Britannia Inn, High Street, Newnham on Severn
It is thought that the Britannia Inn was licensed for only a short period during the late Victorian period. The inn is only documented in the 1890’s and early 1900’s. The Britannia Inn is now a private residence called Britannia House. The seventeenth century timber framed twin gabled building has exposed timbers on the left […]
Black Pig Micro Pub (at the Ship), High Street, Newnham on Severn
The Black Pig is a micro-pub located in the back yard of the now closed Ship Inn, specialising in real ales and gins. There are tables and chairs laid out in the courtyard for outside drinking. The Black Pig is an integral part of the Ship Inn which is now home to Newnham on Severn […]
Bear Inn, Back Lane – Church Road, Newnham on Severn
The Bear Inn was located at the junction of Passage Lane and Back Lane. It was once one of the most prestigious inns in Newnham on Severn. In 1759 the borough and manorial courts of Newnham were being held at the Bear Inn. In 1837 it was offered for sale together with the ferry and […]
Anchor Inn, Church Road, Newnham on Severn
The Anchor Inn was located close to the banks of the River Severn at the northern end of the town. It was built c1710 and was frequented by men working on the river. In 1828 the landlord was summonsed and prosecuted for ‘keeping the Anchor Inn open for purposes other than the reception of travellers’. […]
Vine Tree Inn, Albion Street, Cheltenham
There is a photograph on page 55 in ‘Gloucestershire Pubs and Breweries’ (Tempus Publishing) that shows the Vine Tree Inn and Refreshment Rooms to have dining rooms where ‘hot dinners, daily chops and steaks at the shortest notice’ could be enjoyed with a couple of pints of Godsell & Sons Fine Stroud Ales. The licence […]
Victory Club, Trafalgar Street, Cheltenham
The club opened in 1947 in Nelson House. It was founded to provide a first-class meeting place for the servicemen and women of the Second World War. When it opened it was the only club in Cheltenham which admitted women members. In 2000 it was decided that the Nelson House building was too expensive to […]
Victoria Porter Stores, Fairview Road, Cheltenham
On the corner of Fairview Road and Victoria Place. This canopied corner off licence ceased trading in the 1980’s (approx). It has been a second hand / antique shop and general stores since, but has now been converted to residential use. A West Country Ales ceramic plaque disappeared from the premises in 2003. William Seabright […]
Victoria Inn / Spa Retreat / St Pauls Tavern, Hamilton Place, 59 St. Pauls Road, Cheltenham
Located on the corner of St. Pauls Road (Hamilton Place) and Hanover Street. George Meek is recorded as a brewer in 1883. There is a faded photograph of the pub with Frank Oliver as the landlord. The date is not recorded but a painted sign on the wall of the pub reads ‘The Victoria Brewery. Rock […]
Vauxhall Brewery Inn, Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham
The Vauxhall Brewery Inn, on the corner of Tewkesbury Road and Malvern Street, originally brewed its own beer. The Cheltenham Original Brewery were the owners of the Vauxhall Brewery Inn in 1891 and 1903. It was licensed as a beer house and had an annual rateable value of £15.5s.0d. in 1891 increasing by three pounds […]
Duke of Wellington, Westgate Street, Gloucester
Referred to in 1830 (Pigots Gloucestershire Directory) Landlords: 1830 Samuel Williams
