Next door to the Hat & Beaver at no. 58. The earliest record so far found dates from 1851 when the landlord, John Arnold, died there.
The licence was held by Thomas Smith in the late 1860s, early 1870s. He was prosecuted for allowing gambling in 1871 and shortly afterwards – in January 1872 – the licence changed to Joseph Wesley.
1873, saw the Highcross Tavern up for sale. Included in the sale was Edward Chamberlain’s confectioner shop next door at no. 56, plus the property on the corner fronting St Nicholas and Highcross St. By November that year Joseph Wesley’s licence was transferred to Chamberlain, who was now running the Highcross Tavern with his wife, Ann, taking on the confectioners’ shop.
In July 1874, the Tavern was again for sale, Chamberlain still in occupation.
Taken from the 1881 census. Edward Chamberlain died in 1882.
The Highcross Tavern was still operating in 1885, as an inquest was held there, but shortly after no 58 was classed as a Pork Pie manufacturer and confectioners’, still run by. the Chamberlain family.
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