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BULLS HEAD, 13 OXFORD STREET

Oxford Street was previously known as Horsepool. JR has William Haddon as victualler in 1815. The Bulls Head is listed … More

Oxford St.

MEADOW – BARLEYCROFT – MEADOWS BAR, ORONSAY ROAD

Shipstones new build in Beaumont Leys area.  It changed name to an equally aesthetic name Barleycroft in 1993-1994.    Bad … More

Oronsay Rd.

RED WHITE & BLUE, 15 ORCHARD STREET

Stood on the opposite corner to the Shamrock, Orchard Street/Royal East Street. The Red White & Blue was an interesting … More

Orchard St.

SHAMROCK, 24 ORCHARD STREET

Off Belgrave Gate, the Shamrock stood on the corner of Orchard Street and Royal East Street.  In the late 19th … More

Orchard St.

BLUE COCK – DUCHESS OF KENT – BLUE COCK, ORCHARD STREET/42 ROYAL EAST STREET

Intriguing name –  could be a place of cock fighting or just someone who kept hens – doubtful if it … More

Orchard St.

RIFLE BUTTS, 29 NOTTINGHAM ROAD

Named after the nearby Crown Hills rifle (Spinney Hill) range which opened circa 1879.  The Rifle Butts post dates the … More

Nottingham Rd

OLD MILL LANE – DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND STREET

The Duke of Northumberland stood on  Old Mill Lane at top of Northumberland St, just off Sanvey Gate, (Northgate Street … More

Northumberland St.

BLACKSMITHS ARMS – STAG & HOUNDS, 48 NORTHGATE STREET

Stood on the corner of Northgate Street and Pringle Street. Earliest record thus far is August 1839, when John Barradell … More

Northgate

FORTUNE OF WAR – TIGER, 14 NORTHGATE STREET

The Fortune of War was known as the Tiger circa 1860s – 1871 before reverting to its reverted to its … More

demolished pubs, Northgate

HORSE & JOCKEY, 10 NORTHGATE STREET

Piggot’s Directory of 1822 lists Northgate Street, Horse & Jockey. Auctioned in 1843, again in 1868, owned by James Coulson … More

Northgate

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