Royal Hop Pole Hotel

Hope Pole old coaching entrance
Hope Pole old coaching entrance
This is a stub article for information we hope to publish in the future, and place to pictures and photographs

According to Brian Linnell it was known as the Crown Inn from c 1540; then the New Inn and by 1796 the Hop Pole

There is an article on Bull Alley which is now part of the Hop Pole.

Landlords / Proprietors at the Royal Hop Pole

  • 1774-1784 Elizabeth Collett (widow)
  • 1784-1790 William Washbourne
  • 1790-1791 Mary Washbourne (widow)
  • 1791-1797 William Skeavington
  • 1797-1805 Thomas Page
  • 1805-1808 James Dovey
  • 1808-1817 Robert Holland
  • 1817-1821 Thomas Arkell
  • 1821-1822 James Walker
  • 1822,1830 William Marks  (Pigots 1830 directory)
  • 1830 Mary Talboys (Pigots 1830 directory)
  • 1841-1845 George Draper
  • 1845-1846 John Feilding
  • 1846-1848 Charles Skey
  • 1848 John Lane
  • 1848 Thomas Weaver
  • 1852-1865 Henry White
  • 1865,1866 Eliza White (widow)
  • 1876,1877 George Houghton
  • 1877-1878 H.J. Clarke
  • 1878-1879 Miss E. Bayliss
  • 1879,1885 Mrs Annie Bateman
  • 1889,1891 Robert Robson
  • 1896-1899 William (Harry) Fouracre
  • 1899-1907 Lister Martin
  • 1908-1909 Edith Browne
  • 1909-1910 Walter Alexander (bankrupt)
  • 1910-1914 Walter Jones
  • 1914-1923 Harry Charles
  • 1923-1927 Mrs Edith Halsall
  • 1927-1943 Charles Halsall
  • 1943-1944 H.J. Veldcamp
  • 1944-1946 Frederick Caunt
  • 1946-1947 Kleber Monod
  • 1947-1949 Annie Gibbs
  • 1949-1950 Harry Shelly Steadman
  • 1950-1952 Trina MacDonald
  • 1952 Harry S. Steadman
  • 1962-1968 Michael Griffin
  • 1968-1972 Richard Milner
  • 1972-1973 Anker
  • 1973-1974 Judith Moore
  • 1974 Derek Bailey
  • 2003-2006 Lee and Hillary Alibone (owners)
  • 2008 Linda and Stewart Coxshall (managers, Wetherspoons Lodges)

Census Data 1841-1891

1861
95? Church Street: Hop Pole Inn
1861 Ref-RG9/1807
Henry White; Head; Married; Male; 53; Victualler; Born Chipping Sodbury Glos.
Eliza White; Wife; Married; Female; 44; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
William H. White; Son; Single; Male; 16; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
Sarah H. White; Daughter; Single; Female; 18; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
Ann Pane; Servant; Single; Female; 26; House Servant; Born Marston Sicca? Warwickshire.
John James; Servant; Single; Male; 43; Ostler & Boots; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
Notes
  • marriage, 21/8/1838; Henry White, Hosier To Eliza, Only Dau Of William Browett (Bennett i p362)
1871
95 Church Street: Hop Pole
1871 Ref- RG10/2679
Eliza White; Head; Widow; Female; 50; Hotel Keeper; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
Sarah H. White; Daughter; Single; Female; 28; Governess; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
Gurtrude A. Listor; Visitor; Single; Female; 14; Scholar; Born Huddersfield Yorks.
Hannah Martin; Servant; Single; Female; 24; General Servant; Born Winchcombe Glos.
John James; Servant; Single; Male; 48; Ostler; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
1881
95 Church Street: Hop Pole Hotel
1881 Ref-RG11/ 2578 1-E
Annie Bateman; Head; Widow; Female; 50; Hotel Keeper; Born Croome Worcs.
Elizabeth Hunt; Sister; Widow; Female; 61; Annuitant; Born Croome Worcs.
Eliza Ann Hunt; Niece; Single; Female; 29; Barmaid; Born Defford Worcs.
Annie Taylor; Boarder; Single; Female; 24; Annuitant; Born Bredon Worcs.
Edward Taylor; Boarder; Single; Male; 16; Mechanical Engineer; Born Beckford Glos.
Lewington Taylor; Boarder; Single; Male; 14; Scholar; Born Beckford Glos.
Samuel Taylor; Boarder; Single; Male; 10; Scholar; Born Beckford Glos.
Elizabeth Walker; Servant; Single; Female; 18; Domestic Servant General; Born Tewkesbury Glos.
Notes
  • JD 30/05/2002: Annie Bateman, died on 6th March 1887 at Hop Pole, age 52 (TREG 12/03/1887)
1891
Church Street ( Hop Pole Hotel )
1891 Ref-RG12/2049 336-1A
habitation count: 5+
Robert Robson; Head; Married; Male; 54; Hotel Proprietor & Farmer; Born Wheaton Aston Staffordshire; Employer.
Sibble(sic) Sybil U. Robson; Wife; Married; Female; 52;b. Liverpool Lancs.
Jane A. Currin; Niece; Single; Female; 20;b. Liverpool Lancs.
Emily L. Currin; Niece; Single; Female; 17;b. Liverpool Lancs.
Augustus Yorke; Boarder; Single; Male; 28; Living On Own Means; Born Edinburgh Scotland.
Emma Fowler; Servant; Single; Female; 22; Cook;b. Bath Somerset.
Annie Backe; Servant; Single; Female; 15; Housemaid;b. Bridgenorth Salop.
Notes
  • Tewkesbury Register 25/04/1885 p1/6: Proposal To Form Troop Of Royal Gloucestershire Hussars by *Robert Robson of Bell Hotel; minimum needed - 25
Number of records found: 4


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