Earliest recording known as the Pelican is in a will in 1715.
Daniel Oldham vict c 1747, 1820s -c1846 Solomon Bray followed by Elizabeth Bray until 1850, James Brown then became vict, he was charged with an assault on Rebecca Smith over 70 years of age who had come into the Pelican to fetch her husband out then reprimanded him by throwing a glass of gin over him, Landlord Brown then tried to evict the woman but both ended up on the floor in the passage, James Brown claimed in court the women was a blackguard and trouble maker, never the less he was find 20/- or 14 days.
In 1853, a lodger here killed himself by falling down the stairs drunk.
1860s Henry Hughes was landlord until the 1890s, John Brown until c1895, James Boulger until 1900.
1900 Walter Spriggs, 1918 P Allerton Turner, 1922 John Grieson, 1931 Thomas Desmond, 1835 Wm Richards, 1853 Wm Fisher, 1857 John Vann.
Stood next to the Lion & Lamb as shown in this photo, pre-1890, (photo above) when plans for a new Pelican were drawn up (see below).
The new Pelican existed from 1890 to 1968 when, on the 6th of September 1968, the last public house in Gallowtree Gate closed (there was one more than twenty), and was sold to the Prudential Assurance Co. for £121,500.
My band The Original Hermits from Wellingborough,played often at the New Pelican Hotel mid-60s.Played in an upstairs room as I recall.
THanks Alistair all adds to its history, if you have a photo of the band perhaps we could include on Pelican page