King William, Alvin Street, Gloucester
32 Alvin Street. The King William was referred for compensation on 14th December 1905. It was a tied house of Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery Landlords at the King William include: 1856 T. Owen 1859 F. Hanman 1870 Nicholas Sandry 1879,1885 James Stone 1902 Mrs Louisa Jane Lane 1906 Frederick Lewis Watkins
King Edward VII, 47 Old Cheltenham Road, Longlevens, Gloucester
The King Edward VII is affectionately known as the ‘King Teddy’. It was built in 1905 by Mitchells & Butlers and was named after Edward VII’s visit to Gloucester in 1904. The license was probably transferred from the Globe Inn that was located on the other side of the Old Cheltenham Road. Bass, the owners […]
Hope Inn, Cainscross Road, Stroud
9 Cainscross Road in 1939 directory. The Hope Inn was demolished for the construction of the roundabout at Wallbridge. The small pub was referred to as the Hope and Anchor in 1891. After the Hope was pulled down James Dean moved to another Stroud Brewery pub – the nearby Kings Arms at Wallbridge. When the […]
Greyhound Inn, Gloucester Street, Stroud
12 Gloucester Street in 1919 directory. The Greyhound Inn is an unusually shaped building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Lansdown. It was rebuilt by Godsell & Sons in 1903. The Greyhound was designed in the Arts and Crafts style by the London architect Percy Morley-Horder. The Godsell’s ‘Labore et Honor’ malt shovel clasped […]
Half Moon Inn, 62 Hill Street, Stroud
Stroud Urban District Council was told of ‘appalling conditions’ in the Hill Street slums in January 1956. “It is surely unfair,” said Mr W.E. Thomas, “to expect human beings to tolerate some of the appalling conditions which have been the lot of some of the residents in the top of the town for too long.” […]
Green Dragon, 43 King Street, Stroud
The Green Dragon was almost certainly Godsell’s showpiece pub. Upon refurbishment in the early part of the last century it boasted an ornate patterned façade with stained glass and etched Godsell’s Brewery windows. Of all the pubs in Gloucestershire that have disappeared the Green Dragon Hotel is the one that I would have loved to […]
Golden Heart, King Street, Stroud
Gloucester Journal, May 1789 – London, Cirencester, Stroud and Tetbury coaches, by way of Abingdon, Farringdon, Fairford, etc, will set out from the Golden Heart, Stroud, every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at three o’clock. The 1851 census indicates that the inn was large enough to support a staff of six. The Stroud Journal, 11th […]
Golden Fleece, Nelson Street, Stroud
9 Nelson Street in 1919 & 1939 directories. The Golden Fleece once brewed its home made beer on the premises. T. Poole is listed as a brewer in 1856. The pub was then acquired by Godsell & Sons. In a report in 1905 Charles Barnes, cashier to Godsell’s Brewery, said that the “house was a […]
Golden Cross Inn, Bath Road, Rodborough, Stroud
The Golden Cross Inn was an imposing Cotswold stone building on the junction of Bath Road and Dudbridge Hill. Being in the parish of Rodborough it closed an hour earlier than Stroud town centre pubs. It was acquired by Gloucestershire County Council c1966 and demolished for road improvements. The busy traffic junction of today is […]
Globe Inn, Lower Leazes, Stroud
In the Stroud Licensing Sessions of 1904 it was proposed that ‘the ante 1869 beerhouse licenses of the Globe Inn and the Horse & Groom Inn be surrendered on condition that the bench would grant a full license to a new house built on the same spot.’ Stroud News and Gloucestershire Advertiser, Friday 10th February […]
