18 Longsmith Street


Gloucester Citizen, Tuesday 28th August 1888 – To Let: The Prince Albert Inn, Longsmith Street; ingoing low – Apply Hatton & Co, Northgate Brewery, Gloucester.


Gloucester Citizen, Monday 11th January 1897 – To Let, immediate possession: The Prince Albert Inn, Longsmith Street, Gloucester – Apply Ind Coope & Co., Northgate Brewery, Gloucester.


In the 1906 Matthews & Son Gloucester City Directory there are two pubs called the Prince Albert, one in Longsmith Street and the Prince Albert in Station Road.

Three years later contemporary records give details of a pub called the Prince Albert ‘not being required to meet the wants of the neighbourhood’. Dated March 8th 1909. In 1909 records show that the Prince Albert was in Longsmith Street was tied to Ind Coope & Co.


Gloucester Citizen, Monday 7th February 1910 – Gloucester City Licensing Sessions. Licenses Withheld: The licence of the Prince Albert (beerhouse) was referred to the Compensation Authority, under the Licencing Act 1904, and after consideration that Authority refused to renew the licence. In consequence of the compensation not having being paid, the beerhouse was in existence on the 31st December 1909. Compensation duly paid, the Prince Albert is now closed.


Landlords at the Prince Albert include:

1870 James Rudge

1870,1879 Emily Coleman

1891 Arthur Cromwell (aged 50 in 1891 census. Married to Lucy. Also listed as a joiner)

1906 A. Young

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