Welsh Harp / Flute & Jig / Bath House, New Street, Cheltenham
At one time there were three pubs side by side; The Dove & Rainbow, the Welsh Harp and the Compasses. James Cull was the owner and occupier of the Welsh Harp in 1891. It was licensed as a beer house and was free from brewery tie. The annual rateable value in 1891 was £24.10s.0d. It […]
Wellington Ale & Porter Stores, Bath Road, Cheltenham
Landlords: 1870 Jesse Peacey (Wellington Ale & Porter Stores, Bath Road) 1883 Thomas Steventon (Wellington Ale & Porter Stores, Bath Road) 1926 George Alfred James (Wellington Bar, Bath Road)
Wellesley Court Hotel, Clarence Square, Cheltenham
The residential hotel is now known as the Clarence Court Hotel. Licensees: 1966 Thomas Hyde Copeland and Elspeth Sattersall
Waterloo Vaults, High Street, Cheltenham
The Waterloo Bar was in the vicinity of the present-day Vision Express. The Waterloo was numbered 369A High Street in the original High Street numbering, which equates to 188 High Street today. The location was centrally placed in the heart of Cheltenham, opposite Pittville Street. Originally the premises were a chemist (J.A. Seys, chemists in […]
Waverley Hotel, High Street, Cheltenham
Mentioned in the 1881 census. It seems likely that it lost its hotel status by 1891 and by 1906 it was known as the Waverley Assembly Rooms. The present day Marks & Spencers occupies the site.
Warwick Arms, Warwick Place, Cheltenham
Only one reference in 1870. Could this be the same premises as the Anchor Vaults? Landlord: 1870 Mrs Pilley
Waikiki Wine Club, Queens Circus, The Promenade, Cheltenham
Waikiki Wine Club was a 1960’s bar in the cellar of what is now Wesley Barrell furniture shop in Queens Circus, Montpellier. It closed around 1970. The cellar bar was opened by Mike Luckman in about 1958. It was painted black. The juke-box played jazz with a selection of the popular hits of the day. […]
Victoria Hotel, High Street, Newnham on Severn
The Victoria Hotel is an imposing stone-built building at the ‘top end’ of Newnham, opposite St Peters Church. The building dates back to 1622, and was once the private residence of Thomas Crump. The wide portico with paired columns was probably added when the building became an inn and posting house between 1836 and 1840. […]
Upper George Inn, High Street, Newnham on Severn
The Upper George Inn, on the eastern side of the High Street, is now a private house called the Sanctuary. The Upper George was so called to distinguish it from the George Inn (or Lower George), west of the clock tower. The Upper George once contained rooms known as the Sanctuary rooms which were under […]
Union Inn, High Street, Newnham on Severn
An 1876 reference lists the property as the ‘Union Inn and Posting House, High Street’. However, despite its status as a Posting House it seems that the Union Inn closed just a few years afterwards. The Gloucester Journal. March 24th 1883: The Union Inn, Newnham, was sold by auction at the Lower George Hotel, Newnham, […]
