Bell Inn, Sapperton GL7 6LE
The Stroud Motorcycle Club held their Cotswold Cup motorcycling event at the Bell Inn at Sapperton which, in the 1990’s, attracted participants from all over the world. The picturesque Bell Inn is now a popular pub restaurant with good quality food. It won the Gloucestershire dining pub of the year award from the Good Food […]
Drum & Monkey / Bell Inn, Ready Token GL7 (Cirencester Rural)
Ready Token is to the west of Coln St. Aldwyns near Bibury. Originally called the Bell, the Drum and Monkey stood on the crossroads where Akeman Street, the Roman Road, met Welsh Way, the Drovers Road. Joe Stevens, an amateur historian, told the ‘Wilts and Glos Standard’: “There are many stories of travellers being robbed […]
Pig & Whistle, Springfield Road, Quenington GL7 5BU
The Pig and Whistle was on the outskirts of the village on the crossroads leading to Ready Token and Coln St. Aldwyns. It was an isolated outlet for Smith’s Brimscombe Brewery Ales. When the Brimscombe Brewery closed and their 22 public houses were offered for auction (Sept 1915) the Pig and Whistle was purchased by […]
Keepers Arms, Church Road, Quenington GL7 5BL
The Keepers Arms was originally a gamekeepers cottage, hence the name. The Cirencester Brewery already owned the Keepers Arms ‘and a cottage adjoining’ when the brewery became a Limited Company in 1888. The Keepers Arms briefly became the ‘Liszt & Newt’ in 1997, and had a starring role on primetime television in Noel Edmunds’ ‘House […]
Earl Grey, Church Road, Quenington GL7 5BL
The Earl Grey had an annual rateable value of £9.10s.0d. in 1891 and 1903 which, surprisingly, was more than the nearby Keepers Arms. Wilts & Glos Standard – 15th August 1996: ‘Tiny pub to become holiday home – A Cotswold bar which used to claim to be the smallest pub in England will close for […]
New Inn, London Road, Poulton
The New Inn, a simple beerhouse on the London Road, was purchased by the Cirencester Brewery on 30th June 1945 with ‘Cottage and Land’. It is thought that the New Inn closed soon afterwards. It is now a private house at the top of Bell Lane where it joins the A417 with nothing to indicate […]
Axe & Compass / Carpenters Arms, London Road, Poulton
The building was constructed in 1650. It was in the centre of the village by the war memorial on the London Road In 1856 the pub was listed as the Ox and Compass, Poulton, Swindon. In the 1885 Kellys directory the entry was for the Axe and Compasses. It had changed its name to the […]
Falcon Inn, Cricklade Street, Poulton GL7 5HN
The 300 year old Grade II listed Falcon Inn is located on a bend on the A417 and is a dominant landmark when approaching Poulton from the east. The Cirencester Brewery already owned the Falcon Inn when the brewery became a Limited Company in 1888. In the 1990’s the Falcon Inn organised an annual conker […]
Bear Inn, Perrotts Brook GL7 7BD
The building, dating back to 1715, is located about two miles to the north of Cirencester on the A435 road to Cheltenham. Before the Bear became an inn it was a farmstead serving travellers on the route from Cheltenham to Cirencester. The Bear Inn public house ‘and cottage opposite and No’s 1 & 2 West […]
Guise Arms, North Cerney
Only one reference to the Guise Arms in 1856. No other details at present. Landlord: 1856 R. Gegg
