Bathurst Arms, North Cerney GL7 7BZ
The 17th century Bathurst Arms is an attractive whitewashed village pub. It has flagstone floors, settles and a stove in an inglenook fireplace. The stream running through the garden is the River Churn. Map Reference: SP 019079 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery) Rateable Value in 1891: £12.17s.0d. […]
Masons Arms, 28 High Street, Meysey Hampton GL7 5JT
The Cirencester Brewery purchased the Masons Arms ‘with land’ on 20th September 1902. The 17th century Cotswold stone built Masons Arms is in a picturesque location on the village green. This page will be updated with additional information. Map Reference: SU 120998 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Exors. of W.K. Mott (leased Cirencester Brewery) Rateable […]
Lamb & Flag, Meysey Hampton
There is one reference to the Lamb and Flag in 1856. Landlord: 1856 J.I. Packer
Old Spotted Cow, Marston Meysey SN6 6LQ
The Old Spotted Cow at Marston Meysey is just within the County of Wiltshire. It was purchased by the Cirencester Brewery ‘with land’ on 11th December 1926. Map Reference: SU 128968
Cross Tree Inn, High Street, Kempsford GL7 4EU
The Cross Tree was a thatched pub in the High Street. It closed in 1940. It is now a private residence called Cross Tree. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Cirencester Brewery Rateable Value in 1891: £9.10s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: Cirencester Brewery Rateable Value in 1903: £9.10s.0d. Type of licence […]
George Inn, High Street, Kempsford GL7 4EQ
The 19th century George has a very special place among the 92 pubs owned by Arkell’s brewery. The village was the birthplace of John Arkell in 1802 and there are generations of the Arkell family buried in the village churchyard. It was hardly surprising that John Arkell returned here in 1861 to purchase his third […]
Plough Inn, Kelmscott, nr. Lechlade GL7 3HG
The Plough Inn was built in 1631 and is near Kelmscott Manor, once the home of the artist and designer William Morris. Courtesy Michael Wilkes Despite the Gloucestershire postal code the village of Kelmscott is just over the county boundary in Oxfordshire, just two and a half miles from Lechlade. Consequently the Plough Inn is […]
Axe & Compass, Meadow View, High Street, Kempsford GL7 4EZ
The Axe & Compass was a traditional Cotswold beamed village pub which was probably converted from three cottages c.1824. In 1996 the pubs owners, Phoenix Inns Ltd., applied for planning permission to turn it into a house. It was saved when Cotswold District council rejected the application and Chippenham based Libran Inns announced that they […]
Victoria Inn, Eastleach Turville GL7 3NQ
The Victoria Inn is still trading in the centre of the village, facing the road from Southrop. The 16th century Victoria Inn was once tied to the Cirencester Brewery. The Cirencester Brewery already owned the Victoria Inn when the brewery became a Limited Company in 1888. It later became a Simonds pub before the ownership […]
Old Inn / Five Mile House, Old Gloucester Road, Duntisbourne Abbots GL7 7JR
In 1891 and 1903 the pub was referred to as the Old Inn. The Five Mile House was a 300 year old coaching inn set high in the Cotswolds on the old Roman Road – Ermin Street. When the landlady, Ivy Ruck, died in 1995 there were fears that this totally unspoilt pub would close […]
