This list is from the Tewkesbury Register of February 13th 1926.
The following is a list of Tewkesbury Inns which have been closed as licensed premises within the recollection of many of our older readers. We shall be interested to receive any addition to this record.
HIGH STREET
The Cross Keys
The Fleece
The New Inn
The Britannia
The Teddington Arms
The Woolpack
The Quart Pot
The Rose and Crown
The Foresters’ Arms
The Happy Return
The Sun
The Feathers
The Red Lion. Known as the Pig and Whistle
The Bakers’ Arms. Double Alley
The Sailor’s Return. Bray’s Court
The Fish and Anchor. Mythe Road
The Pound House. Where beer was sold by the pound
The Dowdswell Arms
An inn at the Back of Avon
The Royal Oak. Quay Lane
The Star. The Quay
The Severn Trow. The Quay
CHURCH STREET
The Chequers
The Fountain
The Farriers’ Arms
The Aurora
The Old Ben Webb. St. Mary’s Lane
The Turnip. Back of Swilgate
BARTON STREET
The Gardeners’ Arms
The White Lion
The Lacemakers’ Arms
The Welch Harp
The King William
The Lamb
The Tracy Arms.
Two breweries have also closed.
Some of the readers must have been of a record breaking age to remember the closure of some of the licensed houses which closed over one hundred years before the date that the article was written.
The place where you could buy beer by the pound, the Pound House was at the corner of Bredon Road and High Street. The pound referred to the cattle pound nearby. This may have been a nickname as the house was at some time called the Prince of Wales.