NAGS HEAD, 18 Belgrave Gate

Photo above: No 18 Belgrave Gate, formally the Nags Head.

November 1857, Elizabeth Billson transferred her licence to Henry Gisboure.

1864 Gisbourne licence was objected to due to the company of character by the inhabitants of Belgrave Gate.

Henry was refused a wine & spirit licence to go with his beerhouse 1867.

Due to declining trade and the fact the owner had sold the property on he had been forced to sell his business and subsequently auctioned off all of the furniture and fittings, 1874.

At the time there was licensed premises for every 300 people in Leicester plus 170 beer houses.

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