Plume of Feathers, High Street, Kingswood, nr Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8RN
The Plume of Feathers was once tied to Charles Luce’s Malmesbury Brewery and latterly to the Stroud Brewery. The booklet, ‘Gloucestershire Inns’, published in 1924, describes the pub as the Three Plumes: ‘At Kingswood, a mile from Wotton under Edge, a very unassuming inn, the Three Plumes, has actually sought to escape the limelight of […]
New Inn, 7 Wotton Road, Kingswood, nr Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8TP
The New Inn was once a tied house of the Forwood Brewery (Playne & Sons), Minchinhampton. Latterly it sold Stroud Brewery Ales. It was valued by the Stroud Brewery for £1,000 in 1900. The New Inn is now a private residence called, appropriately, New Inn Cottage. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: George Playne & Son, […]
Masons Arms, Abbey Street, Kingswood, nr Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8RN
The Masons Arms is now a private residence called ‘The Old Inn.’ Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery Rateable Value in 1891: £12.15s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery Rateable Value in 1903: £12.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: […]
Dog & Badger, Kingswood, nr Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8JT
The Dog and Badger had an interesting ‘gallows’ pub sign suspended over the street to the adjacent building. The sign was probably only about six feet long. The pub itself was a simple stone building with two square bay windows and a central porched entrance. The building still stands and has now been incorporated into […]
Crown Inn, High Street, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8RS
The Crown is now divided into two private residences – Crown Cottage (15 High Street) and Half a Crown Cottage (17 High Street). Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Stroud Brewery Rateable Value in 1891: £9.10s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: Stroud Brewery Rateable Value in 1903: £10.10s.0d. Type of licence in […]
Bunshall Inn, Kingswood, nr Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8NA
The 1885 Kelly’s Directory lists the Bunshall at Kingswood, Wotton under Edge. There is a Bunshall Cottage in Kingswood. (GL12 8NA) Landlord: 1885 J. Holloway
Blue Boys Inn, Kingswood, nr Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8JP
The Blue Boys was on the B4058 Charfield to Wotton under Edge road to the north of Kingswood, near New Mills. The building is now a private house. Map Reference: ST 742929 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Lewis Knight (free from brewery tie) Rateable Value in 1891: £16.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner […]
Huntingford Mill, Huntingford, nr Charfield.
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Rose Inn, Huntingford, nr Charfield GL12 8EX
The Rose Inn closed c.1965. It is now Rose Cottage. Map Reference: ST 719938 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Joshua Smith (free from brewery tie) Rateable Value in 1891: £9.10s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse Owner in 1903: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery Rateable Value in 1903: £9.10s.0d. Type of licence in […]
Fleece Inn, Chapel Lane, Hillesley GL12 7RD
The 17th century Fleece Inn was once tied to Witchell’s Tetbury Brewery. Thomas Witchell did not own many pubs and the Fleece Inn was a rare outlet. Witchell’s were subsequently acquired by Warns, a rival Tetbury brewery. The Stroud Brewery later owned the pub. An old photograph shows the gabled end of the pub with […]
