Licensed Victuallers Asylum, Swindon Road, Cheltenham
Hi Geoff In Swindon Road, Cheltenham on the south side, on the eastern side of the junction with Cleveland Street (where a house called Winkfield is), used to be listed as the Licensed Victuallers Asylum. 1880-1 Post Office Directory R. Barnett & Mrs, Elliss 1883-4 Post Office Directory Mr. Richard Barnett 1891-2 Post Office Directory […]
Montpellier Tavern, 39 Montpellier Villas, Cheltenham (Allsopp Arms?)
Hi Geoff, I found the Montpellier Tavern listed in the 1857 Harper’s Directory in Montpellier Villas, and it is also marked on the 1855-7 Old Town Survey map. I haven’t found it listed anywhere else though. The landlord in 1857 was John W. Cummings. There is also a J.W. Cummings listed as a “fly proprietor” in Lansdown […]
Pilgrim Inn, Tucker Street, Bristol
Gloucestershire Chronicle, 6th April 1850: STEALING FROM THE PERSON – Peter Cox, 23, and Joseph Cox, 24, were charged with assaulting and robbing H Jackson, at Bristol. Mr Stephens prosecuted. The prosecutor, a sailor, had been drinking at “the Pilgrim” in Tucker Street, on Saturday night, the 1st of December, and while there he purchased […]
Grosvenor Ale & Porter Store, Exeter House, Exeter Place, Grosvenor Street, Cheltenham
Hi Geoff, I have only found one listing in directories for this one – in the 1857 Harper’s Directory. It is the Grosvenor Ale & Porter Store, address Exeter House, Exeter Place, Grosvenor Street, Cheltenham – landlord J.W.T. Mitchell. It isn’t marked on the 1855-7 Old Town Survey map, but Exeter Place in Grosvenor Street is […]
Acock & Mansell Porter Stores 23 Winchcomb(e) Street, Cheltenham
Hi Geoff, I have found a Porter Stores at 23 Winchcomb Street (on the east side at the junction with Albion Street). In the 1850 Edwards Directory it is listed under “Winchcomb Street” as “23 W. Mansell Porter Stores” and also under “Beer Retailers” as “Mansell W. 23 Winch. st.” In the 1851 Edwards under […]
T. Biddle & W. Arnold Beer Retailers 19 Albion Street, Cheltenham
Geoff, In the 1850 Edwards Directory, T. Biddle is recorded under “Beer Retailers” with an 19 Albion Street address. This would have been on the north side where the 2 new buildings east of Winchcomb Street now meet. T. Biddle is also recorded at 92 Albion Street under “Poulterers” across on the south side. In […]
Spa Vaults, Spa Ale & Porter Stores, Winchcomb(e) Place, Cheltenham
Western Temperance Hotel and Troy Hotel , Clarence Street, Cheltenham
Hi Geoff, On the southern side of Clarence Street, across from where Manchester Place and the Manchester Hotel used to be, there is a row of buildings from The & Sons Trading store just west of the old Quaker Meeting House to St. Gregory’s Priory. The buildings on either end have both been hotels at […]
Walters’ Hotel / Carr’s Hotel / Carr’s Central Hotel, corner of Crescent Place and Clarence Street, Cheltenham
Hi Geoff, I only really came across this one when trying to sort out the Clarence Hotel. It was located on the corner of Crescent Place and Clarence Street (now called Clarendon House). It started off its ‘hotel’ life as a boarding house (the earliest listing I found was 1863 when it was listed as […]
Oxford Ale Store and Albion Refreshment Rooms / Criterion Temperance Hotel, Albion Street, Cheltenham
Hi Geoff, In the 1872-3 Royal Directory there is an in-order listing of the buildings in Albion Street and this shows between North Street and Albion Walk (then called America Passage) the Oxford Ale Store landlord William Spurrell. This is the only listing for it I have seen. However, in the 1848 Edwards Directory listed under “Ale […]