c1815 licensee was Charles Mallet. Recorded in 1821 as being that old and established public house near the Blue Bell,. The Coach & Horses was described as having brewhouse, ‘four bedrooms, a large clubroom, excellent cellarage, two kitchens, parlour, smoke and bar.’ stabling for 30 horses in the occupation of Mr Roebuck.
c1827 John Glover was victular, 1831 David Smeeton. 1840 Benjamin Meres. 1863 saw complaints about the bad sanitary conditions in the Coach & Horses yard and nearby Sash Lane Yard.
1856 John Raven who in 1864 left to take a pub in Brighton. 1864 Edward Clarke, who unfortunately died of a heart attack in Nov 1865. the pub was listed as owned by Mr Clarke. Charlotte and Edward Butt were listed as licensees 1866 as was in 1870 Clara Butt. 1874 Daniel Kingston. 1875 Again sanitation problems arouse in no 2, 3, 4 and 7 Coach & Horses Yard were certfied as unfit for human habitation among the problems was the keeping of pigs which was prejudicial to health.
1879 George Iliffe. 1891 Thomas Richard Johnson. 1905 Arthur Charles Tyler. 1906 Ernest Alfred Ingram. 1918 Stephen William Cooper. (since deceased). c1920 Thomas Coleman. 1924 Edwin Ellis- men of the Locomotive society met at the Coach & Horses to discuss the National Rail Strike that was imminent
The pub was owned by J. Eadie, Brewers of Burton, later Bass.
The Coach & Horses closed on the 28th of August 1929 when Charles Street was widened and the pub demolished. The licence was transferred to a new Coach & Horses in Kedlestone Road.
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