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British Rifleman, 26 Pittville street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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Closed through licence refusal and compensation in July 1929.

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Residents at this address.

In 1901 at (Inn), Pittville Street, Cheltenham
William S Green, Licensed victualler aged 55 and born in Yatton Keynell, Wiltshire
Hannah Green, Wife aged 54 and born in Uley, Gloucestershire
Ethel M Green, Daughter, Milliner aged 18 and born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Cheltenham Chronicle. 29 June 1907 - Licensing Transfers
British Rifleman, Pittville street from William Stiles Green to Arthur William Simmons

In 1911 at The British Rifleman, Pittville street, Cheltenham, Cheltenham
Arthur William Simmons, Licensed victualler aged 31 and born in Cheltenham
Flossie Simmons, Wife Married Female 31 and born in Cheltenham
Roland Simmons, Son aged 5 and born in Malmesbury, Wilts
Godfrey Simmons, Son aged 1 and born in Cheltenham

Electoral registers, Arthur William Simmons is at 26 Pittville street between 1910 and 1918.

In 1921 at The British Rifleman, Pittville street, Cheltenham, Cheltenham
Sidney Cuthbert Nash, Publican aged 41 and born in Littledean, Gloucestershire
Edith May Nash, Wife aged 41 and born in Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire

Cheltenham Chronicle. 20 July 1929 - Licensing Consolidation Act (1910)
On the ninth day of July 1929 the following licences were refused a renewal.
Listing is the License, licence type, licensee, and owner.
Britannia Stores, St Pauls Street South, Cheltenham, beerhouse, Hannah Bowery, Showells Brewery Co Ltd, Crosswells Brewery, Langley, Birmingham
Brewers Arms, Tewkesbury road, Cheltenham, beerhouse, Arthur Bramley, Flower and Sons Ltd, The Brewery, Stratford on Avon
British Rifleman, Pittville street, Cheltenham, beerhouse, Sydney Cuthbert Nash, The Cheltenham Original Brewery Ltd, Cheltenham
Cotswold Stores, 5 Suffolk road, Cheltenham, beerhouse, George Walter Holtham, The Cheltenham Original Brewery Ltd, Cheltenham
Crispin Inn, New street, Cheltenham, beerhouse, Harry Turner, The Cheltenham Original Brewery Ltd, Cheltenham
Fountain Inn, Bath road, Cheltenham, Publicans, Harry Braint, The Stroud Brewery Co Ltd, Stroud
Hewlett Inn, Hewlett street, Cheltenham, beerhouse, Henry William Ford, The Cheltenham Original Brewery Ltd, Cheltenham
Regent Ale and Porter Stores, Regent place, Cheltenham, beerhouse, Arthur Williams, The Cheltenham Original Brewery Ltd, Cheltenham
Vine Tree Inn, Albion street, Cheltenham, beerhouse, Amelia Lucy Child, The Stroud Brewery Co Ltd, Stroud
Crown and Sceptre, Lydbrook, West Dean, beerhouse, William Henry Pudge, The Bristol Brewery, Georges & Co Ltd, Bristol
Sawyers Arms, Lower Lydbrook, West Dean, Publicans, Samuel Frederick Parish, The Stroud Brewery Co Ltd, Stroud




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