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.
An inquest was held in the Craven Arms on the 28th of June 1875.
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.’
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.