Rose & Crown, Hare Lane, Gloucester

In 1912 the address of the Rose & Crown is given as the Knapp, Hare Lane. 76 Hare Lane in 1936 reference. The Rose & Crown was almost under the railway bridge that carries the Gloucester to South Wales line. The brick built building is still reverberating to heavy freight trains passing almost overhead. However, […]

Robinswood Inn, 65 Matson Avenue, Gloucester

When it opened in June 1956 it was a show piece pub for Stroud Brewery. A photograph of the interior from the late 1950’s shows it to be a clean but spartan bar. In a large room just one or two paintings are hung from the wall. The walls appear to be painted and the […]

Robin Hood Inn, 39 Bristol Road, Gloucester

A reference from 1936 locates it at 47 Bristol Road and earlier references of 1919 and 1927 records the Robin Hood Inn at 43 Bristol Road. The current address is 39 Bristol Road. In 1940 the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Works in Bristol Road were constructing tanks and armed vehicles for the war. There […]

Rising Sun, Eastgate Street, Gloucester

30 Eastgate Street in original street numbering. In 1894 it was a tied house of the Gloucester City Brewery. It later became one of the few Gloucestershire pubs to be owned by Salt & Co., of Burton on Trent. The crystal clear amber coloured hoppy flavoured ales with the distinctive Burton water taste must have […]

Ridge & Furrow, 20 Glevum Way, Abbeydale, GL4 4BL

After a long period of closure and a threat of demolition to enable neighbouring supermarket Safeway / Morrisons to construct a petrol station on the site, the Ridge & Furrow has now re-opened. This page will be updated with additional information. The Citizen: July 23rd, 1982 – Burgled: A new Gloucester public house, the Ridge […]

Reservoir Inn, Robinswood Hill, Gloucester

By the 1830’s there were thee reservoirs at Robin Hood’s Hill (as it was then) to supply 80,000 gallons a day in pipes of different gauges (from 2 and a half inches to six inches). The supply was rather limey and laced with various organic matter. The City of Gloucester bought the Robinswood reservoirs in […]

Reindeer Inn, Bearland, Gloucester

A reference in the 1879 Gloucester Directory. The Reindeer was on the southern side of Bearland on the opposite side of the road from the County Court. Landlord: 1879 J. Meredith