Coneygree Inn, Bisley Road, Stroud
See Target Inn The Coneygre Inn is mentioned in the 1891 census. At that time William Steele was a servant at the Coneygre Inn on the Bisley Road and the proprietor was Albert Hogg. This suggests that the premises was the same as the New House (Target Inn) in Bisley Road where Albert Hogg is […]
Clothiers Arms, 1 Bath Road, Stroud
The Stroud Brewery Courier’ described the Clothiers Arms in September 1952: ‘…within a very few yards of the pub is the factory of cloth makers whose products go all over the world and includes royalty among its customers. In days gone by when a turn pike house stood opposite the Clothiers Arms, it became a house […]
Chequers Inn, King Street, Stroud
Henry Pursell is listed at the Chequers Inn, King Street, Stroud in 1830. No other references.
Canal Tavern, Bowbridge, Stroud
The pub was owned by the Stroud Brewery Company despite being in the shadow of Alan Neame’s Eagle Brewery. The Stroud petty sessions recommended closure of the Canal Tavern in March 1926 as they observed that there were ‘three other houses within 655 yards’. In May 1890 a macabre event took place at the Canal […]
Stag Inn, Stag Hill, Yorkley
Towards the end of Queen Victoria’s reign it would have been possible to visit the Stag Inn at Yorkley and enjoy a few pints of refreshing Tewkesbury brewed ales. The Tewkesbury Brewery Company owned the Stag Inn in 1891. They were acquired by the Arnold Perrett brewery in Wickwar in 1896. The annual rateable value […]
Royal Oak, Yorkley
The Royal Oak was owned by the Forest Brewery in Mitcheldean. It was a licensed beer house with an annual rateable value of £11.4s.0d. in 1891 and 1903. Closing time was at 10 pm. Yorkley would have been a great place for a pub crawl in late Victorian times. Beer drinkers could enjoy the local […]
Nags Head, Slade Road, Yorkley
August 2024: P0862/24/FUL | Conversion of existing public house (Sui Generis) to provide three terraced dwellings (Use Class C3) utilising the existing access from Oldcroft Road, including associated parking and landscaping. | Nags Head Inn Oldcroft Road Yorkley Slade Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RX The Nags Head is a pleasant rendered traditional looking building which dates […]
George Inn, George Road, Yorkley
The George Inn, tied to the Stroud Brewery, was a well-proportioned sandstone-built building but with no distinguishing features. When the inn sign was removed there would have been nothing to suggest that it was once a pub. It has long been demolished but a cottage, named Bream View, that was in the bottom of the […]
Crown Inn, Yorkley
A ‘Help-in-Need Burial Society was founded on December 17th 1870 at the Crown Inn. The annual pay-out was the highlight of the year with the ‘local band, big supper and pennies and sweets thrown to the children.’ It was decided in 1954, when based at the Stag Inn, that the Burial Society was no longer […]
Bailey Inn, Yorkley
The Bailey Inn is on the corner of Bailey Hill and Oldcroft Road. The Bailey Mound stands on the site of a mine air shaft. Edith Jones was the owner of the Bailey Inn in 1891 and 1903. She ran it free from brewery tie in late Victorian times but had leased it out to […]
