Three Kings, Quay Street, Gloucester
An early reference lists the Three Kings in Quay Lane. It was located on the southern side of Quay Street approximately midway between the junction of Lower Quay Street and the Quay. G Cummings provided materials for Home Brewed Beer Landlords: 1830 David Evans 1856,1859 Mrs Ann Evans 1879 H.B. Townsend 1885 George Cummings 1893 […]
Three Horseshoes Inn, Commercial Road, Gloucester
A Three Horseshoes is mentioned in the old North Ward of Gloucester. The reference to Commercial Road is taken from a 1900 reference. The ‘Citizen’ reported on 12th March 1906: ‘Two rooms downstairs and two bedrooms, one of the two downstairs rooms being used by both tenant and customers. There were no back premises and […]
Three Cups, Eastgate Street, Gloucester
The Three Cups was possibly located near to the Eastgate Market. Details are sketchy but the Three Cups may have become the Three Cups Eating House. Gloucester Journal: December 22nd, 1883 – Frank Robinson, of Columbia Street, was summoned for causing an obstruction in the public streets. PC Scrivens stated that defendant left his horse […]
Three Cocks Inn, St. Marys Street, Gloucester
The Three Cocks was situated opposite College Gate on the corner of St Mary’s Street (Three Cocks Lane) and St. Mary’s Square between the Cathedral and St Marys Church. Landlords: 1822/3 John Hyett 1830 Charles Sterry 1859 Jonah Dyer 1875 Henry Edwards 1879 Thomas Barber
Theatre Vaults, 30 Westgate Street, Gloucester
There is an old photograph of the Westgate Street area of Gloucester taken in the Edwardian era when electric trams ran up and down the street. The photograph shows a tram trundling up Westgate Street towards the cross passing horse drawn carts, dragon and onion electric light standards, and canvas canopied shop fronts. The most prominent […]
Ten Bells, Westgate Street, Gloucester
The address of the Ten Bells is given as 114 Westgate Street. The name probably refers to the bells of St Nicholas Church as the pub was situated immediately to the left of the church. In 1859 and 1873 it was referred to as the Original Ten Bells. There are no references after this date. […]
Talbot Inn, 67 Southgate Street, Gloucester
Gloucestershire Chronicle. April 23rd 1870. – City Petty Sessions. Husband and Wife – John Griffin of Quay Lane, labourer, had been apprehended under a warrant for the assault of his wife on the 11th of March. The wife now said that at five o’clock on Monday afternoon she met her husband near the Infirmary, and […]
Tabard / Chaucers / Kings / The Gate / Varsity, 53 Northgate Street, Gloucester
53 Northgate Street in 1927 directory and in 1957 reference. The Tabard was on the corner of Hare Lane. The Kings Arms and the Tabard were two separate pubs before they amalgamated into one. This page will be updated with additional information: The Citizen: October 6th, 1998 – 50 Years Ago: (October 1948): Mr Malcolm […]
Sydney Arms, Alvin Street, Gloucester
Gloucester Journal. Saturday January 15th 1870: The Bankruptcy Act 1861. In the County Court of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester. James Weaver of the Sydney Arms Inn, Alvin Street in the County of Gloucester, Plasterer and Publican, having been adjudged bankrupt on the 24th day of December 1869 a public sitting for the said bankrupt to pass […]
Swinging Plaice, Eastgate Market, Bell Lane, Gloucester
The Swinging Plaice was the name of a pub in Gloucester’s Eastgate market. It opened in November 1968. The fishy title was chosen because the pub incorporated a fish bar and was only a few yards away from the fish market. The Swinging Plaice had a downstairs discotheque which was painted scarlet when it first […]
