The Red Lion, just inside from East Street North/West side of Wellington Street. A circa 1850s beerhouse, in 1870 the … More
Category: Closed Pubs
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
OLD FLYING HORSE, 20 WELLINGTON STREET
(by Barry Lount & Chris Jinks) More reading on James Cook can be found in a booklet by D. Clarke … More
WOODMAN’S STROKE – DE MONTFORT – WIG & PEN – COURTHOUSE – PAUSE – THE PUB, 19 WELLINGTON STREET
William Arnold certainly ran a beerhouse called the Woodman’s Stroke, in 1840 with his wife, Elizabeth, until circa 1870. Elizabeth … More
Q BAR, 15 WELLINGTON STREET
Circa 2008. No other information on this bar, other than it became the LGBT centre for Leicester – part of … More
BUSINESS BAR – LA HACIENDA – BAR 1 – SAUCE – CINNAMON RED – AQUA LOUNGE – H TWO 0, 3 WELLINGTON STREET
Business Bar opened next door to Vaults circa 1988, about four years later changed to La Hacienda. Eventually it was … More
MORGANS BAR – WELFORD BAR & GRILL, 479 WELFORD ROAD
Morgans Bar pictured in 2007 (photo above), one of a couple in Leicester. The area which was once in Knighton, … More
TURKS HEAD, 107 WELFORD ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1971. Recorded 1828 – John Williamson victualler. Williamson died 1830. There are references to a Turks Head … More
MARQUIS OF GRANBY, 61 WELFORD ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1906, states ‘FINE HOME BREWED ALES J Chaplin’(found in Everards archive). Charles Davenport was the first licensee … More
CITY SPICE – BAMBU, 21 WELFORD ROAD
City Spice used to be an Indian Restaurant. It opened as a wine bar and café sometime in 2000. Then … More