Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
Cheltenham pub history index
There is a well written page of history on the Suffolk Arms and a list of the licensees can also be downloaded. It was built in 1824 and still open for business today, in 2026.
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Gloucestershire.
Residents at this address.
1830 Pigots, Suffolk Arms, Anthony Major, Commercial road
1839 Pigots, Suffolk arms, Chas Scott, Suffolk road
1842 Pigots, Suffolk Arms, Thomas John King, Suffolk row
1858 Slaters, Suffolk, John Enson, Suffolk road
1863/J H Gurney/../../../Kellys Directory
1870/John Hill/../../../Kellys Directory
1879/George Clarke/../../../Kellys Directory
1885/George Clarke/../../../Kellys Directory
1894/John Scott/../../../Kellys Directory
1902/Edward Paine/../../../Kellys Directory
1906/Herbert Jn Harris/../../../Kellys Directory
Gloucestershire Echo. 19 December 1907
Suffolk Arms, Suffolk road from Thomas Bristow Draper to Arthur William Ryder
1910/John James Wood/../../../Kellys Directory
In 1911 at the Suffolk Arms, Suffolk Road, Cheltenham,
John James Wood, Publicans and ironmongers assistant aged 33 and born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Minnie Ellen Wood, Wife aged 33 and born in Bredon, Worcestershire
Albert John Wood, Son aged 11 and born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Gertrude Walker, Assistant in bar and house duties aged 32 and born in Edinburgh Resident
1923/Henry Richard Sheen/../../../Kellys Directory
1927/Edward Limpson/../../../Kellys Directory
1939/Edward Simpson/../../../Kellys Directory