Lower Lode Inn, Forthampton Ferry, nr Tewkesbury GL19 4RE
The 15th century Lower Lode Inn is a brick built inn on the eastern banks of the River Severn. The pub is only about one mile to the west of Tewkesbury but involves a five mile journey to get there by road. The Severn was once fordable at this point and it is said that […]
Plough Inn, Corse Lawn
The Citizen. Wednesday, June 12th, 1991 – Pubs for sale. Six more pubs have been added to the Whitbread brewery for sale list. The pubs are being sold in response to Government requirements following the monopolies and mergers commission report. Whitbread have named the following Gloucestershire pubs which will be sold: Duke of York, Chalford […]
Swan Inn / Rene Descartes, Coombe Hill
The Swan Inn is located on the junction with the Gloucester to Tewkesbury road (A38) and the A4019 road leading to Cheltenham. This ex Whitbread pub was refurbished in September 1996 by the Little Pub Company and reopened as Rene Descartes Vineyard. The bar ceiling was lined with thousands of wine bottles and the French […]
Crown Inn, Evington Cross Roads, Coombe Hill
The Crown Inn was on the opposite side of the Evington Cross Roads from the Swan – on the left hand side approaching from the Cheltenham direction. I have no records of the Crown Inn after 1919, suggesting that it closed in between the wars. The property is now residential and is called Corner House. […]
Yew Tree Inn, Conderton, Worcestershire
For Sale by auction on Thursday 30th July 1987. Bruton Knowles. Historic Village inn. Alternatively conversion to family house. 2 bars, tap room, good residential accommodation. Potential for increasing trade. https://yewtreepub.com
Yew Tree / Old Ferry Inn, Stock Lane, Chaceley Stock GL19 4EQ
The Yew Tree is situated in an isolated location on the west bank of the River Severn at Chaceley Stock. The ancient Odda’s Chapel and the Saxon Church at Deerhurst is on the opposite banks of the river. There was once a river ferry crossing here and at various times in its history the pub […]
Cross Keys Inn, Bredons Hardwicke GL20 7EE
Bredons Hardwicke is just over the county boundary in Worcestershire but the village has a Gloucestershire postal code. Consequently the Cross Keys is not included in the licensing books of Gloucestershire from 1891 and 1903. Landlords: 2004 Susan Lloyd
Royal Oak, Main Road, Bredon, Worcestershire GL20 7LW
Fox & Hounds, Church Street, Bredon (now in Worcestershire) GL20 7LA
The Fox & Hounds at Bredon is a picture postcard black and white thatched village pub. Bredon is actually in Worcestershire but it has a Tewkesbury postal code (GL20). Consequently the Fox and Hounds is not listed in the 1891 and 1903 licensing books of Gloucestershire. The Fox and Hounds had a long association with […]
Beckford Inn, Cheltenham Road, Beckford (now in Worcestershire) GL20 7AN
The Beckford Hotel, an 18th century coaching inn, was once owned by the Birmingham brewers, Davenports. Until the acquisition of the Britannia Inn in Tewkesbury in the 1980’s the Beckford Hotel was the only Davenports pub in Gloucestershire… just! Regrettably Davenports Brewery was closed down soon after being taken over by rival brewers Greenall Whitley […]
