The Teddington Hands Inn (formerly known as The Cross Hands At Teddington) originally stood on the crossroads of the Stow Road and Evesham Road.
Sadly, a number of serious accidents at the crossroads prompted the building of the Teddington Hands Roundabout some twenty-five to thirty years ago, effectively moving the Stow Road away from the side of the pub.
The address remained as Stow Road until February 2006 when the present owners, fed up with having to explain to delivery drivers that, although the address says Stow Road, "we are not actually on Stow Road but on Evesham Road". So they applied through Tewkesbury Borough Council and Royal Mail to Change the address to Evesham Road so they can be more easily found.
Another is an aerial photograph probably taken in the late 1950's which shows the crossroads as they were at that time (click on the image above to zoom in). |