Red Lion, High Street, Chipping Campden GL55 6AS

The Red Lion is a 16th century Cotswold stone pub. It was purchased by the Old English Pub Company in December 1996. From ‘The Inns and Alehouses of Chipping Campden & Broad Campden’ (reproduced with kind permission of Chipping Campden History Society). The Red Lion was once on the upper side of the street, in […]

Plough Inn, Lower High Street, Chipping Campden GL55 6DY

This page will be updated with additional information. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Elizabeth Whatcott (free from brewery tie) Rateable value in 1891: £17.10s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: Hunt Edmunds & Co., Banbury Rateable value in 1903: £17.10s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse Closing time in 1903: 11pm Landlords […]

Noel Arms Hotel, High Street, Chipping Campden GL55 6AT

Built in the 14th Century, the Noel Arms Hotel is probably Chipping Campden’s oldest inn. In the 1885 Kellys Directory the inn as listed as the Noel Arms Hotel and Posting House. It was the Noel Arms Family and Commercial Hotel in 1919. This page will be updated with additional information http://www.noelarmschippingcampden.com Licensing Details: Owner […]

Lygon Arms Hotel, High Street, Chipping Campden GL55 6HB

The Lygon Arms is a large Cotswold stone old coaching house. There is a central archway which was once used for the passage of horses. An old photograph shows that the archway once had ‘Good stabling’ written above the arch. It now says ‘Free House’. In the centre of the building is a large white […]

Live & Let Live, High Street, Chipping Campden GL55 6HB

The property is now Stuart House, an antique shop. There was once a painted handwritten sign on the left side of the property which read: ‘Hunt Edmunds and Co. Ltd. Noted Banbury Ales and Double Stout’. Hunt Edmunds had bought the pub for £600 in 1889.  The Live & Let Live had closed by the […]

Kings Arms Hotel, High Street, Chipping Campden GL55 6HB (1), GL55 6AW (2)

There have been two licensed premises in Chipping Campden trading as the Kings Arms. The first was located in the building that now houses Da Luigi Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria. It must be a little known fact that this Kings Arms was once tied to the Donnington Brewery. The licence for renewal was refused by […]

Kettle, Leysbourne, Upper High Street, Chipping Campden

The Kettle is a 17th century house. It was originally a blacksmith’s. Building dates from 1640. The inn sign was a large kettle. The Kettle was an off-licence. It was once owned by the Hook Norton Brewery. This page will be updated. Licensing Details: Owner in 1903: Elizabeth Haines (free from brewery tie) Rateable value […]

George & Dragon, High Street, Chipping Campden

There is a George & Dragon cottage in Back Ends. The postal code is GL55 6AU. There is also a Dragons House in the High Street. GL55 6AG. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: William Wyatt (free from brewery tie) Rateable value in 1891: £15.6s.0d. (this refers to the licence of ‘The George Inn’) Type of […]

Eight Bells, Church Street, Chipping Campden Gl55 6JG

The Eight Bells is a delightful honey coloured 13th century Cotswold stone inn with a cobbled courtyard. The pub sign is of interest. It has eight bells in descending order of size across the top of the bracket. A conventional inn sign hangs below the eight bells. The reference to H. Gardner & Sons in […]

Weighbridge Inn, Iron Mills, Longford, nr. Nailsworth GL6 9AL

The Weighbridge Inn is in an isolated position on the Nailsworth to Avening Road. It is less than a mile to the east of Nailsworth. However, it is listed in the parish of Minchinhampton. (The village of Minchinhampton is one mile to the north of the Weighbridge Inn) The owner of the Weighbridge Inn in […]