Photo above: The property was sold to Duxbury’s, circa 1930. This picture shows the bricked up front door prior to demolition. c1970 photo from Jack Graves collection
Stood on the corner with Raynes Street, with an access from Paradise Lane, most of the properties were built circa 1846.
John Robinson owner and beerhouse licensee 1867, Joseph Simpson now listed as owner (from Plough in Churchgate) 1875 brewed his own beer, applied for a full licence but was refused. William Mills 1881,
An inquest was held in the Craven Arms on the 28th of June 1875.
George Rouse 1881, John Gear 1883, Elizabeth Gaffney 1885,
In June 1890, occurred the sad death of William Doore, the local lamplighter. Blind in one eye, William was seventy-eight-years-old when his body was found floating in the River Soar. His body was dragged and removed to the nearby Craven Arms together with his lamplighter’s pole. The Inquest returned a verdict of ‘Found Drowned.’
Frith Colledge licensee April 1888, two men Abraham’s and Benjamin, entered the Craven Arms 1890, Abrahams who couldn’t speak English had a parcel in which he claimed were a pair of animal horns from South Africa, he had already refused £12 that morning for the horns, but as he couldn’t tell the value of English money would Mrs Colledge show him, She did by placing money including sovereigns on the bar, the two men snatched the money and ran off leaving the horns behind, the two were eventually caught by police at Leicester Railway Station, Abrahams who apparently couldn’t speak English, spoke in perfectly good English to the policeman ‘what do you mean I sold the horns to the landlady’ a bill was found on him for two sets of horns bought that morning for £1, Benjamin who previously had a conviction in Newgate was sentenced to 12 months hard labour, Abraham to six.
Thomas Remmington 1891 who was to fall into money problems resulting in a bankruptcy hearing. Arthur Ball 1893, Harry Sutton 1899, Edward Gadd 1909 (deceased) Sarah Ann Gadd 1920, Thomas Johnson 1922.
Owned by Charrington Brewery, Burton on Trent who sold it to L.B.M in 1926.
The pub closed in 1939. Referred to the Compensation Board. £2778.00 awarded.