PEACOCK – OLD PEACOCK – MECHANICS ARMS, 26 SOUTHGATE STREET

An article in the LC relating to the history of Leicester, records that in 1692 water was to be supplied … More

CAT, SOUTHGATE STREET

A Cat is recorded in the 1744 Recognizance Orders, and also a Cat Spinning Time in 1741. The only clue … More

Photo above: Circa 1900s. The sign board is the same although window much lager than the sketch below First recorded … More

Photo above circa 1906. Prior to the demolition of the Blue Boar in Blue Boar Lane circa 1835 a new … More

Next to the Shakespeares Head, the Holly Tree little is known, although a Holly Bush is listed in the 1727 … More

Most of the reports are from the 1850s, although an Eagle was recorded 1728 – but with no address. In … More

I remember sitting opposite the pub on our holiday cases at the Southgate Street bus station, whilst my dad and … More

Photo above: Is the lady going in, coming out or thinking about it? Maybe she’s attracted to the tea room … More

A Peacock is recorded as in Redcross Street in a 1500 list of Leicester alehouse. Further records show a Peacock … More

Edward Ward was victualler in 1835 and also brewed his own ale. Listed in 1840 directory with E. W. Spawton … More