Flying Dutchman, 25 Coxwell Street, Cirencester
Slaters Directory lists a brewery in Coxwell Street in 1868 which was owned by Joshua Smith. It is possible that there was once a brewhouse at the Flying Dutchman. If the pub did produce its own beer brewing on the premises had probably ceased by 1891 when it was tied to the local Cirencester Brewery. […]
Fleece Hotel, 41 Market Street, Cirencester
117 Dyer Street in 1885 when it was described as the Fleece Commercial Hotel. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst (free from brewery tie) Rateable Value in 1891: £80.0s.0d. Type of license in 1891: Alehouse Owner in 1903: Earl Bathurst (free from brewery tie) Rateable Value in 1903: £88.15s.0d. Type of license in 1903: […]
Duke of York, Gloucester Street, Cirencester
53 Gloucester Street in 1919 directory. The license for the Duke of York was extinguished in September 1927. However, Cirencester Licensing Session in 1926 had remarked that the structure was fair and the trade was very good. They also stated that police supervision was easy and the management was good. There were seven other licensed […]
Dolphin, 34 Cecily Hill, Cirencester
18 Cecily Hill in 1927 the directory and 34 Cecily Hill in the 1939 directory. The Dolphin was on the north side of Cecily Hill. The Cirencester Brewery Company purchased the Dolphin Inn on 12th January 1920. The last pints of beer were pulled in the Dolphin c.1930. The building has been renovated. The metal […]
Crown Hotel / Slug & Lettuce, West Market Place, Cirencester
21 Gosditch Street in 1919 directory. The modern address is 17 West Market Place. In 1998 the pub was trading as the Slug & Lettuce. Thankfully there is was a preservation order on the old name which could be seen in small lettering on the front facade of the building. This page will be updated. […]
Corinium Court Hotel, 12 Gloucester Street, Cirencester
The Corinium Court Hotel was on the market in March 1989 with offers invited around £900,000. Robert Barry & Co were the specialist hotel and licensed property agents who described the property as a successful fully licensed 2-star hotel, converted from a 17th century wool merchants house. ‘There are 16 letting bedrooms – all with […]
Bull Inn, Dyer Street, Cirencester
There were two different inns called the Bull. The licence was transferred from a building lower down Dyer Street. St. Clair-Badderly writes: ‘The Bingham Library stands on the site of a celebrated old hostelry – The Bull’. On 7th February 1916 the ‘Bull Inn public houses with garages and workshop in Dyer Street’ was purchased […]
Brewers Arms, 70 Cricklade Street, Cirencester
70 Cricklade Street in 1939 directory. The building is of contrasting architectural styles. It is a three storey building, the upper floor is a twin gabled half timbered structure whilst the first two floors are constructed of brick and tile. The Brewers Arms was originally bought by T. & J. Arkell for £670 in 1869. […]
Black Horse, Castle Street, Cirencester
79 Castle Street in early directories, 80 Castle Street in 1927 Kellys. The Black Horse closed with compensation on the 3rd March 1922. The Kings Arms in the adjacent building was closed in 1924. The two pubs were then amalgamated and re-opened as the ‘Black Horse Commercial Hotel’ in 1927, owned by the Cirencester Brewery […]
Bishop Blaize, 20 Cricklade Street, Cirencester
20 Cricklade Street in 1919 directory. The inn was reputedly where Bishop Hooper spent his last night on his journey from London to Gloucester where he was burnt at the stake for heresy in 1588. It is popularly supposed that the sign of the inn derives from this fact but an alternative suggestion is that […]
