Salutation Inn, Ham, nr Berkeley GL13 9QH
The Salutation has the affectionate nickname of ‘The Sally’. The earliest reference to the pub is around 1840. Thomas Pearce Bailey is listed as the owner of the Salutation Inn during the time of the petty licensing evaluations in the years 1891 and 1903. Thomas Pearce Bailey, who lived at Walgaston at Mobley (near the […]
Fox & Goose, Halmore, nr Purton GL13 9HJ
In the mid to late 1970’s I was attracted to the wonderful Berkeley Hunt Inn on the canal side at Purton. In order to get there, and to consume considerably more that the legal driving limit, the preferred mode of transport was bicycle. The Fox and Goose at Halmore was an inviting 19th century red-bricked […]
Plume of Feathers / Lammastide Inn, Brookend, nr Sharpness
Plume of Feathers, Lip Lane The original Plume of Feathers was situated on the old and now derelict road to Halmore which is shown as a track called Lip Lane on the Ordnance Survey map. The Plume of Feathers was adjacent to the old Brookend cricket field. The Plume of Feathers was part pub and […]
Crown Inn, Bevington GL13 9RB
Bevington is a small isolated hamlet on the River Severn plain some two miles south west of Berkeley. The rateable value per annum in 1891 was £14.5s.0d, which had decreased to just £8.5s.0d. in 1903. In its latter years the Crown was often called by its nickname, ‘the Ramping Cat’ although how it got this […]
Yew Tree Inn, Atcombe Road, South Woodchester GL5 5EW
There is a private residence called Yew Tree House in Atcombe Road, South Woodchester. The Stroud Brewery Courier reported in December 1947 that ‘Mrs E. Latham, who is in her ninety first year, has lived at the Yew Tree Inn, Woodchester for 61 years. She married Mr George Latham, and went there to live after […]
Ten Bells Inn, Convent Lane, Frogmarsh, South Woodchester GL5 5ES
Frogmarsh Lane is in South Woodchester and runs from the main Bath Road to the High Street. The Ten Bells, on the corner of Convent Lane, was originally a cloth mill. By 1863 the mill was in the occupancy of George Latham, a millwright, who changed the use of the building to a beerhouse. In […]
Royal Oak, Church Road, North Woodchester GL5 5PQ
The Royal Oak is a 17th century village pub with whitewashed rubble walls and a two gabled stone tiled roof. Inside the pub there are bare Cotswold stone walls, exposed ceiling timbers and a polished flagstone floor. The Royal Oak has a traditional feel to it, yet it has survived as a pub against all […]
Ram Inn, South Woodchester GL5 5EQ
The Ram Inn was once a superb real ale pub, with an enviable reputation for the quality and range of its beer selection. It was also a destination pub for food. The Ram, in short, was a truly wonderful pub. It appears that the Ram has closed, possibly permanently. It has not reopened since the […]
Nailsworth Brewery off-licence, Woodchester
This Nailsworth Brewery off licensed premises must have been quite basic as the annual rateable values were only £8 in late Victorian times. The precise location of the property in Woodchester is not known. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Nailsworth Brewery Rateable value in 1891: £8.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beer and Cider (off […]
Plough Inn, Bath Road, Little Britain, (A46), Woodchester
The petty sessional divisional records of 1891/1903 refer to the Plough Inn, Minchinhampton Parish. It was sited next to Workman’s saw mills in Little Britain. The Plough Inn is now demolished. An old photograph of the Cotswold stone pub shows a plain two storey building with a ‘jug and bottle’ department at the side of […]
