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AXE & SQUARE – OLD AXE & SQUARE, 20 SANVEY GATE

1818 Robert Cooke is listed as victular. There are references to the Axe & Square during the 1820-40s, run by … More

Sanvey Gate

JOINERS ARMS – GLASSES, 73 SANVEY GATE

March 1836 is the first record I can find, when who else but Moses Pegg charged the landlord for selling … More

Sanvey Gate

RED LION – OLD RED LION, 47 SANVEY GATE

Photo above circa 1900.  The brickwork seems to be three inch, which dates the building as possibly early eighteenth century, … More

Sanvey Gate

RING OF BELLS – OLD TEN BELLS, 33 SANVEY GATE

There is a record of Ring of Bells in 1743 (recognizance orders), and later in August 1813: “Recruiting of the … More

Sanvey Gate

RAILWAY TAVERN, 48 SAMUEL STREET

Photo from the Nick Miller collection. Samuel Street lay just off Southampton Street,  and the Railway Arms was used by … More

demolished pubs, Samuel St

CITY ARMS, SAFFRON LANE

Delivery day in this charmingly posed photo above. Everards built the City Arms circa 1925, stating that it was to … More

Saffron Lane

MIDLAND RAILWAY HOTEL – MIDLAND RAILWAY INN, SAFFRON LANE (LANSDOWNE ROAD)

The Midland Railway Hotel (to use its full title), was built circa 1884, with Robert Davis as landlord, and owner … More

Saffron Lane

PIPEMAKERS ARMS, 71 ST SAVIOUR’S ROAD (CORNER CHARNWOOD STREET)

The property was built circa 1870, on land purchased by stonemason Alfred Gibbins.  He gained a beerhouse licence, eventually transferring … More

St Saviour's Rd.

IMPERIAL, ST SAVIOUR’S ROAD

1876 Wm Brown was granted a provisional licence for the proposed building, later that year, Joseph Isaac Hallam, a Mere … More

St Saviour's Rd.

BLACK BOY, ST SAVIOUR’S ROAD

The first known record is from 1878, when William Brown was landlord. John Weston 1883, John Hunt 1884 with Samuel … More

St Saviour's Rd.

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