Prince of Wales, Bredon Road, Tewkesbury
The Prince of Wales was located directly opposite the White Bear in Bredon Road. It must have closed by 1891. The property later became a private house called Porthpean. There is no longer a property of that name in the vicinity. A house on the corner of Oldbury Road and Bredon Road is called Pound […]
Plough Inn / Faust & Firkin / Hoolahans / Old Plough / Theoc House / New Plough, 85 Barton Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5PY
The Plough is situated in Barton Street close to the cross. The property extends as far as Swilgate Road to the rear where there was once stabling for the hotel. The Plough was purchased for £3,000 in 1897 by Showells Brewery. In the 1919 Kellys directory it is listed as the Plough Hotel. The building […]
Oddfellows Arms, High Street, Tewkesbury
The Oddfellows Arms was located on the eastern side of the High Street between Trinity Street and (Old) Sun Street. It once sold beer from the long defunct Crown Brewery in St Marys Street in Gloucester, which traded as Gardner & Branch. There are no records of the Oddfellows Arms prior to 1856 when there […]
Nottingham Arms, 129 High Street, Tewkesbury
The Nottingham Arms is the only pub to survive on the eastern side of the High Street. The 1891 and 1903 licensing records refer to the Nottingham House. The Nottingham Arms, first licensed in 1869, was one of the few local pubs tied to Bayliss & Merrell, who brewed by St Johns Bridge. The frontage […]
New Inn, 28 High Street, Tewkesbury
The New Inn was located on the north-eastern corner of the junction of the High Street and Trinity Street. (directly opposite the Britannia on the western side of the High Street). The New Inn was probably Godsell & Sons of Stroud most northerly tied house. When the Stroud Brewery Company acquired their rivals Godsell’s in […]
Masons Arms, 50 Church Street, Tewkesbury
B. Linnell in his book ‘Public Houses of Tewkesbury Borough’ (1971) gave his own recollections of the Masons Arms. He said: “By the year 1956 the Masons Arms was an anachronism, a left over from the age of Victoria and Edward. In the course of ten years up until the end of its days as […]
Nelson Inn / Lord Nelson, 20 Barton Street, Tewkesbury
The Nelson Inn, on the north-west corner of Nelson Street and Barton Street, was known as the Lord Nelson in 1830,1856 and 1868 references. The Nelson Inn had a very narrow frontage but extended a considerable distance back from Barton Street. There was a ‘Jug and Bottle’ off licence at the front entrance. The Nelson […]
Lacemakers Arms, 34 Barton Street, Tewkesbury
The Lacemakers Arms may never have operated as a licensed premises at all – the pub that never was! There was a green grocers at 34 Barton Street and it appears that a licence to sell and brew beer on the premises was applied for, and was granted. In February 1903 an application to renew […]
Kings Head / King Charles Inn, 40-41Barton Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5PR
The Kings Head was located on the north side of Barton Street with rear access backing onto East Street to the rear. During the 19th century the Kings Head advertised in local newspapers as being the starting point for carriers to Winchcombe and further destinations. In the early 1970’s an adjoining property was purchased and […]
Winking Frog / Two Bridges /King Johns Tavern, Mythe Road, Tewkesbury
A new pub on King John’s Island was officially opened by the local MP, Nicholas Ridley, on Friday 13th July 1984. It first traded as the Winking Frog, and later changed its name to the Two Bridges. It was renamed King’s John Tavern. Local residents objected when an application to extend the opening hours to […]
