Crown & Anchor, Brunswick Place, Cheltenham
Martin Edwards, a fellow pub historian, has made a list of all known pubs in Cheltenham in 1844. He has identified a beer house called the Crown & Anchor at Brunswick Place. But where is/was Brunswick Place? Landlord: 1844 J. Bennett
British Flag / Tall Ship, 134 Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1 2EX
Gloucester Journal, Saturday March 5th 1870 – Joseph Smith, a seaman, was charged with assaulting Thomas Rust, a labourer, on the 26th February. It appears that the parties were drinking at the British Flag beer house, when a quarrel arose, and the landlord cleared the house. A fight then took place in the streets, and […]
Crispin Inn, 41 Rutland Street, Cheltenham
Rutland Street is now part of Brunswick Street (South). It was once a maze of high-density housing which became a notoriously crowded slum area. It was partly demolished in the 1934 slum clearance programme. Rutland Street seems to have been named after a property called Rutland Lodge (1806 reference), which was situated near the north […]
Cricketers Arms, 16 Sandford Terrace, (Keynsham Road), Cheltenham
Martin Edwards, a fellow pub historian, has compiled a list of Cheltenham pubs in the year 1844. He has found a reference to a beer house named the Cricketers Arms at 16 Sandford Terrace, which is now Keynsham Road. This is near the Cheltenham Boys College, the venue of the Cheltenham Cricket Festival. However, the […]
Cottage Brewery, Back Street (Swindon Road), Cheltenham
Martin Edwards has compiled a list of all the licensed premises in Cheltenham in 1844. He has identified a beer house called the Cottage Brewery Inn as listed in Back Street. This area of Cheltenham is now part of Swindon Road and Martin’s research gives a possible location of the Cottage Brewery in the Monson […]
Comet, 11 Sherborne Place, Cheltenham
A beer house called the Comet has been identified by fellow pub researcher Martin Edwards. The address is given as 11 Sherborne Place. The buildings that housed the Comet Inn have long been demolished. Landlord: 1844 Elizabeth Townsend
Coachmakers Arms, Warwick Place, Cheltenham
A beer house called the Coachmakers Arms has been identified by fellow pub historian Martin Edwards. In 1844 the Coachmakers Arms is listed in Warwick Place, Cheltenham. Could this be the same licensed premises in Warwick Place as the Warwick Arms which is referred to 26 years later in 1870? Landlord: 1844 William Morris
Clarence Hotel Tap, St Georges Place (?), Cheltenham
Martin Edwards, a fellow pub historian, has identified an 1844 reference to a public house called the Clarence Hotel Tap. This, presumably was the tap bar of the Clarence Hotel on the corner of Clarence Street and Crescent Place. However, the 1844 reference indicates that the Clarence Hotel Tap was in St Georges Place. St […]
Castle, 1 Chapel Street, Cheltenham
Martin Edwards, a fellow pub historian, has identified a Castle Inn – a beer house – at 1, Chapel Street in 1844. Chapel Street is off New Street, just to the south of the Lower High Street. Chapel Street is to the immediate rear of Ambrose Street and the western side of the street has […]
Cider Mill (Cider House), Lower Alstone, Cheltenham
Martin Edwards, a fellow pub researcher and archivist, has identified a cider house in an 1844 directory which was in Lower Alstone. Martin has suggested that the Cider Mill was in Arle Avenue. Landlord: 1844 Joseph Bomford
