Stood on corner Percy Street & Bedford Street, with the Bricklayers Arms on the opposite corner. The beer house opened sometime during the 1860s as in this 1866 ad:
Public House by the name of Duke of Bedford 1 Percy Street doing a fair trade and capable of being increased, with private skittle alley. Incoming £100.
Apply Mr H Caunt landlord.
Joseph Lawson took on the licence, fined 10/- in June 1867 for being open on Sunday morning. Exactly a year later his wife, Mary Ann, was fined the same amount for unlawful hours.
One customer, John Wright, was find £1 or one month in prison for using obscene language.
Henry Sturman was victualler from circa 1869. John Fielding followed circa 1879, Samuel Bentley by circa 1883, Joseph Millis circa 1885, William Spawton circa1888, John Bedford next and finally circa 1890, Alfred Bates.
Alleged Licence scandal in Leicester. (LJ)
LBM & Orson Wright surrendered the licence for a new one on Uppingham Road.
There was objection to this – not on the character of Orson Wright but the fact he held multiple licences including the Grand Hotel. According to the LJ, some were jealous of his success. Wright offered to de-license the Prince Regent and Blue Lion, both in Granby Street, as well as the Duke of Bedford. Eventually a compromise was reached that the Duke of Bedford and Prince Regent licences would be transferred to the new building on Uppingham Road, and the Blue Lion would merge with the Grand Hotel.
In June 1890 the following notice appeared in the LJ:
For sale 3 story with cellars, yard etc, recently used as the Duke of Bedford no 1 Percy St, for a moderate outlay could be converted to a shop with dwelling house.
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