There were two pubs in Winchcombe called the Pack Horse and both were located near the Old Corner Cupboard Inn. The 1891 and 1903 licensing books give details of two separate pubs bearing the name of the Pack Horse with each pub having identical rateable values of £12.15s.0d. This obviously causes some confusion.
Original Pack Horse, 89 Gloucester Street
Licensing Details:
Owner in 1891: George Nash (free from brewery tie)
Rateable value in 1891: £12.15s.0d.
Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in 1903: George Thomas Combe, Brockhampton Brewery
Rateable value in 1903: £12.15s.0d.
Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time in 1903: 11pm
Landlords:
1891 Henry Brookes
1903 George Allen
Thankfully, if you look carefully at the windows of the Original Pack Horse (above) the pub at 89 Gloucester Street sold beer from the Brockhampton Brewery. I have a reference to a Lower Packhorse Inn which was referred to the Compensation Authority in 1915 and its licence was extinguished.
Upper Pack Horse Inn
The other Pack Horse is believed to have been located just off Gloucester Street, possibly in Malt House Lane. This was presumably the Upper Packhorse Inn which was ‘near the Winchcombe Union Workhouse.’ Long demolished the Winchcombe Workhouse stood on the site of the present-day Winchcombe Day Centre and Barksdale, off Back Lane. The Workhouse was built in 1836 at a cost of £3,750 and held 180 inmates. At the rear of the pub was a substantial yard called Upper Packhorse Yard that contained a number of residences.
Licensing Details:
Owner in 1891: George Tovey (free from brewery tie)
Rateable value in 1891: £12.15s.0d.
Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse
Owner in 1903: Cheltenham Original Brewery
Rateable value in 1903: £12.15s.0d.
Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time in 1903: 11pm
Landlords:
1881 Charles Day (Upper Pack Horse) (aged 60, Miller, Baker & Beerhouse Keeper)
1891 Mary Joachim
1903 John Turberfield
