Crown Inn, Waterlane, Oakridge GL6 7PJ
The Crown Inn was an idyllic Cotswold stone country pub, tucked away in an isolated hamlet. The pub called ‘last orders’ for the last time in 1969 upon the retirement of the landlady Mrs Howkins. Lack of car parking also hastened the pubs demise. Mrs Howkins is fondly remembered as a woman who would stand […]
Parrot Inn, Vention Lane, Lydbrook
Thrupp off-licence, Thrupp, nr Stroud
Thrupp Inn, Thrupp Lane? There is a residential property in Thrupp Lane called The Thrupp. It’s pure conjecture but this might have once been the Thrupp Inn. This was simply a beer house with a license to sell intoxicating liquor off the premises only. Post Code: GL5 2ER (The Thrupp) Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: […]
Phoenix Inn, London Road, Thrupp, nr Stroud GL5 2BD
The difference in annual rateable values between 1891 and 1903 is just five pounds and ten shillings but this might signify major alterations at the Phoenix Inn in those intervening twelve years. The simple brick frontage was rendered with ashlar blocks and the Stroud Brewery Company went to considerable expense in commissioning new etched windows, […]
Malakoff Inn, London Road, Thrupp, nr Stroud GL5 2AZ
Malakoff was a Russian fortress that was captured and destroyed by the Allies during the Crimean War. Unusually there were two pubs bearing the name in Stroud – the other being the Malakoff Inn in Westward Road, Ebley (also selling Godsells beer). During the tenure of Ken and Mabel Baxter a family room was added […]
Halfway House, Standish, nr Stonehouse
There is only one reference to the Halfway House in 1856. There is a large house called the Malthouse in Standish, just to the north of Kings Stanley on the B4008. It is about halfway between Standish and Kings Stanley. Post code GL10 3DL. 1856 S. Perkins
Castle Bridge Inn, Parkend, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, nr Moreton Valence
The Castle is about two miles to the north west of Standish Village on the banks of the Gloucester – Sharpness canal. Near Moreton Valence. Gloucester Journal: July 2nd, 1881 – A man drowned in the canal: An inquest was held by Mr Ball at the Castle Bridge Inn on Tuesday afternoon, on the remains […]
Plough Inn, Jacks Green, Sheepscombe, nr Painswick GL6 7RD
In the licensing books of 1891 and 1903 the Plough is listed as being in Painswick. The Plough Inn was in the hamlet of Jacks Green on the southern side of the Sheepscombe Valley. The Plough closed in 1968 and is now a private residence called the Old Plough. Licensing Details: Map reference: SO 887099 […]
Crown Inn, Sheepscombe GL6 7RH
The property is now residential and is called Church Orchard. Map reference: SO 892104 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Stroud Brewery Rateable value in 1891: £11.10s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse Owner in 1903: Stroud Brewery Rateable value in 1903: £11.10s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse Closing time in 1903: 10pm Landlords at […]
Butchers Arms, Sheepscombe GL6 7RH
The Butchers Arms, in the picturesque village of Sheepscombe, dates back to 1670. It is set in the heart of ‘Cider with Rosie’ country, made famous by Slad author Laurie Lee. It is believed that butchering went on at the site during Henry VIII’s reign as he hunted deer in the Sheepscombe valley. The Butchers […]
