Anchor Inn, Epney GL2 7LN - Glo'shire Pubs & Breweries

The Anchor is located on the eastern bank of the River Severn. The licensing records of 1903 shows that it was then owned by Ind Coope & Co. of Burton on Trent. However, the Anchor Inn had a long association with Stroud Brewery / West Country Breweries / Whitbread. It may have been sold by Ind Coope to Stroud Brewery sometime after 1903.

Gloucester Journal: June 23^rd 1877 – Selling his wife: A correspondent writes that on Monday afternoon some men were drinking at the Anchor Inn, Epney, when one of them agreed to sell his wife, who was present and assented to the proposition. A purchaser was not so readily found as might have been expected from the personal attractions of the lady. She was, however, eventually bought for threepence and was taken away by her purchaser. But she did not adhere to the contract and returned to her lawful husband in two hours.

Courtesy Michael Wilkes

Herbie was the name given to a glass fibre and steel tree in the garden of the Anchor Inn which incorporated a childrens slide. Landlord Barrie Knowles told the Citizen in September 1984 “Herbie stands out like a lighthouse overlooking the Severn and gives hours of pleasure to customers of all ages.”