Some history of the Victoria Hotel at Pershore in the County of Worcestershire
Located on the corner of Newlands and Head Street, the Victoria Hotel was formerly called the Gardeners' Arms.
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![Pershore : White Horse Hotel from the Graveyard [2023]](https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/images/worcestershire/pershore-victoria-hotel.jpg "Pershore : Victoria Hotel on the corner of Newlands and Head Street [2023]")
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Licensees of the Victoria Hotel
1881 - Samuel Cosnett
Note : this is not a complete list of licensees for this pub. The dates of early licensees are sourced from trade directories, census
data, electoral rolls, rate books and newspaper articles. Names taken from trade directories may be slightly inaccurate as there is some slippage from publication dates
and the actual movement of people.
"Edward Cosnett [23], gardener, was charged with having stolen 1s. 0½d., on July 18th, at Pershore, the money of
Samuel Cosnett. Mr. P. Evans prosecuted. On the day mentioned the prisoner was drinking with some other men in the back yard of the Gardeners' Arms,
Pershore. The landlady's daughter, who had been supplying them with drink, put 1s. 0½d. in the kitchen window. When she came back, after a short absence,
it was gone. She went into the yard, when the prisoner denied having seen the money. He offered to lend another man a shilling. When accused by a person named
Baylis, he struck him in the face. There had been several previous convictions, and the prisoner was under police supervision at the time the offence was
committed. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with seven years' subsequent police supervision."
"Stealing Money"
Worcester Journal : October 19th 1878 Page 7
