Cross Inn, Dursley Cross, GL17 0ND |
Map reference: SO 699201 |
Dursley Cross is on the Ross Road, north east of Longhope. The Cross Inn had an annual
rateable value of £9.10s.0d. in 1891 and 1903 which, given its status as an alehouse, seems something
of a bargain. It closed at 10 p.m. There is a private house called Dursley Cross Cottage.
|
1856 |
J. Browning |
1885 |
Mrs. Jane Aston |
1891 |
Mary Aston |
1902 |
Thomas William Reed |
1903 |
Thomas William Reed |
1906 |
Thomas William Reed |
1939 |
Thomas William Reed |
Farmers Boy, Ross Road GL17 0LP |
Map Reference: SO 684185 |
The Farmers Boy located on the north side of the Ross
Road is still trading as a free house. The Farmers Boy had an annual rateable value of £10.0s.0d. in 1891
and 1903.
|
1861 |
Walter Stephens |
1871 |
Walter Stephens |
1891 |
James Bircher |
1903 |
George Compton |
1939 |
Sydney J. Compton |
Nags Head, Ross Road, GL17 0LW |
Map Reference: SO 683184 |
On the south side of the Ross Road to the north of Longhope village.
This whitewashed pub is still trading and today is a popular music venue. In 1891 and 1903 it had an annual
rateable of just £8.0s.0d. but only had a license to sell beer and wines on the premises. It closed at 10 p.m.
|
1891 |
B. Bennett Jnr. |
1903 |
John Hall |
1939 |
John Llewellyn Vining |
Plough Inn, Monmouth Road |
Map Reference: SO 962186 |
The Plough was demolished to make way for road improvements (A4136) in the
1970's. It had an annual rateable value of £17.0s.0d. in 1891 and 1903. Albert John Brain was a long serving
tenant at the Plough who first served Wintle's beers there in 1907 and retired in the early 1960's when
the pub was a West Country house.
|
1885 |
George Godwin |
1891 |
George Godwin |
1902 |
Elizabeth Godwin |
1903 |
Elizabeth Godwin |
1906 |
Frederick Aston Phelps |
1907 |
Albert John Brain |
1939 |
Albert John Brain |
1960 |
Albert John Brain |
Yew Tree, Monmouth Road, GL17 0QD |
Map Reference: SO 684185 |
Main road pub on the Monmouth Road to the west of Longhope Village. The inn sign is housed in an ornamental
ironwork frame with the West Country castle emblem on top... something of a rarity these days. The Yew Tree Inn had
an annual rateable value of £18.0s.0d in 1891 and 1903.
|
1856 |
M. Thomas |
1891 |
William Howells |
1903 |
John Woodward |
1906 |
John Woodward |
1919 |
Alfred Henry Lane |
1927 |
Thomas Hy Weaving |
1939 |
Thomas Hy Weaving |