Cross Inn, High Street, South Woodchester GL5 5EL
The Cross Inn was located in the High Street, South Woodchester. Map Reference: SO 840023 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud Rateable value in 1891: £16.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beer & Cider Owner in 1903: Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud Rateable value in 1903: £16.0s.0d. […]
Old Fleece, Bath Road, Rooksmoor, Woodchester GL5 5NB
The Old Fleece was first licensed as an inn in 1870. It is an 18th century Cotswold stone building with twin gables and mullioned windows. Gloucester Journal: January 14th 1882 – Mr R.H. Smith, deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Old Fleece, Rooksmoor, on Tuesday, on the body of Charles Lewis, labourer, 48, who […]
Red Lion, Swells Hill, Burleigh / Brimscombe, Stroud
In the 1891 and 1903 petty licensing books of Gloucestershire pubs and other licensed premises there are two beer houses listed within the parish of Rodborough called the White Lion. One of these pubs was located in the valley on the Dudbridge Road, the other ‘White Lion’ remained a little more elusive. Douglas Jefferies emailed […]
Woodcutters Arms, Main Road, Whiteshill, nr Stroud GL6 6JS
Gloucester Citizen, Saturday 3rd October 1885 – “Gone on Drink”: John McGuire was charged with stealing a coat, the property of Nathaniel Hogg. Mrs Hogg, of Whiteshill, stated that on Monday evening she hung a coat belonging to her husband in the passage. A neighbour’s daughter told her a tramp had been in her house, […]
George Browning’s off-licence, Ruscombe, nr Stroud
Ruscombe is a hamlet to the west of Whiteshill and about a quarter of a mile north of Randwick. The Ruscombe beer house had a licence to sell intoxicating liquor off the premises only and the owner was George Browning. I have no details on its precise location. I have scribbled notes that it was […]
Star Inn, Star Green, Whiteshill, nr Stroud GL6 6AE
The Star Inn is on the west side of the Main Road at Star Green. It is a late 17th century building that was first recorded as an inn in 1782. However, there is no reference to the Star in the 1891 licensing records. It was certainly trading in the early 1900’s when it sold […]
Bird in Hand, Bird in Hand, Whiteshill, nr Stroud GL6 6JP
Bird in Hand is an isolated hamlet to the north of Whiteshill on the road to Edge. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey Map at SO 839082. There is a property called Bird in Hand Cottage – perhaps this was once the licensed premises. Bird in Hand is on an elevated position with far […]
Bell Inn, Bell Pitch, Whiteshill, nr Stroud
The Bell Inn was sold, without a licence, by the Stroud Brewery in October 1936 for £317.10s.8d. Bell Pitch runs to the east and parallel with the main road through Whiteshill. There is a private residence in the village called Bell House. It has amazing views. Post Code: GL6 6BP (Bell Pitch) Stroud News, 13th […]
Carpenters Arms, Westrip GL6 6EY
The whitewashed Cotswold stone pub is at least 400 years old and was reputedly used to billet Roundhead soldiers during the English Civil War. The pub commands spectacular views towards Stroud. A pig roast and gerbil racing were just two of the attractions that helped regulars at the Carpenters Arms raise around £900 at a […]
Off-licence at Westend, Eastington, nr Stonehouse
The postal code for Westend is GL10 3SL and GL10 3SJ. The hamlet of Westend is just to the east of Junction 13 on the M5. I have no further information on this off licence –perhaps it also served as the village shop. There is no record of the premises in 1903. Licensing Details: Rateable […]
