Hen & Chickens, Smiths Lane, Back of Avon, Tewkesbury
The Hen & Chickens was at the bottom of Smiths Lane, which is at the Back of Avon immediately behind the High Street. All of the original buildings have long since disappeared. The Britannia Inn side entrance is in Smiths Lane. Dawn Harding, the landlady of the Anchor Inn, had her first job as a […]
Happy Return, High Street, Tewkesbury
The Happy Return was on the corner of Old Sun Street and the High Street. In the late 1800’s it was flanked by the walls of ‘Doddo’s house’ to the north and the gap left by the demolition of the Sun beer house to the south. William Crockett was convicted and fined £2.0s.0d., plus costs […]
Gupshill Manor, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury
The Gupshill Manor is a magnificent black and white timber framed ex-manor house to the south-east of Tewkesbury. The building dates from 1438 when it would have housed the Lord of the Manor and his family. It was here that Queen Margaret, wife of the ill-fated King Henry VI, spent the night of May 3rd […]
George Inn, 55 High Street, Tewkesbury
The George was located on the western side of the High Street at the northern end by the junction of Red Lane. The exterior of the George belies its true age as the building dates from 1772, although the ground floor front was constructed in the 1920’s. The upper floors are Georgian. The rear of […]
Foresters Arms, 45 High Street, Tewkesbury
The Foresters Arms was midway between Quay Street and Red Lane on the western side of Tewkesbury High Street. The Foresters Arms had a comparatively short history coming into existence sometime between 1870 and 1880 and being recommended for closure with compensation in 1917, as it was not ‘required to meet the needs of the […]
Fleece, 12-13 High Street, Tewkesbury
The Fleece, a timber framed building, was once a substantial coaching inn and had stabling to the rear. However, it had closed by the 1870’s. Amongst the carved wooden corbels restored by Thomas Collins in the last decade of the 19th century was the Fleece sign bearing the date 1591. The impressive coat of arms […]
Fish & Anchor, St. Johns Bridge, Tewkesbury
The Fish & Anchor was on the banks of the River Avon immediately behind the Riverside Hotel and Black Bear. The beer house was trading in the 19th century (dates not known at present). The customers were most probably fishermen and boatmen using the River Avon. From ‘Tewkesbury Pubs’ by B.R. Linnell (1996 edition) Until […]
Feathers Inn, High Street, Tewkesbury
The Feathers was located opposite the Anchor Inn. It is mentioned in 1830 Pigots Gloucestershire directory. It was probably demolished to make way for the town’s first railway station which opened on 21st July 1840. The small railway terminus station had closed by 1864, when a new station on the Tewkesbury & Malvern railway succeeded […]
Farriers Arms, Church Street, Tewkesbury
The Farriers Arms was a small pub consisting of a public bar, which faced onto Church Street, and a smaller ‘snug’ at the rear with access gained from the passageway on the left. The Farriers Arms also had a ‘jug and bottle’ off sales provision. The pub was deemed not necessary to ‘meet the wants […]
Elmbury Lodge, Shannon Way, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury
The Elmbury Lodge opened on 1st September 2004. It is a 180 seater Brewers Fayre pub located near the M5 motorway (Junction 9). A 44 bedroom Travel Inn hotel is part of the complex, which cost £3 million to construct. In July 2007 the Elmbury Lodge became an emergency centre when motorists, travelling on the […]
