Built circa 1862 as the Gladstone Hotel & Vaults, it had a six day liquor license. An advert (see below) … More
Category: Closed Pubs
TOM THUMB – GENERAL TOM THUMB, 21 WHARF STREET
Named after a mythical figure in English folk law, although Circus entertainer P. T. Barnham engaged a dwarf, Charles Stratton, … More
STAR & GARTER, 7 WHARF STREET
Star & Garter, built in the mid -1860s, stood on the corner of Erskine Street – so it looks like … More
CRICKETERS ARMS – CRICKETERS HOTEL, WHARF STREET
At the top of Wharf Street, opposite the Three Cranes and stretching along Humberstone Road to behind Spa Place and … More
WHITE LION – MITRE & KEYS – PARROT – RAM – CROWN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
WEST BRIDGE As the West Bridge is part of ‘old Leicester’ there have been many inns and beerhouses over the … More
NAGS HEAD, WEST BRIDGE STREET
A Nags Head was pulled down on West Bridge, King Richards Road on the 24th of January 1880, to make … More
SAILORS RETURN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
Post 1815 is the first recording of a Sailors Return. Was this the culmination of thousands of soldiers and sailors … More
WEST BRIDGE TAVERN, 27 WEST BRIDGE
Photo above: circa 1900. The first known record is of Edward Simpson, circa 1845, running the West Bridge Tavern. Edward … More
ROYAL OAK, 7 WEST BRIDGE STREET
Photo above: The Royal Oak, looking down Bridge Street. The Mitre & Keys at the bottom in Applegate Street. 1726 … More
RAILWAY INN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
Photo above: Taken from old postcard, the Railway Inn was perhaps one of the buildings behind the station house Listed … More