Stood on the corner of Belgrave Gate and Crab Street sometime known in directories as St Mark’s Street.
Circa 1860, George Bishop was licensee. In 1871, Joseph Hurley had his licence objected to for allowing drinking out of hours.
By 1872, William Brown was landlord. On 7th of June 1873, a man John Gee, was stabbed in the chest at Gardeners Arms, the knife penetrating his coat, waistcoat and shirt. (LC ). In June 1874, Abraham Clayton came in the Gardeners for a drink but as he was already drunk, William Brown refused to serve him. In response, Clayton started to drink out of other people tankards and William Brown had great difficulty ejecting him. Clayton was fined 21/-.
1875 Wm Brown still landlord -owner Mary Bishop March (MB)
MB claims in his book that Susan Edwards was brewer here in 1877, after her husband William Edwards, in 1875, but no record has yet been found of them as licensees in directories. Perhaps the Edwards were brewers only.
In 1876, the licensee was William Buncher who fell foul of the law when three men were found drunk in the Gardeners at 8am in the morning. William was fined £2.
1879 James Wagg, listed as licensee and brewer.
1889 John Stevens
1890 Alex McLeod
1892 George Halford. brewer
Sydney Wells and Sons, brewers of Kegworth, owned the pub for some time before it was sold in 1892 to Leicester Brewing & Malting by Eliza Kirby. The Gardeners Arms closed according to (MB) 6 April 1905 transferred its licence to new offie on Wilberforce Rd.