Star & Garter, built in the mid -1860s, stood on the corner of Erskine Street – so it looks like … More
Category: Closed Pubs
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
RED LION, 110 WELLINGTON STREET
The Red Lion, just inside from East Street North/West side of Wellington Street. A circa 1850s beerhouse, in 1870 the … More
DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 74 WELLINGTON STREET
Photo above: The Duke of Wellington, circa 1920, showing a cobbled Wellington Street. Recorded in 1820. William Wheat recorded as … More