Beehive Inn, 33 Bouncers Lane, Prestbury
There is no reference to the Beehive in the 1903 petty sessional divisional records. The Beehive Inn was modernised in 1987. The landlord of the Beehive, in Bouncer’s Lane, Prestbury, died aged 67 in the intensive care unit at Cheltenham General Hospital on Sunday, April 12th 2020 after a two-week battle with Coronavirus. Tributes were […]
New Inn, Viney Hill
The New Inn is a whitewashed rendered building with a modern extension built of local sandstone. By 1891 the Stroud Brewery already owned a small number of pubs in the Forest of Dean, and probably supplied their beer to some free houses too. Most of the Stroud Brewery pubs in late Victorian times were in […]
Albion Inn, Viney Hill
In 1891 the Albion Inn was tied to the local Blakeney Brewery. The Blakeney Brewery closed c.1895, and the buildings were taken over by Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., who used it as a storage depot for onward distribution of their Wickwar brewed beers into the Forest of Dean and beyond. The annual rateable value […]
Live & Let Live, Coleford Road, Tutshill, nr. Chepstow
James and Sarah Jane Prichard were tenants at the nearby Cross Keys. In the 1861 census James Prichard is recorded as being a wheelwright by profession originating from Hewelsfield and living with his wife Sarah Jane at the Cross Keys. They had three children whilst living there Andrew, William and Catherine. Both William (2 years […]
Cross Keys Inn, Tutshill, nr. Chepstow
The Cross Keys Inn sits on the crossroads near what was the Turnpike with roads leading to the old Beachley ferry, Gloucester, Coleford and Chepstow. It was recorded in the 1841 census when James Williams was the publican and closed in 2008 when it was converted, the last landlord being Simon Orgee. The Cross Keys […]
Sugar Loaf, Tidenham, nr. Chepstow
The Victoria County History says that it had opened at a cottage on the main road east of Churchend by 1746. Tidenham rate books for 1773 describe it as being at Stroat. The Sugar Loaf was sold in December 1819 for £320. The inn was on the opposite side of the road to the ‘roundhouse’ […]
Coffee Rooms, Tidenham, nr. Chepstow
In the 1891 and 1903 Gloucestershire licensing enumerations the Coffee Rooms at Tidenham is listed as an alehouse, so presumably it was licensed to sell alcohol. It had a very low annual rateable value of £6.7s.0d. Robert C. Jenkins was the owner and it had a premise licence open until 10 pm. There was no […]
Fortune of War, Kingsholm Road, Gloucester
Number 2 Kingsholm Road in 1919 directory. The Fortune of War was owned by Godsell & Sons of Salmon’s Spring, Stroud. It is possible that the pub previously traded as the Beehive Inn. There is a mention of the Beehive in Kingsholm Road in 1842. The license of the Fortune of War was surrendered by […]
Fleece Hotel, Wotton Pitch, Gloucester
Gloucester Journal: January 5th, 1878: If there is any young municipality seeking to learn how not to conduct their business, we commend to their notice, as a warning, the proceedings of the Gloucester Town Council last Tuesday, when one member accurately described as “perfectly chaotic”. A column of descriptive criticism could not more pertinently characterise […]
Fleece Hotel, Westgate Street, Gloucester
19 Westgate Street in 1936. The Fleece hotel opened in 1497 as one of the three ‘Great Inns’ built by the Abbey of St Peter (now the Cathedral) to cater for pilgrims who came to Gloucester to visit the tomb of King Edward II after his grisly murder in Berkeley Castle. There is a medieval […]
