The
Gwent Branch of
Camra, the Campaign for Real Ale, have
published a series of guides to pub walks in Gwent in their magazine "Beer
Necessities". Here is their guide to our four pubs.
In the last couple of centuries there have been a number of licenced
premises in and around the village. The earliest, the Five Bells, held a
licence from 1767. It is now a private house, having been for some years the
village shop, situated in the centre of Shirenewton. The Tan House
is said to
be so named because in 1715 a tanner by the name of G. Thomas lived there. The
Kings Head (1822), reputed to have been a coaching inn, is now The Old Rectory
on the Crick road. The Engineer's Arms (1861 - 1876) is now also a private
house, as is Upper House (1847), which is adjacent to the recreation centre.
The Butchers Arms (1851 - 1876) has now disappeared. The Tredegar
Arms (1861) in the centre of the village is still licenced, as are the
Carpenters Arms (1860) and the Cross Hands, now renamed
the Huntsman Hotel, on the
Chepstow to Usk road.
"The Church of St Thomas a'Becket, Shirenewton",
FS Davies, 1984
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