The Seven Stars on left of Upper Brown Street at no. 11 counting up from York Street, furthest in small stretch of buildings, corner building is no. 23. As can be seen Upper Brown Street mainly now factories and warehouses.
The position is born out by a description of the auction of the Seven Stars, describing the beer house as adjoining a factory block occupied by Leicester Elastic Web Co. T. Brown Boot & Shoe manufacturing, Elgood Brothers Metal Workers & Stockburn & Reynolds all listed at no. 5 Upper Brown Street.
The three story Seven Stars consisted of four ground floor rooms, eight rooms on first and second floor, built of brick with slate roof with large yard at rear.
An ad appeared in 1883 when Wm Wright was landlord, it also boasted of trading with a large trade for many years.
Other licensees included 1869, Thomas Reed. 1871, Wm Burrows. 1879, John Ross or Rose, to the afore mentioned, Wm Wright. 1885, Wm Bellamy. 1888 Edward Goodman. 1892, Wm Goodman. 1895, John Miles. 1899, Thomas Sedgley and 1904 Thomas Hirst.
The Seven Stars closed c 1911 under the compensation scheme, the brewers Brunt & Bucknell received £710 the tenant £160.
The landlord lists taken from Kellys & Wrights directories so allowances must be made for any mistakes in name spelling as is sometime the case.