Windmill Inn, Windmill Parade, Minchinhampton GL6 9EE
The Windmill Inn was located at the top of Windmill Road by the Common. There is a property called Windmill Place, which is probably the old pub. I have no other references to the Windmill Inn, and it does not appear in the 1891 or 1903 Gloucestershire licensing books. Post Code: GL6 9EE (Windmill Place) […]
White Lion, Butt Street, Minchinhampton GL6 9JN
The White Lion was originally known as the Kings Head. The White Lion is not mentioned in the 1891 petty sessional divisional records. It had presumably closed by then. In the 1950’s the building was occupied by Mr Brownings hairdressing shop. It is now a private residence called White Lion House which occupies a corner […]
White Hart, High Street, Minchinhampton GL6 9BN
A photograph in Wilfred Merretts book ‘The Pubs of the Old Stroud Brewery’ shows the building in a very dilapidated state. The plaster rendering, unpainted for years, is crumbling away exposing large areas of stone. Some of the window panes in the gable end windows have broken and the White Hart appears generally run-down. It […]
Weary Traveller, Tetbury Street, Minchinhampton GL6 9JQ
The Weary Traveller was also sometimes known as the Travellers Rest. I have no other references to this pub, and it does not appear in the 1891 or 1903 Gloucestershire licensing books. The property is now Minchinhampton Post Office. Map Reference: SO 874006 (approx)
Trumpet Inn, West End, Minchinhampton GL6 9JA
The stone built pub, on the southern side of West End, was converted into an antique centre that traded as the Trumpet. The front of the building has been sensitively altered since its days as a pub. The front central door has been replaced by an arched shaped window which perfectly matches the original windows […]
Talbot, 6 High Street, Minchinhampton
The Talbot Inn was located at 6 High Street. I have no other details at present.
Swan Inn, 11 West End, Minchinhampton GL6 9JA
John Rogers contacted me in January 2008 and told me that the Swan was one of the Stroud Valley’s most noted cider houses: “The locals used to tale tells about the time when American GI’s drank the Swan’s cider during the Second World War. The illegitimacy rate in Minchinhampton was apparently down during that period […]
Sow & Pigs, 20 Tetbury Street, Minchinhampton GL6 9JH
The Sow and Pigs is not mentioned in the 1891 or 1903 petty sessional licensing divisional records for Gloucestershire. The property is now residential. Map Reference: SO 874006 (appox)
Salutation Inn, Tetbury Street, Minchinhampton GL6 9JG
Stroud Brewery only had two pubs in Minchinhampton before the acquisition of the Forwood Brewery in 1897; the Salutation and the White Hart. The ‘Sally’, as it was popularly known, was at the bottom of Tetbury Street near the town centre. The Salutation was a white plaster rendered building with a black painted base. A […]
Royal Oak, Well Hill, Minchinhampton GL6 9JE
The Royal Oak was above and opposite the natural spring on Well Hill. The present day address is 19 Rowleys, Well Hill. The Gloucester Citizen reported on 14th February 1907 that the nearest house to the Royal Oak was the Salutation Inn, which was 156 yards away. There were seven other licensed houses within quarter […]
