Kings Head, Berry Hill - E.Beach (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, January 29, 2012, 23:15 (4677 days ago) @ fredb

Hi Fred, you're very welcome, hopefully you found this off the Easywell site:

"Kings Head, Grove Road GL16 8QH.
The Kings Head is located on the unclassified road into Berry Hill about a quarter of a mile from the A4136. The Kings Head is a substantial whitewashed building. To the rear of the pub is an outbuilding which resembles a small brewery but I have no evidence to suggest that the pub ever brewed its own beer.

Map Reference: SO 573122
Owner in 1891: Harriet Godwin (free from brewery tie)
Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse

Owner in 1903: John Arnold & Sons, High Street Brewery, Wickwar
Rateable value in 1903: £12.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse
Closing time in 1903: 10pm
Present Status: Still trading
Heritage:
Phone:

Landlords:

1856 J. Short
1891 Harriet Godwin (owner)
1903 Henry Godwin
1939 Ernest Beach"

I'm pleased he gets a mention, I know it's only due to lack of records but my grandparents ran a Longhope pub for 30+ years without mentioned being on "their" page.

I think this is the current/later version of the above Easywell website:
http://www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk/pubs/glospubs/new/AllGlosPubsDatabase/AllGlosPub...

Both sites belong to Geoff Sandles, a Brockworth man who has also produced an interesting book. However, perhaps in deference to his publishers, this is very biased towards the Cheltenham & Cotswolds breweries/pubs with hardly any Forest coverage and nowt from Berry Hill, in stark contrast to his superb websites.

I cannot give a direct link to the new site, you must use the search engine. If you enter "Berry Hill" into the site search box the first of 8 listed is the Kings Head (don't enter "Kings Head" as you'll have 60 pages to trawl thro). The advantage of the "new" site is it carries photos including one that could easily be from Mr Beach's time.

Finally, this ongoing mammoth website carries varied levels of info on hundreds of pubs nationwide. Apparently your Uncle is listed in the relevant Kelly's Directory which may explain his inclusion in the other site.
http://deadpubs.co.uk/Gloucestershire/Coleford/KingsHeadBerry.shtml

Hope this helps, Jeff.