Premises with no name, Middle Street off-licence, Uplands, Stroud

There is a photograph of the premises in the ‘Pubs of the Old Stroud Brewery’ book. It was then run by A.G. Mallett who had been landlord at the Rose Inn, Paganhill certainly between 1891 and 1906 and possibly longer. The photo shows a shop looking  frontage with some classic enamel signs attached to the […]

Premises with no name – Uplands Brewery, Middle Street, Stroud

Caroline Guilford is known to have brewed beer at the Uplands Brewery, Stroud. A reference to the Uplands Brewery describes the ‘High Class Ales & Stout’. Mrs Guilford was listed as a shopkeeper and beer retailer at the Uplands Brewery between 1889 and 1902. It is possible that her name was misspelt and was actually […]

Premises with no name, Chapel Street off-licence, Stroud

Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Nailsworth Brewery Rateable value in 1891: £11.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only) Owner in 1903: Nailsworth Brewery Rateable value in 1903: £11.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only) Closing time in 1903: Landlords / Keepers: 1891 Edmund White 1903 John Thomas Curtis

Premises with no name – Chapel Street off-licence, Stroud

Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: James Freebury (leased Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud) Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only) Owner in 1903: Samuel Rowbotham (leased Godsell & Sons, Salmon Springs Brewery, Stroud) Rateable value in 1903: £12.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales […]

Nine, 9 St John Street, Stroud

Nine was a contemporary upmarket bar / restaurant which opened in February 2005 at 9 St John Street, opposite the Cornhill Market.  Owner in 2005: Mark Winchcombe

New George Inn / Horseshoes Inn, Nelson Street, Stroud

On the north side of Nelson Street a house given for charitable uses by the Revd. William Johns in 1720 had opened as the Horse Shoes public house by 1752, but by 1826 was called the New George Inn. The New George is mentioned in the 1830 Pigots Gloucestershire Directory. Landlord: 1830 James Restall

New Inn, Silver Street, Stroud

Silver Street no longer exists in Stroud. It was located where Parliament Street is now. Before slum clearances took place Silver Street extended eastwards from Tower Hill. William Niblett, landlord of the New Inn in 1903, was recorded as being at the Golden Fleece a year earlier.  Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Holmes, Harper & […]

New Inn, Lower Street, Stroud

40 Lower Street in 1939 directory. Photographs show the New Inn to be a rather austere building with only a wooden brewery sign to indicate it being a pub. For many years the New Inn was the headquarters of the Stroud Angling Club. Landlord Charles Peyton was the vice president of the club. The building […]

Northgate Hotel, 2 London Road, Gloucester

2 London Road in 1939. The Northgate Hotel was an Ind Coope & Allsopp tied house during its latter years. This might suggest that it was once owned by A.V. Hatton & Co. of nearby George Street who traded as the Northgate Brewery. Hatton’s Northgate Brewery and their tied estate were acquired by Ind Coope. […]

Northfield Hotel / The Retreat, Southfield Road, Gloucester

The Northfield Hotel was opened on 6th October 1932 by the Stroud Brewery Co. The red bricked hotel was supposed to have been strategically located on the Gloucester ring road but the by-pass was constructed a few yards away from the pub – as a result the Northfield Hotel was never destined to benefit from […]