‘Cosy village local with pool table, piano and jukebox. Separate restaurant available for pre-cooked meals and Sunday lunches’ (Last Guide to Avon’s Ale. CAMRA 1996)
Licensing Details:
Owner in 1891: William Hopkins (free from brewery tie)
Rateable value in 1891: £20.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in 1903: Georges & Co., Bristol Brewery
Rateable value in 1903: £37.5s.0d.
Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time in 1903: 10pm
Landlords at the Cross Hands Inn include:
1856,1863 James Harris
1870,1872 Thomas Canning
1879,1893 William Hopkins
1894 William Thomas
1897 Marshall Lovell
1901 J. Sanders
1902,1904 Job Pope
1910 Emma Pick
1919,1923 Athol Pick
1927,1931 Henry Miller
1934 John Henry Hanks
1939 Frederick Hollister
1960 Arthur E. Piggott-Scott
