Had a few incarnations around the 1960s and 70s I suppose the most well remembered was the Green Bowler Coffee … More
Month: March 2020
BENTLEY’S BAR – TEMPTATIONS, CHURCH GATE/MANSFIELD STREET
Bentley’s Bar opened in 2006 in the old courts ironmongers’ shop that had been there for decades. Church Gate had … More
FISH & QUART – AFTER DARK – GATSBYS – BRANNIGANS – EMPERIE, 65 CHURCH GATE
Photo credit Chris Pyrah 1750’s kept by George Croxton, 1758 Samuel Tupman a sergeant in Colonel Boscawens Regiment of Foot … More
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HOUSE – NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE – LOUGHBOROUGH HOUSE – PEGGOTTY’S ROSIE O’ BRIENS – ROSIES – SUN VERTIGO, 29 CHURCH GATE
c1960. Directories show list of licensees from the 1820s when Issac Gray was there until 1831: That year Thomas Pressor … More
COACHMAKERS ARMS, 13 CHURCH GATE
March 1846 There was held a meeting at the Coachmakers Arms in Church Gate of beerhouse keepers. Was the beerhouse … More
WINDMILL, 7 CHURCH GATE
The upper façade, next to the Cricket Players, is the date 1771. The Windmill was trading in 1840s as of … More
CRICKET PLAYERS – LONG STOP – PINCH OF SNUFF – GATEHOUSE – CHURCH GATE TAVERN, SYNERGY- CHURCH GATE
A Georgian pub originally, but rebuilt early part of the twentieth century. The origin of the name supposedly stems from … More
BARLEY SHEAF, 13 CHRISTOW STREET
Photo above: White House marked G, Barley Sheaf, J next to Brunswick Brewery which fronts A in Upper Brunswick St, … More
UNNAMED BEER HOUSES IN CHRISTOW STREET
A newspaper reports that Henry Turner was fined 10/- for keeping his Christow Street beer house open after hours, on … More
WHITE HOUSE, CHRISTOW STREET
A beer house that stood on the south east side of Christow Street, at no. 45. Built circa 1866, … More