Royal Hop Pole Hotel

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.
Hope Pole old coaching entrance
Hope Pole old coaching entrance

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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