The Midland Railway Hotel (to use its full title), was built circa 1884, with Robert Davis as landlord, and owner … More
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PIPEMAKERS ARMS, 71 ST SAVIOUR’S ROAD (CORNER CHARNWOOD STREET)
The property was built circa 1870, on land purchased by stonemason Alfred Gibbins. He gained a beerhouse licence, eventually transferring … More
IMPERIAL, ST SAVIOUR’S ROAD
1876 Wm Brown was granted a provisional licence for the proposed building, later that year, Joseph Isaac Hallam, a Mere … More
BLACK BOY, ST SAVIOUR’S ROAD
The first known record is from 1878, when William Brown was landlord. John Weston 1883, John Hunt 1884 with Samuel … More
BOWLING GREEN INN, ST PETER’S LANE
Also recorded as Bowling Green House and the Vauxhall Bowling Green, after the nearby Vauxhall Gardens. Recorded in the recognizance … More
PUZZLER, ST NICHOLAS STREET
The 1851 census records shows William Whatten as victualler in the Puzzler, St Nicholas Street, and George Evans, innkeeper in … More
LEATHER BOTTLE – ALDERMAN NEWTON, ST NICHOLAS STREET
Circa 1838, the Alderman Newton School was established on the corner of Holy Bones and St Nicholas Street, together with … More
MUFFIN & PYFLET, 32 ST NICHOLAS STREET
In the 1851 census, Henry Turner was listed as a confectioner in St Nicholas Street. The PO directory of 1855 … More
COVENTRY ARMS, 5 ST NICHOLAS STREET
It was also called Coventry House. Circa 1880, John Hill was licensee. He transferred to John Murray … More
HERO OF WATERLOO, ST NICHOLAS STREET
Situated opposite St Nicolas Church, with a back entrance from Thornton Lane. In an 1835 directory, Noel Evatt was the … More