Farmers Arms, Ledbury Road, Lower Apperley GL19 4DR
The Farmers Arms dates back to the 16th century It was a Whitbread pub in the 1970’s and 1980’s and was sold as a free house in 1989. A small thatched farm building in the grounds of the pub was renovated in early 1992 and converted into a brewhouse. The first trial brews were made […]
Gardeners Arms, Beckford Road, Alderton GL20 8NL
The 1891 Gloucestershire licensing book list just one beer house in the village of Alderton but does not specify a name. Twelve years later the 1903 book lists just one beer house in Alderton – the Gardeners Arms. It seems reasonable to assume that the ‘no name’ licensed premises of 1891 later became the Gardeners […]
Nailsworth Brewery Tap, Brewery Lane, Nailsworth
Rock & Fountain, Forest Green, Nailsworth
These notes and images courtesy of Nailsworth Town Archives
Beehive Inn, Shortwood, Nailsworth
Cat & Custard Pot, The Street, Shipton Moyne, nr Tetbury GL8 8PN
The 1891 and 1903 petty sessional divisional records refer to an unnamed beerhouse in Shipton Moyne with off sales only. The premises was also the village stores and post office and was locally known as ‘the Ale House’. It was purchased by the Stroud Brewery from the Estcourt estate in 1924 and subsequently gained a […]
Crown Inn / Beaufort Arms / Bodkin House, Petty France, nr Badminton (A46) GL9 1AF
The Crown Inn at Petty France is first mentioned in July 1692 when it was owned by William Hurne. It was then described as an ancient inn. The earliest parts of the present Bodkin House have their origins in a 12th century priory which was destroyed by Henry VIII during the dissolution of the monasteries. […]
Royal Oak, 1 The Street, Leighterton GL8 8UN
The Cotswold stone building is at least 300 years old. It was sold to the Stroud Brewery in 1903 by the Huntley family of Boxwell Court. The Tippler, the newsletter for the Gloucestershire branch of CAMRA gave this account of the Royal Oak in December 1982: ‘Near to the Wiltshire boundary, a mile off the […]
New Inn / Holford Arms, Knockdown, nr Sherston GL8 8QY
The New Inn, on the A433, is now trading as the Holford Arms. The name refers to the wealthy landowners of nearby Westonbirt estate who established the world famous arboretum. The pub, within the parish of Sherston, is actually in Wiltshire, the county boundary runs through the pub car park! Consequently the licensing records of […]
Hunters Hall, Kingscote, GL8 8XZ
The Hunters Hall is a 16th century coaching inn located in an isolated position on the road from Dursley to Tetbury (A4135). Still trading and now under the ownership of Greene King of Bury St. Edmunds. The old stables and blacksmiths shop have been converted into 12 en suite bedrooms. This page will be updated […]
