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Queens Head, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire

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Closed in 1907 with compensation of £785 - The Licensing Act 1904.

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Monmouthshire Beacon. 02 October 1869 - Coleford Petty Sessions
James Phelps, Queens Head, Lydbrook - Granted

1870 Kellys, James Phelps, shopkeeper & beer retailer, Lydbrook

In 1871 census, James Phelps is at the Victoria Inn, West Dean, Monmouth

1876 Morris & Co. Commercial Directory, John Bennett, Jun., "Queen's Head" inn, Waters cross, Lower Lydbrook

Orepool Inn, Orepool, Newland, Alehouse, Ann Kear
Albion, Coalway Lane End, West Dean, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Charles Henry Porter
Bell, Pillowell, West Dean, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Thomas Guest
Miners Rest, Bream Tufts, Eest Dean, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, William Drew
Queens Head, Lydbrook, West Dean, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Thomas Cooper
Sawyers Arms, Avening, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Jabez Powell
Royal Oak, Minchinhampton, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, William Townsend
Army and Navy, Minchinhampton, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Daniel Gibbons
Masons Arms, Minchinhampton, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Henry John Tuffley
New Inn, Nailsworth, Alehouse, Herbert Henry Smith
Red Lion, Nailsworth, Alehouse, William Allan James
Kings Head, Dunkirk, Nailsworth, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Samuel Walter Nash
Cross, Woodchester, Ante-1869 Beerhouse, Alfred Ernest Chapman

Gloucestershire Chronicle. 04 January 1908
Of the twelve licenses agreed to close with compensation; eight had agreed and four were open to discussion, but now also agreed.
Bell, Pillowell, West Dean, claimed £2002 10s and accepted £1005
Sawyers Arms, Avening, claimed £1307 14s accepted £922 10s 3d
New Inn, Nailsworth, claimed £1801 10s accepted £1255
Kings Head, Dunkirk, Nailsworth, claimed £637 17s accepted £453 1s
Total amount claimed in respect of all twelve licenses was £14,356 13s 7d and the amount of compensation determined upon is £10,031 19s 9d

Queens Head, Lydbrook, West Dean, Thomas Cooper, licensee £75 Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co, owners £710 2s 6d


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