Railway Inn, Bristol Road, Gloucester
6 Bristol Road in 1936 directory. Gloucester Journal: September 1888: On Wednesday Messrs Bruton Knowles & Co, instructed by the trustees of the will of the late Mr. E. Brindley, sold by auction at the Railway Inn, Bristol Road, Gloucester, four houses in Theresa Street. No 10 was bought by Mr Wood for £113, No […]
Raglan Arms, Regent Street, Gloucester
The Raglan Arms, on the corner of Regent Street and Conduit Street, once brewed its own beer. John Byrnes made ‘prime home brewed ales’ on the premises in 1873.The Raglan Arms was then acquired and rebuilt by Mitchell and Butlers of Birmingham. The pub maintained its allegiance with M&B and Bass breweries for many years. […]
Foxhill Inn, Tally Ho!, nr. Guiting Power
The inn was located on the old Cheltenham to Stow Road in an isolated position. In 1995 there were a number of letters in the ‘Gloucestershire Echo’ protesting about its closure. Peter Garner wrote: “as a boy I delivered the ‘Echo’ to Naunton, collecting the papers from the Foxhill which arrived on Kearsey’s bus. The […]
Butchers Arms, Ampney Crucis
The building, situated in the north western corner of the village, dates from 1847. The Butchers Arms once brewed its own beer. On 4th September 1899 the Butchers Arms and brewery were sold to the Stroud Brewery Company for £1,875 due to the illness of the owner, Charles B. Radway. The Butchers Arms was described in the […]
Crown Inn / Crown of Crucis Inn, Ampney Crucis
The Crown Inn is now a country hotel and for many years was called the Crown of Crucis. The 16th century building has been much enlarged and the prestigious hotel now even offers conference facilities for up to 90 delegates. The Ampney brook, a tributary of the River Thames, passes through the grounds of the […]
Red Lion, Ampney St. Peter
Wilts & Glos Standard, Friday 10th May 1974 – Publican and wife are threatened and robbed: An elderly publican and wife were threatened with a carving knife by two masked men who broke into their bedroom in the early hours of Monday morning. The two robbers, wearing nylon stockings over their faces, warned the landlord […]
Star Inn, Ampney St. Peter GL7 5SJ
When Star Cottage was being sold in August 2007 references were made in the sale particulars that it was a former brewery. Star Cottage is a Grade II listed detached property, which backs onto farmland. There is no mention of a brewery of this name in the Brewery History Society comprehensive list of British Breweries […]
Hope Inn, Ampney St. Peter GL7 5SH
The Hope Inn, by St Peters church, closed on 3rd March 1922. The Cotswold stone building is now residential and is called The Hope. Map Reference: SP 082014 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Robert Sutton (leased Cirencester Brewery) Rateable Value in 1891: £8.8s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: F.W.B Cripps, Cirencester […]
Pack Horse Inn, Ampney St. Peter
The Pack Horse was located a few yards off the main A417 Cirencester to Lechlade Road in the picturesque village of Ampney St Peter. The pub closed in 1984. Myra Bye got in contact with me about her family connections with the Pack Horse Inn. She was born in 1963, three years after her parents […]
Hill Oak, Ampney St. Mary, GL7 5SN
The Hill Oak is a Grade II listed Cotswold stone house in the hamlet of Ampney St Mary, just to the east of the road triangle. The building dates from 1776. The Cirencester Brewery purchased the Hill Oak on 10th March 1920. It is thought to have closed as the village pub in the 1960’s. […]
