Cantineer Circa 1865. Built on part of the old Wharf St Cricket Ground which opened c1825, sold 1860 and built … More
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GLADSTONE HOTEL & VAULTS, GAIETY PALACE of VARIETIES. NEW EMPIRE. ROYAL EMPIRE. 27 WHARF STREET
Built circa 1862 as the Gladstone Hotel & Vaults, it had a six day liquor license. An advert (see below) … More
TOM THUMB – GENERAL TOM THUMB, 21 WHARF STREET
Named after a mythical figure in English folk law, although Circus entertainer P. T. Barnham engaged a dwarf, Charles Stratton, … More
STAR & GARTER, 7 WHARF STREET
Star & Garter, built in the mid -1860s, stood on the corner of Erskine Street – so it looks like … More
CRICKETERS ARMS – CRICKETERS HOTEL, WHARF STREET
At the top of Wharf Street, opposite the Three Cranes and stretching along Humberstone Road to behind Spa Place and … More
THE WESTERN, WESTERN ROAD
On 22 August 1895, Thomas Smith gained a provisional licence that was transferred from the Friars Causeway on the yet … More
WHITE LION – MITRE & KEYS – PARROT – RAM – CROWN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
WEST BRIDGE As the West Bridge is part of ‘old Leicester’ there have been many inns and beerhouses over the … More
NAGS HEAD, WEST BRIDGE STREET
A Nags Head was pulled down on West Bridge, King Richards Road on the 24th of January 1880, to make … More
SAILORS RETURN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
Post 1815 is the first recording of a Sailors Return. Was this the culmination of thousands of soldiers and sailors … More
WEST BRIDGE TAVERN, 27 WEST BRIDGE
Photo above: circa 1900. The first known record is of Edward Simpson, circa 1845, running the West Bridge Tavern. Edward … More