Eight Bells, Church Street, Tewkesbury
The Eight Bells is a long-forgotten inn that used to trade in Church Street between the old Farriers Arms and the Royal Hop Pole Hotel. It is recorded in the year 1820, when Charles Tallboys was the licensee. It is something of a coincidence that there was another Eight Bells in Church Street in Gloucestershire […]
Durham Arms, High Street, Tewkesbury
The Durham Arms or Durham House was on the corner of Red Lane next door to the George. It is a red-bricked property and was trading as a pub in 1854, although it had closed at the time of the 1891 licensed premises survey. From ‘Tewkesbury Pubs’ by B.R. Linnell (1996 edition) Next to and […]
Duke of York, 8 Barton Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5PP
The Duke of York is an eighteenth century brick house which conceals an earlier sixteenth century interior. The Duke of York was once the headquarters of the United Friendly Society. In 1832 the treasurer William Hale was found guilty of stealing £39 from the society’s funds and was transported to Australia for life. In 1960 […]
Duke of William, Quay Street, Tewkesbury
The Duke of Wellington was located in Quay Street immediately to the west of the Kingfisher fish & chip shop (which was once the White Hart). The Duke of Wellington had closed by 1870. The building was demolished and a garage built on the site. Pigots Gloucestershire directory of 1830 lists William Hawkley at the […]
Dowdeswell Arms, Upper Lode, Tewkesbury
The Dowdeswell Arms was located outside the town of Tewkesbury on the banks of the River Severn at Upper Lode. Queen Elizabeth I is thought to have granted the right to sell beer and wine to travellers at the ale house on the Severn Ham in 1565, when William Wyatt was the tenant. The pub […]
Crown Inn, 71 High Street, Tewkesbury
The Crown was trading at 71 High Street in the mid eighteenth century although it seems that it had closed by 1869 when the property was a private residence.
Cross Keys, 11-11A High Street, Tewkesbury
The Cross Keys was located on the western side of the High Street near the cross. It was once an important coaching inn. B. Linnell in his excellent book ‘Public Houses of Tewkesbury’ (1972) writes: “Long before Queen Victoria came to the throne the Cross Keys was an inn of high reputation and great value. […]
Coach & Horses, Quay Street, Tewkesbury
Before Thomas Telford constructed the cast iron Mythe Bridge over the River Severn in 1826 the main thoroughfare from Tewkesbury to the west towards Hereford and Wales was Quay Street. On the south side of Quay Street there were several beer houses that disappeared when the Mythe Bridge opened. Four pubs on the north side […]
Chequers Inn, Church Street, Tewkesbury
The Chequers Inn was located at 18 Church Street, opposite the Royal Hop Pole Hotel. The details are a little sketchy but it seems that the Chequers had a courtyard where performing travelling theatres performed in the middle years of the 19th century. Access to the Chequers Inn may have been from Swilgate Road to […]
Canterbury Inn, Ashchurch Road, Newtown, Tewkesbury
The Canterbury Inn was built in 1966 by Whitbread Flowers. The license was transferred from the de-licensed Barrel Inn in the High Street. In the autumn of 2006 the Canterbury had a major refurbishment, which included a new look lounge area, a bar with pool table and flat screen TV and an 82 seat restaurant […]
