of eleven champions in the county and on Monday a 12th name will be added to the list. On August Bank Holiday Monday the […]
Pub with no name / Temperance Hotel, Priding, nr Arlingham GL2 7LG
Priding is near Framilode on the northern side of the Arlingham River Severn horseshoe. There was a Temperance Hotel in Priding which was probably the same premises. There is no mention of the beerhouse in the 1903 licensing book. The postal code for Priding is GL2 7LG. Map Reference: SO 742103 Licensing Details: Owner in […]
New Inn / Old Passage, Arlingham Passage GL2 7JR
At the tip of the sweeping ox-bow bend of the River Severn to the west of Arlingham, an inn named The Passage House stood here from at least the C17th, possibly earlier, forming part of the Arlingham Court Estate. In 1802 it was renamed as The Three Mitres, and continued to thrive on the coaching […]
Bell Inn, High Street, Arlingham GL2 7JN
The Bell was located on the western side of the High Street, just off Passage Road. It was rebuilt around 1896 after a fire, replacing and earlier thatched-roof inn. The Bell Inn was once tied to Thomas William Elvy’s Dursley Brewery. The family business went bankrupt in 1906 and the brewery was sold to Godsell […]
