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BLACK SWAN – EARL OF STAMFORD’S ARMS – OLD BLACK SWAN – O’JAYS – GAYITY – G2 – HARLEY’S BAR – AMBASSADOR, 169 BELGRAVE GATE

Photo above: Map of the Old Black Swan can be seen in the middle run of houses, only to be … More

Belgrave Gate, gay bars, LBM

OLD CHEESE – PRINCE OF WALES – TIVOLI – PAVILION, 153 BELGRAVE GATE

Photo above: Tivoli – before that it was known as the Old Cheese, the Prince of Wales and the Pavilion. … More

Belgrave Gate, fire, Gracie Fields, Leicester Chronicle, Marie Lloyd

OSTRICH, 151 Belgrave Gate.

Photo above: This later photo shows the Ostrich, (closed and now Linsky’s furniture stores) on the left. The Pavilion, William … More

Belgrave Gate, Billy Goddard, crimes, prostitution

CROWN & BARREL, BELGRAVE GATE

There are a few newspaper references to a Crown & Barrel in Belgrave Gate.  At first I thought that the … More

Belgrave Gate

NOAH’S ARK, 137 BELGRAVE GATE

Photo above: Noah’s Ark is on the extreme right, only partly showing. The first recording of the Noah’s Ark is … More

All Saints Brewery, Belgrave Gate, Fred Wood

MAGPIE – CROWN & MAGPIE – IT’S A SIGN THE CASE IS ALTERED, 125 Belgave Gate

Photo above: No. 125 Belgrave Gate is the tall building on the right. Pre 1837 called the Magpie Beerhouse.   … More

Belgrave Gate

OLIVER CROMWELL – MARQUIS OF GRANBY – MALT SHOVEL – DIAMOND JUBILEE, 123 BELGRAVE GATE

Photo above: circa 1958. In 1849, this was known as the Oliver Cromwell, the directory giving the location as between … More

Belgrave Gate, The City Brewery Lichfield

GRIFFIN – JACEYS BAR – FAN CLUB – THE VILLAGE, 89 BELGRAVE GATE

Photo above: As with the Crown & Cushion and White Swan, the Griffin had an entrance in Bedford St. Listed … More

Belgrave Gate, Billy Frame, Leicester City FC

WHITE SWAN – SWAN, 77 BELGRAVE GATE

Next door to the Crown and Cushion, also backing through to Bedford St. is the White Swan. Recorded in deeds … More

Belgrave Gate

CANON – CROWN AND CUSHION, 75 Belgrave Gate

Circa 1720, a document on 1 November 1727 for a mortgage of £10, raised on the Cannon. By the 1760s … More

Belgrave Gate, prostitution

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