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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

Evington Rd., Keddlestone Rd.

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

Junction Rd., Melton St.

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

Belgrave Gate, Junction Rd.

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

Jubilee Rd.

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

Upper Kent St.

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

Kent St.

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

Jewry Wall St.

CRISPIN ARMS, 34 JEWRY WALL STREET

Demolition of part of Jewry Wall Street, circa 1896, to make way for the railway extension. The whole length of … More

demolished pubs, Jewry Wall St.

BOW BRIDGE INN, 2 KING RICHARDS ROAD

The Bow Bridge always had a significant part in the King Richard III story, as legend has it he rode … More

King Richards Road

RICHMOND ARMS, 56 KING RICHARDS ROAD

The Richmond Arms once brewed its own beer, as in 1873 the brewing vessels were sold off by auction. William … More

King Richards Road

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