Bisley House, Middle Street, Stroud
47 Middle Street in 1919 directory. The present Bisley House Inn was built c.1899 when the license was transferred from the adjoining property. The original pub was once known as the Sydney Arms. The annual rateable values illustrate the transfer of the licence. Regulars at the Bisley House Inn raised £800 over a period of […]
Bell Hotel, Wallbridge, Stroud
The Bell Hotel is an unusually wedged shaped building which once stood opposite the Stroud Brewery, overlooked by the Great Western Railway and was adjacent to the L.M.S. Wallbridge Station and Goods Yard. This was one of the nearest pubs to the brewery. The Citizen: 15th April, 1986 – Cracking good send off. Pub landlady […]
Bedford Arms, High Street, Stroud
The original Bedford Arms had been founded as the Marlborough Head on the north side of the High Street in 1776 near the present Lloyds TSB site (63-55 High Street, GL5 3DZ). It frontage projected some nine feet into the street. In August 1836 the frontage of the Marlborough Head was put back and the […]
Bar Riga, 27A Nelson Street, Stroud
Bar Riga opened in the premises that was previously JoJo’s club in November 2005. JoJo’s club closed in May 2002 by the order of magistrates after police claimed it was a “powder keg for disaster.” Three years later the building was dilapidated and scaffolding was attached to the outside walls. Bar Riga nightspot was the […]
Anchor Inn / Linton Inn, Anchor Terrace, Bath Road, Stroud
The Anchor Inn was near the pedestrian crossing on the north side of Bath Road. The Clothiers Arms is on the opposite side of the road. It last traded as the Linton Inn. It has now closed but the red-bricked terraced building still survives. There is a West Country Ales – Best in the West […]
Purton Passage House / Ship Inn /Severn Bridge Hotel, Purton (Forest of Dean)
There was once a ferry crossing from Purton to Sharpness and the Passage House Inn provided refreshment for travellers using the Severn crossing. In 1726 Martin Inman was operating the ferry and was also innkeeper of the Purton Passage. Twenty-six years later James Inman was keeping the Passage House Inn and operating the ferry. The […]
Greyhound Inn, Popes Hill
The Greyhound Inn is located halfway between Elton corner and Littledean on the A4151. The parish boundary of Elton extends almost to the Greyhound and a pub called the Plough Inn on the Elton Road may have been in very close proximity. The Greyhound and Plough Inn do not appear to be contemporary with each […]
Point Inn, Plump Hill, nr. Mitcheldean
The Point Inn was situated about one mile from Mitcheldean on very high ground and commanded magnificent views over the Severn Valley. The earliest reference is from 1857 when the inn was known as the Miners Arms and was the meeting place of a Friendly Society with 130 members. When Mr G Hobbs took on […]
Nags Head, Plump Hill, nr. Mitcheldean
I have found very little information on the Nags Head. The property is now residential known as The Nags Head House. Fred Boughton in his book ‘Memories of Mitcheldean’ recalled the time in the early 20th century when the limestone quarries at Plump Hill were in operation and stone was hauled by horse and cart […]
Brick House, Plump Hill, nr. Mitcheldean
The details I have relate to the Brick House in the Parish of East Dean. I am assuming that the Brick House was in Plump Hill as there is a private residence called Brick House on Plump Hill. It is the red house on the left of the A4136 road travelling up the hill from […]
