Following his success as a partner in the Vaults (Wellington Street), which backed on to Goodfellas restaurant, Bill Allingham opened … More
Author: pubprojectleicester
SPINNEY HILL TAVERN – SPINNEY HILL HOTEL, UPPER KENT STREET/MAIDSTONE ROAD
Upper Kent Street was renamed Maidstone Road. Photo above: Circa 1993. A Bass House,. Mentioned in 1865, when William Hanley … More
TWO TRIANGLES, KERRIAL ROAD
Early 1960s licensees Syd and Ivy Chandler (The above three photos by kind permission of Michael Parker who tells us … More
COACH & HORSES, KEDDLESTONE ROAD (OFF EVINGTON ROAD)
One of the few pubs built in Leicester between the wars, this in 1929. The licence was transferred from the … More
JUNCTION INN, 45 JUNCTION ROAD/MELTON STREET
Built in 1863. Owned by local brewer Bates & Bishell from 1882, who eventually became LBM in 1891. The pub … More
BRIDLE LANE INN – TAVERN, JUNCTION ROAD/BELGRAVE GATE
Originally called Bridle Lane, it was renamed as Junction Road circa 1862. Everards seemed to have bought the inn circa1902, … More
AFRICAN KITCHEN & BAR, 6 JUBILEE ROAD
Jubilee Road, off Belgrave Gate. Photo above sometime in August 2015. The company formed circa 2013, and a major licence … More
ANCHOR OF HOPE, 74 UPPER KENT STREET
Upper Kent St, with Anchor of Hope on the corner of Waring Street. A particularly long street of terraced houses, … More
GEORGE & DRAGON, 11-13 KENT STREET
Picture credit: John Zienteck, circa 1948. So far the earliest report of the George & Dragon is c1843, when the … More
LEICESTER CITY, JEWRY WALL STREET
Recorded during the 1830s-40s In April 1834, Stephen Daft, landlord of a beer shop in Jewry Wall Street was informed … More