Shops, Pubs and Inns

The "History of the County of Gloucester, Vol 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds" says "Tunley had the Labourers Arms in 1854". This reference is from David Lawson who notes from the 1851 Census that his G. G. Grandfather, Obediah Hunt is listed as…

The photo shows Hazel Couldrey Sitting on the wall outside the village stores in the grounds of the house known as The Cottage, Oakridge Lynch. Visits to the village shop on the way home from school are still remembered by many of the older…

The Oak Inn 1921. This was the only canalside inn between Chalford and Daneway and it was adjacent to puck’s Mill Bridge and part of Puck Mill Farm. The Landlords, Samuel and Emily Elliott stand at the gate. After closure in 1922 the building was…

Photographs L - R, T - B1. The Nelson Inn, Far Oakridge c. 1940's 2. The Nelson Inn, Far Oakridge 3. Landlord & Landlady Outside the Nelson Inn 4. Mr Blackwell and Family, one of the last owners of the Nelson Inn 5,6. Mrs Blackwell, one of the…

Photographs L - R, T - B 1. The Bricklayers Arms c. 1911 before it became The Daneway. This picture was taken by Gerald Drummond, who never returned from the First World War. 2. The DanewayThe Bricklayer's Arms, now the Daneway :Originally built as…

The pub closed in 1969 and the last landlady was Mrs. Hawkins. Kellys Directory lists the following Publicans :1894/David Phillips 1902/Thomas Hill 1906/Thomas Hill 1910/Thomas Hill 1923/Thomas Hill 1927/Leonard Parslow 1939/Chas W Hewer

Photographs L - R 1. Butchers Arms Sign 2. The Butchers Arms 3. The Butchers Arms 4. Frank Gardiner, Landlord of the Butcher's Arms in his garden in the 1930's5. The Butchers Arms, 2014This eighteenth-century pub was previously a butcher's shop and…