Apple Tree, Lower Alstone, Cheltenham
Cheltenham based local historian Martin Edwards has found a reference to the Apple Tree in Lower Alstone 1844. Is this the same beerhouse as the Apple Tree in Russell Place, off the Tewkesbury Road? 1844 Thomas Simmonds
Bear Inn, Gloucester Road, Coleford
Crossways Inn, Coleford
1861 Thomas Probert 1875 John Probert (he asked the licensing authorities if the premises could close at 10pm rather than 11pm and the bench was glad to hear this)
Victoria Inn, St John Street, Coleford
Was the bookshop. 1860 A. Jenkins
White Hart, Market Place, Coleford
Now Ritmus Bar In 1804 Richard Porter started as a wine & sprit merchant.
White Swan, 19 St Johns Street, Coleford GL16 8AP
The White Swan was located on the western side of St Johns Street. In the Gloucestershire licensing books of 1891 and 1903 the White Swan, a beer house with an annual rateable value of £11.4s.0d, is listed under the ownership of John William Watts. He was a businessman who ran his wholesale wine and spirit […]
Rose in Hand, Gloucester Road, Coleford
In 1853 an Irishman, Colin Glen, living at Tredegar was caught in the Rose in Hand by officers from Ross on Wye. He had been selling coloured gin for brandy in pubs at Lydbrook. They had sent for the officers. when searched he had four bladders with him, two empty, the other two contained three […]
Railway Inn, St John Street, Coleford
The name of the Railway Inn refers to the Monmouth & Forest of Dean Tram road that was in operation between 1812 and 1872. The tramway ran behind the buildings on the western side of St John Street. The Railway Inn was located on the corner of the Market Place and the eastern side of […]
Millers Arms, Newland Street, Coleford
In 1861 William Robertson, grocer and inn-keeper 1871 John Fido, beer and eating house keeper 1883 Elizabeth Jones (closure in 1883)
Incline Inn, Coleford
As you come down from Mile End it was at the bottom of the hill on the right hand side, just before the Poolway turnpike. On January 30th 1875 Miss Harriet Morgan, sister of Richard Morgan of the Incline Inn, was hit by the Royal Mail coach which was driving into Coleford. Miss Morgan was […]
