Pubs - Simonds Family Website

Here is a great selection of the pubs and properties of H&G Simonds Ltd. If you can add to it – please send me information or images to show here. If you are searching for more information, then the in-house magazine that was published from 1926 – 1960, ‘The Hop Leaf Gazette’ always carried articles on new and refurbished pubs and there are also some interesting websites that list ‘lost pubs’.

The only definitive list of Simonds pubs was their own working document 1958, immediately before the fateful merger: -HERE-

Bristol pubs merit their own page, as does the photo album of the Brewery’s own in-house design department.

Unidentified images are tagged ‘X’ at the bottom – can you help us to identify any?

With particular thanks to John Berry, who has now contributed 100’s of images from his own research!

The Brewery History Society has kindly allowed me to include some images from their website. They are all tagged [BHS]. Their long list of Simonds Pubs, with still more images, is – HERE:

A Simonds staff outing – but who & where?

Aberkenfig, Golden Lion Hotel. Opened 1865 – closed 2015

Aldershot, Church Lane, The Wheatsheaf Frank Hearne Proprietor

Basingstoke, Bunnian Place, The Queens Arms 1965.

Basingstoke, Bunnian Place, The Old House At Home

Basingstoke, Station Hill, The Railway Arms

Basingstoke, Upper Church St, The Hop Leaf

Basingstoke, Waters End, A30, Red Lion [BHS]

Basingstoke, Waters End, A30, Red Lion 1 H&GS

Basingstoke, Waters End, A30, Red Lion 2 H&GS

Basingstoke, Wote St, 45, Travellers Rest, closed 1966

Binfield, Stag & Hounds 1959 courtesy of David Wright

Blacknest, Sunninghill, Rising Sun Hotel Mr A Douglas 1910

Brentford, 3 High Street, The Royal Tar 1

Brentford, 3 High Street, The Royal Tar 2

Brighton, 96-unknown street, Off licence c1920

Burghfield, Burfield Bridge and South Berks Hunt

Burghfield, Six Bells. Landlords Florence Emily Wigmore with Ernest Wigmore and dog feature with the locals

Labelled The Fox, Cane End but seems to be The Pack Saddle at Chazey Heath !

Camberley, The Criterion , licensee G.A.Abdey’.closed 1939

Caversham, The Crown & Bridge which weas opened in June 1926 by The Prince of Wales

Caversham, Dreadnought Reach, The Dreadnought, closed 1952

Caversham, The Griffin Dray 1880 article

Cirencester, The Crown Hotel. A Cromwellian era building & Coaching Inn

Cheddar, Bath Arms Paul Low landlord 1941

Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, The Wheatsheaf

Colnbrook, The Ostrich 1800’s – had a gruesome

Cranbourne, Windsor, The Old Hatched now the Old Hatchet

Devonport, Ferry Rd, Steambridge Inn 1936

East Hanney, The Crown Inn, Butcher family landlords 1901

Folkestone, Alexandra Hotel John Fortune

Grazele, The Old bell H Dibbins proprietor

Greenham, Newbury, Old London Apprentice 1 H&GS

Hampshire, Little Down, The Boot Inn 1940’s

Hartley Wintney, Crown, South Berks Brewery H&GS

Hartley Wintney, Hartley Row, Lamb Hotel

Hartley Wintney, Wagon & Horses. Landlords Anne [maybe shown] & Robert Hatten, 1875 – 1914 left their name to Hatton’s pond outside

Hartley Wintney, Wagon and Horses [Frith]

Hermitage, The Plough ,lies abandoned in 2017

High Wycombe, Brook St. The Chair Makers Arms 1962

High Wycombe, Bull Lane, The Bull Inn 1931

High Wycombe, Easton St. The Coach & Horses 1962

High Wycombe, Crendon St. The Railway Tavern 1936

High Wycombe, Oxford St. The Half Moon 1934

High Wycombe, Oxford St. The Kings Head 1960

Hurst, The Castle Inn AJ King Proprietor 1906 back

Hurst, The Castle Inn AJ King Proprietor 1906

Hurstbourne Tarrant, The George & Dragon 3

Hurstbourne Tarrant, The George & Dragon 1

Hurstbourne Tarrant, The George & Dragon 2

Ibthorp Hants, The White Hart [closed] The George & Dragon [trading]

