George Inn, High Street. One of the principal inns; diagonally opposite Plough, i.e. on part of present Marks & Spencer site. Existing by 1674: ref. to remainder of a 94-year lease on the George Inn (will of Daniel Chestroe: Sale, p. 17). Heralds conducting the 1682-3 Visitation of Glos. stayed here, an indication that it was the best establishment in town (P Dickinson). Changed hands 1751 after tenancy of 9 years (Glos. Journal, 1 Jan.). Not noted after 1855-7 Old Town Survey.
George Readings Way, off Princess Elizabeth Way, northern end. George Readings was a councillor for the Hester's Way ward in the 1950s. In 1926, he had founded the Black & White Coach Company, and 5 years later set up the large coach station in St Margaret's Road which was to be a national hub for long-distance services (closed 1984).
George Street (1), near Limekiln Row. Listed 1841 Census. Building certs. issued for this street 1834-7, but it is absent from 1844 directory and appears to have been renamed. Identity as yet uncertain. Potentially confusible with St George's Street.
George Street (2), Tivoli. See Andover Street.
Georgiana Cottage, Cambray. A Regency building, demolished Feb. 1928 (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 169). Doubtless named after Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, who visited Cheltenham in 1780.
Georgiana Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Moorend Crescent, first noted 1870 directory.
German or Germain Cottage, Rose & Crown Court. Existing 1815 (Williams); 1820 map. Name unexplained; later Livorno Lodge, which see.
Geybreche, Charlton Kings. Ref. in 1482 (Rhodes, Llanthony, p. 190).
Giffard Way, Leckhampton. Off Collum End Rise; development by D. A. Cook. Probably after family of this name established in Leckhampton in medieval times (see Davies 1834).
Gillmon Cottages, Leckhampton. 2 houses on south side of Naunton Crescent. First noted in 1883-4 directory.
Gladstone Road, Charlton Kings. Off Horsefair Street; existing by 1911. Built on line of Chestnut Walk.
Glamorgan Place. Unrealised road on grid-like projected estate west of Lansdown, shown on c. 1840 version of Griffiths' map.
Glamorgan Road, Up Hatherley. Apparently a Bryant Estates development; name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Welsh county theme.
Glebe Farm Court, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; part of Glebe Farm development by Westbury Homes, approved 1988 and completed c. 1989. Named after the farm formerly nearby (Up Hatherley Parish Council).
Glebe Road, Prestbury. Off Prestbury Road; developed c. 1920. So named because the land was once church-owned; site is marked Vicarage Piece (pasture) on 1838 tithe apportionment map.
Glencairn Court, off Glencairn Park Road. Developed by Castlefield (Cheltenham) Ltd (agreement of August 1959), approximately on site of house named Glencairn. Name agreed with developer 1961 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 31 May). See following.
Glencairn Park Road, off Lansdown Road. Developed c. 1900: plan by Alfred Hill to build new roads (sic) over Glencairn Park estate from Queen's Road to the Lansdown Road (Streets and Highways Committee, Apr. 1900). Declared public highway June 1906 (Streets and Highways Committee). After a house, Glencairn, which faced Lansdown Road near the junction with this road. Glencairn is a parish in Dumfriesshire; one of the Earls of Glencairn was a patron of Robert Burns. Major John Glencairn Burns, d.1865, son of the poet, resided in the town for some 20 years.
Glendale Cottages. 4 houses in Moorend Crescent, first listed 1883-4 directory.
Glendale Villas, King's Road. 2 houses (now nos. 12-14); first listed 1872.
Glenfall Place, Glenfall Street. 3 houses when first listed, 1870 directory.
Glenfall Street, Fairview. Built 1840s, generally on the line of an old east-west route, Sandy Lane, which see. Had 8 houses by 1844 (directory). The name is clearly connected with Glenfall, Charlton Kings (see below); either because Glenfall House is close to the same route as it passes up Agg's Hill (Cox), or perhaps because the builders had a Charlton Kings connection (as was common on this side of town).
Glenfall Terrace, All Saints Road. 6 houses on west side, south from Glenfall Street, i.e. present nos. 78-88. In existence by 1858 (directory).
Glenfall Way, Charlton Kings. Off London Road, the route was previously 'a very muddy tree-lined track' (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 3, p. 14). Developed by Laing Homes Ltd (agreement of Nov.1967); further development by Central Provincial Properties (agreement of May 1971; adopted March 1980). It leads to both Glenfall House and Glenfall Farm, the latter an early 19th-century improvement of a much earlier farm. Glenfall House was previously known as Gutterfall, traceable under this name from 1617 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 12 ââ?¬â?? Norden's survey notes Le Guther). The renaming to Glenfall, evidently for aesthetic reasons, had taken place by 1809: report of effects of storm 'at a small farm (late the Gutterfall)' (Chronicle, 17 Aug.). The earlier name meant 'waterfall on a stream called Gutter' (now Ham Brook); Davies (p. 191) accompanies a charming woodcut thus: 'Glenfall, the pleasant seat of Edward Iggulden, so named from a romantic little dell situated on the estate . . . a small cascade precipitates itself from the upper ground'.
Glenlea Grove, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; part of Doverhay development by Bryant Homes, approved 1987 and completed c. 1988. Name has rural flavour (Up Hatherley Parish Council).