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Tobyfield Lane, CHELTENHAM, GL52 8PN

The library can be accessed from Tobyfield Road and is near the Tesco Supermarket. The library includes a children's centre. These facilities are operated by Gloucestershire County Council.

Viewed on the edge of the square on a busy October afternoon.

The Royal Oak public house has an early or mid 17th century range and 17th or early 18th century range. The early range is timber framed on a pebbledashed plinth under a thatch roof. The later range was originally timber framed and encased in brick in, probably, the early 19th century. This range is set on a limestone plinth under a concrete tile roof. There are later rear extensions. Some early internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091696 Bishop's Cleeve is a large village in Gloucestershire. It lies at the foot of Cleeve Hill, the highest point of the Cotswolds, some 3½ miles north of Cheltenham. Although Iron Age and Roman remains have been found locally, the earliest known origins of the village date to the 8th Century. A monastery and surrounding land was given to the Bishop of Worcester, and the village became the Bishop’s Cliffe. The village grew rapidly when an aerospace factory was built nearby after the Second World War and continues to grow.

The Royal Oak in Bishop's Cleeve, the building dates from the early 17th century and is Grade II listed. https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091696

The Royal Oak in Bishop's Cleeve, the building dates from the early 17th century and is Grade II listed. https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091696

One of the village's small number of surviving public houses. This one is believed to date from the mid-16th century. It was enlarged considerably in the 1970's, by taking in the adjoining barber's shop. In the past it had a skittles alley and quoits were played here. Image Image

Many public houses & inns in England are named the Royal Oak, to celebrate the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. The significance of the oak being that, before the restoration, the future King Charles II spent most of one day, hiding in an oak tree from Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops. His birthday of May 29th was still celebrated by many people up to the end of the 19th century. Therefore many pubs continued to be given the name of Royal Oak, even when they were opened a hundred or two hundred years later. Today, for better or worse, the day has lost its significance, probably because the 29th May ceased to be a public holiday some time in the 1850's. This particular building has certainly been here since before 1660, although whether it was a pub at that time is unknown. Image Image