Photo above: 1896 photo commemorating the Prince of Wales’ (future Edward VII) visit to Leicester.
The Fox recorded from 1815, (see Fox & Goose) had its own brewery and was the headquarters of carriers and carts from east Leicestershire villages.
A more every-day view of the Fox, circa 1920s. The brewery had been sold off in 1872. It had now become an All Saints Brewery House.
1934, saw the largest property deal in the heart of the city – £5000,000 – when a scheme was undertaken to purchase the Fox and other properties in order to build a new department store, Lewis’s. The Fox closed the following year for the iconic Lewis’s (its tower still remains today).
All that remains to remind us of the old coaching Inn is Fox Lane.
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