ROSE & THISTLE, GRANBY TOLL GATE/LONDON ROAD

A Rose & Thistle was recorded when in 1833, landlord Charles Orton was charged with selling beer during divine service on a Sunday. 

Granby Toll Gate was at the top of what is now London Road, near Victoria Park.

 Some court cases involving Rose & Thistle, 1838:

June 1840, Leicester Mercury.
1841
September 1840, Leicester Mercury.

Plenty of fighting seemed to go on in the Rose & Thistle as there were many other assault cases that occurred here over the next couple of years:

1842

Mrs. Hyde was named as landlady in 1848.

In 1863, Samuel Charles Spencer, a railway porter, also ran the Rose and Thistle.

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