Photo above: Craven Arms on right ‘Bar’ above front door. Plough seen in the centre with Worthington sign on side. … More
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CROWN & PLOUGH – PLOUGH – OLD PLOUGH – CRYSTAL PALACE, HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: Late 1950s picture of the Plough, owned by the well known Leicester family and beer bottlers, Hartopps. A … More
ADMIRAL NELSON, 14 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Martin and Elizabeth Collis would run the Admiral Nelson c1906-1914. having moved from Black Lion Belgrave Gate. Martin died 1912 … More
STAG & PHEASANT, 6 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Below c1910 Humberstone Gate scene Stag & Pheasant on near left Came to prominence in the late 1700s ( Charles … More
BARREL – RHINE WINE VAULTS – TOWER VAULTS, 4 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: circa 1950s. Stands nrxt door to Stag & Pheasant John Gisbourne was the licensee of the Barrel circa 1827. … More
MAGNUM – CENTRE HOTEL – INTERNATIONAL HOTEL – BIER KELLER, STRIKES, COCKPIT, VIBES, RED ROOSTER. HUMBERSTONE GATE
Built on the former Freeman Hardy and Willis site. It has had many changes of ownership and names, not originally … More
OLD BLACK LION – PICKWICK – SKANDALS, HUMBERSTONE GATE
Indications are that the building is pre 1770s when fire broke out in the Black Lion stables in 1773. The … More
CHAMPION – HANSOM CAB, 61 HUMBESTONE GATE
Apparently named after the racehorse ‘Champion’ who won the Epsom Derby and St Ledger in the same year, 1800. c1827 … More
GARDNER’S ARMS, 55 HUMBERSTONE GATE
LIBERTY’S MADDISONS, 57 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: Maddison’s, rear of 57 Humberstone Gate. Attractive walk through: in another position, this may have worked, but Humberstone … More