Five Acres _ Rising Sun (General)

by slowhands :-) , Thursday, June 30, 2005, 02:27 (7093 days ago) @ slowhands :-)

Christopher and Asenath Hale are living close to the Rising Sun Inn, Five Acres, as far as I can tell from the Census images >>>
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
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Rising Sun Inn, Lower Lane,Five Acres

Now known as ( why ?)
Pub Name: Gamekeepers Inn
Telephone: 01594 832283
Address: Lower La, Five Acres, Coleford, GL16 7QN

The Rising Sun is still trading although it has had a complete change of identity.

It has been known as the Gamekeepers Inn since February 1997. The menu boasts such exotic dishes as kangaroo and wild boar. The new name is supposed to reflect the popular menu served in the pubs 60 seat restaurant.

The ales on tap in 1903 were from the Monmouth Brewery; one of only two pubs in Gloucestershire selling the beer.The annual rateable value in 1891 and 1903 was £14.0s.0d. The pub closed at 10 p.m.

1876 James Young

1885 John Brown

1891 Benjamin Young. Alehouse. Free from brewery tie (owner Margeret Young)

1902 James Cooper

1903 James Cooper. Alehouse. Monmouth Brewery

1906 James Cooper

1919 Ernest Byatt

1927 Mrs E. Byatt

1939 Mrs E. Aston

Ivor Cox

1998,2000 Lawrence Brown