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KEELCOMBERS – WOOLSTAPLERS – ROYAL STANDARD, 87 CHARLES STREET

Photo above: c1918 Alfred Allen, who is shown here in with wife Sarah(?) picture by George Lejeure. Leicester Chronicle 26th … More

Charles St., Leicester Chronicle

BLACK SWAN – ROYAL GEORGE – BRITISH WORKMAN, 9 CHARLES STREET

1843 directory records the Black Swan at no. 9 Charles Street with an access on Lower Free Lane. In the … More

Charles St., Leicester Chronicle, prostitution

VICTORIA CROSS – 16 CECIL ROAD

Stood at the corner of Cecil road and Maynard road.  Mentioned in deeds relating to a sale by LBM to … More

Bates Son & BIshell, Cecil Rd., LBM, Maynard Rd.

AVENUE – PRINCE OF PUNJAB, 92 CAVENDISH ROAD

The crest on the front of the building states that this was built in 1878. Photos above and below Chris … More

Cavendish Rd., newspaper clipping, restaurant

BIRD IN HAND, CAUSEWAY LANE

A Bird in Hand is recorded in the 1791 Directory in Causeway Lane, John Smith was listed as the landlord. For … More

Causeway Lane

BALL, CAUSEWAY LANE

Recognizance orders of 1726 record a Ball.

Causeway Lane

BISHOPS BLAISE, 50 CAUSEWAY LANE

Photo above: Court B of Bishop Blaze Yard in the map is indicated as Parish workhouse.  The buildings in the … More

Causeway Lane, Offilers Brewery, Slums of Leicester

ADMIRAL CHARLES NAPIER – SIR CHARLES NAPIER, 13 CAUSEWAY LANE

Photo above: Outside the Sir Charles Napier, possibly during the Sawbridge tenure, with the obligatory terrier getting in the picture.  … More

Causeway Lane, Holes Brewery

CORONATION, 201 CATHERINE STREET

The Coronation was built in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI. In 1986, a plot to assassinate … More

Catherine St.

WOOLPACK, 109 CATHERINE STREET

Photo above: Circa 1979. Built circa 1879. Situated on the corner of Catherine and Surrey Street. Henry Hickinbottom became landlord … More

Catherine St., Greenhalls Brewery, Shipstones Brewery

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