Kennet-Side, near Blakes Lock, Fisherman’s Cottage

Kenn, Devon, The Leigh Arms John Page 1939

Kingsclere, Swan Street, The Bolton Arms

Kingwood Common, Old Bricklayers Arms, built for the bricklayers at Wyfold Court,. Later became The Tally Ho, then Grouse and Claret

Ludgershall, Salisbury Rd HG Simonds depot

Manchester, Withy Grove Ye Old Seven Stars

Mortimer, Turners Arms 3 c1910 South Berks Hunt meet

Newbury, Market Place, The Wagon & Horses as Hawkins

Newbury, Market Place, The Wagon & Horses

Newbury, The Rising Sun, Demolished 1950

Newbury, West Mills, The Two Brewers. Closed 1950’s

Newbury, Market Place, Old Waggon & Horses

Newtown, Leopold Rd. Leopold Arms, demolished 1970’s

Oxford, The Crown 1890 by Henry Taunt, HE Archive

Pangbourne, The Swan, colourised, in 1958

Perham Down, Army camp supplied by Simonds 1913

Pewsey, Milton Lilbourne The Three Horseshoes closed 2009

Playhatch, Oxon, The Flowing Spring. Image before repair

Playhatch, The Flowing Spring, before purchase by Simonds in 1899 for £1,295

Plymouth, Moon St, The Steam Bridge Inn, demolished 1957

Plymouth, pub mural The Times-21 Jan 2007

Reading, Basingstoke Rd, The 4 Horseshoes

Reading, Basingstoke Road, The Four Horseshoes 1890

Reading, Basingstoke Rd, Four Horseshoes c1890

Reading, Basingstoke Rd, Four Horseshoes 1

Reading, Basingstoke Rd, Four Horseshoes 2

Reading, Bedford Rd. The Bedford Arms, with dray horse ‘Champion’.

Reading, 22 Bridge St. The Bear Inn 1900 Demolished in 1980. Bought by Simonds in 1898. Reputed to be the oldest pub iun Reading it was first mentioned in 1483. In 1683 the London law courts sat there to escape the plague. in 1648, Cromwell visited as did Mary of Modena in 1688.

Reading, Broad St. [probably] The Dukes Head Inn

Reading, Broad Street, The Cheddar Cheese. Previously known as the Boars Head

Reading, Broad St, The Boars Head, later the Cheddar Cheese

Reading, Broad St, Cheddar Cheese, Bar 1952

Reading, Broad St. The Post Office Tavern c1899. Compliments of Reading Museum archives

Reading, Broad St, Brewery Tap 1927 – later the Peacock

Reading, Castle Street, The Sun Inn, 1948

Reading, Castle St. The Sun Inn. Closed May 2022

Reading, Castle St, The Sun Inn 1948 stables

Reading, Castle St, The Sun Inn 1948 arch

Reading, Castle St, The Sun Inn 1948 stables underground

Reading, Caversham Bridge, The Moderation. 1860’s & 1894

Reading, Chain St. Post Office Tavern [1880-1919] 1895

Reading, 26 Friar St. Boar’s Head as a Hewett pub

Reading, Katesgrove Lane, The Engineers Arms

Reading, London St. Barley Mow, just before South Street

Reading, Market Place and St Laurence’s Church c1700. Looking north from High St

Reading, Market Place, Arthur Cooper display 1936

Reading, Market Square, Elephant & Castle [BHS]

Reading, Newtown, Rupert St. The Plasterers Arms

Reading, Newtown, Rupert St. The Plasterers Arms 1920’s

Reading, 1 Oxford Rd, The White Hart. Faint name on building

Reading, Shinfield Rd The Merry Maidens 1920

Reading, 1 Silver Street, The Coach & Horseshoes

Reading, Silver Street. [probably] The Oxford Arms. Acquired Jan

Reading, Silver Street. [probably] The Oxford Arms. Acquired Jan 1885

Reading, St Marys Butts, The Swan Inn 1886, demolished soon after.

Reading, St Mary’s Butts, The Allied Arms

Reading. Kennet Side, Fisherman’s Cottage

Reading, Kennet St. The Printers Arms c1925. closed 1930

Reading, Orchard St. The Tanners Arms, acquired 1875

Reading, Southampton St & Crown St, The Carpenters Arms

Reading, Southampton Street, The Little Crown

Reading, 229 Southampton St, The Pheasant

Reading, Wantage Rd, The Hop Leaf. Arthur Cooper off licence in 60’s-70’s, later private off-licence, The Cellar.

Reading, Wantage Rd, The Hop Leaf with H&G Simonds period logo.