Blue Boys Inn, Cirencester Road, Minchinhampton GL6 9EQ
The Blue Boys Inn was located on the Cirencester turnpike road to the north of Minchinhampton. Its name derives from the boys working at the mills who used to dye cloth blue with indigo, which stained their skin. There is a property called Blueboys Cottage on the Cirencester Road (GL6 9EQ). The pub is not […]
Bell Inn, Bell Lane, Minchinhampton GL6 9BP
The site of the Bell is opposite the Crown Inn Yard. The building was demolished when Church Yard was extended. Map Reference: SO 873008 Licensing Records: Owner in 1891: Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery Rateable value in 1891: £12.15s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beer & Cider Owner in 1903: Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery […]
Admiral Nelson, Minchinhampton
See the Nelson Inn, Brimscombe Hill. Presumably this is the same pub.
Army & Navy Inn, 14 West End, Minchinhapton GL6 9JA
The Gloucester Citizen reported on 14th February 1907 that the ‘trade was about twelve gallons weekly’ and that the license of the Army & Navy had been refused. Map Reference: SO 871007 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Charles Smith & Sons, Brimscombe Brewery Rateable value in 1891: £11.5s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner […]
Bell Inn, Framilode
In 1903 the Bell Inn was the only pub in Gloucestershire to be tied to Cordwell & Bigg’s Hamwell Leaze Brewery in Cashes Green, Stroud. The 1903 licensing book refers to the Bell Inn, Fretherne. Gloucester Citizen, Tuesday 25th September 1900 – Bruton Knowles & Co. are instructed to sell by auction at the Bell […]
Ship Inn, Upper Framilode GL2 7LH
The Ship Inn is located on the banks of the Stroudwater canal and must have been a popular watering hole for bargees and canal workers well over one hundred years ago. The Ship is still trading, now owned by Dangerfield Inns. Gloucester Journal: April 8th 1882: Property Sale – At the Anchor Inn, Epney, on […]
Darell Arms, The Passage, Lower Framilode GL2 7LF
Sir William Lionel Darell, who died in 1883, was the Rector of Fretherne from 1844–78. The Darell Family lived in Fretherne House and had built up a sizeable estate. They even built a pub in the village and named it after the family! The Darell Arms replaced the Passage House Inn, which stood on the […]
New Inn, Frampton on Severn
A collector of pub checks, small metal tokens used mainly in Victorian times, contacted me in 2000 telling me that he had a pub check in his collection for ‘New Inn, Frampton. P.Price’. Unfortunately, he could find no trace of Mr Price in any trades directory to confirm that the pub check was for the […]
True Hart Inn, The Street, Frampton on Severn GL2 7ED
In 1903 the mid 19th century True Heart was tied to Carpenter & Co’s, Cainscross Brewery. This brewery produced beer mainly for the take home trade and advertised its products in local trade directories in the early 1900’s. The True Heart was the only pub in Gloucestershire, according to the licensing records, to be tied to […]
Heart of Oak, The Street, Frampton on Severn GL2 7EA
Stroud Journal, Saturday 13th February 1875 – Awfully sudden death: Frampton-on-Severn, this usually quiet village was, on Sunday morning, awakened from its usual quietude by the rumour that Miss Mary Rowles, landlady of the Heart of Oak Inn had been found dead. It is suppopsed that she was retiring to rest at night as usual, […]
