Our History

A building dating back to the 17th or 18th century which was used as a bakery in the 19th century, built on the east side of High Street. It became a public house at the end of the 19th century when it was given the name of The Wheatsheaf because of the bakery connection.  The section on the lefts was not part of the pub in the 1920s; that part of the building is more recent.

This 17th century building was a farm, a bakery and a grocer’s shop before it became a pub. The Gibbs family owned the building and the land on the north side of the lane from the 1780s. Nathan Gibbs operated a bakery business here until his death in 1825. School Lane was called Gibbs Lane at that time, and then it became Bakers Lane, after the family and their occupation. The Wheatsheaf remained in the ownership of the Gibbs family until around 1867, with different tenants living there.

 By 1841 Edward Cooke had expanded the business to include a grocers shop, and in 1861 it was the home of Joseph Taylor, a saddler and harness maker and his wife Sarah, a grocer. In the 1871 Census Fanny Wright, a widow was living at “Wheatsheaf” and was also earning her living as a grocer. By 1881, Fanny was described as a Beer Retailer, and so the transition to public house had taken place.

Images Courtesy Of The Badsey Society