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Month: January 2020

BIRD IN HAND, CAUSEWAY LANE

A Bird in Hand is recorded in the 1791 Directory in Causeway Lane, John Smith was listed as the landlord. In … More

Causeway Lane

BALL, CAUSEWAY LANE

Recognizance orders of 1726 record a Ball.

Causeway Lane

BISHOPS BLAISE, 50 CAUSEWAY LANE

Photo above: Court B of Bishop Blaze Yard in the map is indicated as Parish workhouse.  The buildings in the … More

Causeway Lane, Offilers Brewery, Slums of Leicester

ADMIRAL CHARLES NAPIER – SIR CHARLES NAPIER, 13 CAUSEWAY LANE

Photo above: Outside the Sir Charles Napier, possibly during the Sawbridge tenure, with the obligatory terrier getting in the picture.  … More

Causeway Lane, Holes Brewery

CORONATION, 201 CATHERINE STREET

The Coronation was built in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI. In 1986, a plot to assassinate … More

Catherine St.

WOOLPACK, 109 CATHERINE STREET

Photo above: Circa 1979. Built circa 1879. Situated on the corner of Catherine and Surrey Street. Henry Hickinbottom became landlord … More

Catherine St., Greenhalls Brewery, Shipstones Brewery

HORSE & JOCKEY, 24 CATHERINE STREET

Photo above: circa 1960s. Originally fronting Dorset Street, the Horse & Jockey circa 1879-1968, closed and was then re-built fronting … More

Catherine St., Shipstones Brewery

BEEHIVE – BLACK-A-MOOR-LADY – CASTLE BOWLING GREEN, CASTLE YARD

A Blackamoors Head is recorded 1776 no address given. See LEICESTER CASTLE, OLD CASTLE-Castle View A conundrum, the above may … More

Castle Yard

CASTLE INN, CASTLE VIEW

Photo above: Bas Deacon and ‘Ruddles’ the dog, taken on the 20th of July 2018, outside the newly opened Castle … More

Castle View

LEICESTER CASTLE – CASTLE (OLD), 12 CASTLE VIEW (See also BEEHIVE, Blackamoor Lady Castle yard)

Photo above: The original Old Castle Inn , (with Rupert’s Gateway to the left), owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, … More

Castle View, Ralph Ward

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