Queens Head, Aston Cross, nr Ashchurch GL20 8LP
Aston Cross is the crossroads of the present day (A438) Tewkesbury to Stow road and the B4079 Bredon Road. . Godsell & Sons of Stroud owned the Queens Head in 1903. It was probably the most northerly Godsell’s pub and one of the furthest away from the Salmon Springs Brewery. Stroud Brewery Company took over […]
White Hart, Elmley Road, Ashton-under-Hill (now in Worcestershire) WR11 7SW
The White Hart was on the south side of the Manor. It had closed as a pub before the Second World War. The property is now in residential use – White Hart Villa. The White Hart was owned by the Evesham Brewery in 1903, which traded as Sladden & Collier. It seems that the Evesham […]
Star Inn, Elmley Road, Ashton-under-Hill (now in Worcestershire WR11 7SN
The 1891 Gloucestershire licensing book lists three licensed premises in Ashton under Hill. The Plough & Harrow is named. Another unnamed beer house shares the same rateable values as the White Hart. A third beer house is also listed without having a name. Despite the variances in annual rateable values it seems reasonable to assume […]
Plough & Harrow, Elmley Road, Ashton-under-Hill (now in Worcestershire) WR11 7SW
The Plough and Harrow, at the northern end of Ashton under Hill, was the epitome of a traditional black and white thatched country pub – the perfect idyll. It is listed as having no name in the 1891 licensing book. It is believed to have closed after the First World War. It is now in […]
Wheatsheaf Inn, The Quay, Ashleworth
The Wheatsheaf Inn was situated on the Quay at Ashleworth – just a few yards away from the Boat Inn. The Gloucester Citizen of 16th February 1913 reported that the Boat Inn was the better house of the two. The Wheatsheaf had earlier been called the ‘Hit or Miss’. Map Reference: SO 819251 Licensing Details: […]
Queens Arms / Arkle, Ashleworth GL19 4HT
The Queens Arms was built circa 1835. It was once tied to the Tewkesbury Brewery Company and later owned by the Wickwar Brewery trading as Arnold Perrett & Co. Gloucester Journal: February 1st, 1879: Ashleworth Fire – A fire broke out on Tuesday on the premises of Mr William Perks, landlord of the Queens Arms […]
Boat Inn, Ashleworth Quay GL19 4HZ
The 18th Century Boat Inn, on the west bank of the River Severn. It is currently closed, a victim of repeated flooding of the River Severn with the last ingress of flood water following Storm Dennis in 2020 causing severe damage. The Jelf family had a long association with the Boat Inn – running it […]
Refreshment Rooms, Midland Railway Station, Ashchurch
Ashchurch railway station opened on 24th June 1840 with the opening of the Bromsgrove to Cheltenham section of the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway. It was a junction station with a line to branching off at Ashchurch for Tewkesbury & Malvern and another line heading east to Evesham and Redditch. The station was essentially a ‘W’ […]
Homedowns Cider House (William Walker’s), nr Ashchurch GL20 7BQ
Homedowns is a small hamlet just over half a mile south of Ashchurch (for Tewkesbury) railway station on the unclassified road from Ashchurch to Fiddinton. The postal code of Homedowns is GL20 7BQ. Map Reference: SO 924324 Licensing Details: Rateable value in 1891: Not given Owner in 1891: William Walker (free from brewery tie) Type […]
White Lion / Coal House, Apperley GL19 4DN
In Victorian times the Coal House was the unloading point for cargoes of coal bound for Cheltenham. Bargees would transport the coal downriver from the Midlands and unload at various wharves along the River Severn. From Apperley wharf wagons laden with coal were taken up the narrow lane into the village. There has been a […]
