The Horse & Groom in Huberstone Gate is recorded from 1790s but there is some suggestion that the original Horse & Groom stood next to the Bell Hotel, when it changed its name circa 1840s. This pub assumed the name.
This property may date from the Georgian period.
1790-1816 Jonathan Neale listed as victular. 1818 John Hannam, 1822 John Hill.
1816 ad for coach transport.
1843 Wm Johnson landlord was approached by a PC after 11-30pm as 20 people were still in his beerhouse with Johnson still pulling ale, he was fined £1
By the 1960s, it change its name to the Hare & Pheasant (sometime known as the ‘Round Bar’).
1968 photo of the Hare & Pheasant showing the proximity to Charles Street. This name would last until circa 1974, when another change was made, now to the Pack Horse.
From Leicester Memories Facebook Jayne Wills/Gary Freestone
A brief incarnation as Dusty’s, circa 1988, before changing again, to Cask & Bottle.
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