Premises with no name / Charles Bingham, Cirencester

The 1891 and 1903 books of licensed premises in Gloucestershire list this establishment as having no name. C.H. Bingham is listed as owner in 1891. Charles Bingham ran a bakers and confectioners next to the Corn Hall (later became Barclays Bank) for nearly forty years. He was the elder brother of Daniel Bingham who endowed […]

Nelson Inn, 70 Gloucester Street, Cirencester

48 Gloucester Street in 1919 directory; 70 Gloucester Street on renumbering. The Nelson Inn once boasted its own brewery and was almost certainly the last of its kind to operate in Gloucestershire. An advertisement in Bailey & Woods town directory of 1909 states that the ‘Nelson Home Brewery (established over a century) is still brewing […]

New Inn Hotel, Northgate Street, Gloucester

The New Inn is a historic medieval pilgrims inn built by the Abbey. It was one of three ‘Great Inns’ built by the Abbey – the Fleece Inn in Westgate Street and the Ram Inn being the others. It was built between 1430 and 1450 to house visitors to Gloucester who had travelled to see […]

New County Hotel, Southgate Street, Gloucester

The hotel dates back to 1820 when it was known as the Ram, then the Ram & County Inn. It re-opened on 30th January 1937 after extensive refurbishment as the New County Hotel. The hotel retains some of its original features. The lounge bar has rich wooden panelling. The Ram Hotel was the city’s first […]

New Bear, Longsmith Street, Gloucester

The New Bear was demolished in 1868. The 1830 reference to Bolt Lane suggests that the New Bear was very near a pub called the Bolt Inn in Bolt Lane (Longsmith Street). See also the Ducie Arms. Landlords: 1830 Thomas Bradley (New Bear, Bolt Lane) 1856 W. Aston

Nelson Inn, 166 Southgate Street, Gloucester

Originally numbered 88 but now 166 Southgate Street. Once owned by the Brimscombe Brewery (Smith & Sons) it was subsequently sold to Georges Bristol Brewery. The Nelson Inn then passed into Courage Brewery ownership. In the 1990’s it was an Ushers (Pub Co) of Trowbridge tied house. The Nelson has now been converted into apartments, […]

Nags Head, The Island, Lower Westgate Street, Gloucester

26 Lower Westgate Street in original numbering. Gloucester Journal: September 8th, 1877 – No Name: Yesterday evening, at the Nags Head Inn in this city, Mr loveday (coroner) held an inquest on the body of a woman whose surname could not be discovered. For the last three years she had been living in the Island […]

Musket Inn, Matson Lane, Gloucester

The Citizen, Wednesday 15th January 1975 – Man in pub row wounded: An argument in a pub about the relative qualifications of Irishmen and Jamaicans to live in England ended in a fight and a case at Gloucester City Magistrates; Court yesterday. The Jamaican (41) of 72 Norbury Avenue, Matson, pleaded guilty of maliciously wounding […]