Apparently named after the racehorse ‘Champion’ who won the Epsom Derby and St Ledger in the same year, 1800. c1827 … More
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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
HORSE & GROOM – HARE & PHEASANT – PACK HORSE – DUSTY’S – CASK & BOTTLE, 51 HUMBERSTONE GATE
The Horse & Groom in Huberstone Gate is recorded from 1790s but the original Horse & Groom stood next to … More
FOX & GOOSE, HUMBERSTONE GATE see FOX
FOX & GOOSE, FOX, 13-17 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: 1896 photo commemorating the Prince of Wales’ (future Edward VII) visit to Leicester. The Fox & Goose had … More
BOARD, ROSS & McKERGO VAULTS 5a HUMBERSTONE GATE
An old beerhouse, (JR) Has the Board recorded in 1843, run by Frederick Gill and there then followed by John … More
GRAPES – BUNCH OF GRAPES – ALLENS, 1 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Stood on the corner of Gallowtree Gate and Humberstone Gate, the centre of Leicester’s retail, fairs and street orators. There … More
FLEECE, HUMBERSTONE GATE
An 1818 commercial directory listed John Cowley as victualler of the Fleece in Humberstone Gate.
HORSESHOE INN, HUMBERSTONE GATE
In deeds of early 1700s, there is a mention of a Horseshoe Inn situated on the north side of Humberstone … More