https://www.horseandgroomcotswolds.co.uk
The 16th century Horse and Groom is still trading. Residents staying in room five sometimes find themselves in the company of an uninvited guest – George the Ghost!
Gloucestershire Echo, Tuesday 2nd March 1915 – To Let: The Horse and Groom, Oddington, near Stow-on-the-Wold; low rent and ingoing – Apply The Brewery, Stow-on-the-Wold.
Map Reference: SP 223256
Licensing Details:
Owner in 1891: William Baker (free from brewery tie)
Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in 1903: Edward Augustus Green, Stow Brewery
Rateable value in 1903: £16.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1903:
Closing time in 1903: 10pm
Landlords at the Horse & Groom include:
1891 George Hodgkins
1903 Isaac Preston
1905 Thomas Preston
1939 George William Townley
1949 – Mr George William Townley was granted the transfer of the Horse & Groom, Oddington, from Mrs G.M. Townley (October 1949)
1963 Mr N.E. Head
1983 Gordon Wilmot
1996 Anne and Bill Bartlett (run by daughter and son-in-law Jill and Ben Sands)
1996 David and Jill South
2000 Michael Roberts
— Peter Golding and Asumpta Monaghan