Photo above: Craven Arms on right ‘Bar’ above front door. Plough seen in the centre with Worthington sign on side. … More
Category: Closed Pubs
CROWN & PLOUGH – PLOUGH – OLD PLOUGH – CRYSTAL PALACE, HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: Late 1950s picture of the Plough, owned by the well known Leicester family and beer bottlers, Hartopps. A … More
ADMIRAL NELSON, 14 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Martin and Elizabeth Collis would run the Admiral Nelson c1906-1914. having moved from Black Lion Belgrave Gate. Martin died 1912 … More
STAG & PHEASANT, 6 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Came to prominence in the late 1700s ( Charles Newby victular) as one of Leicester’s premier coaching inns, changing post … More
BARREL – RHINE WINE VAULTS – TOWER VAULTS, 4 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: circa 1950s. Stands nrxt door to Stag & Pheasant John Gisbourne was the licensee of the Barrel circa 1827. … More
MAGNUM – CENTRE HOTEL – INTERNATIONAL HOTEL – STRIKES, HUMBERSTONE GATE
Built on the former Freeman Hardy and Willis site. It has had many changes of ownership and names, not originally … More
GARDNER’S ARMS, 55 HUMBERSTONE GATE
LIBERTY’S MADDISONS, 57 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: Maddison’s, rear of 57 Humberstone Gate. Attractive walk through: in another position, this may have worked, but Humberstone … More
HORSE & GROOM – HARE & PHEASANT – PACK HORSE – DUSTY’S – CASK & BOTTLE, 51 HUMBERSTONE GATE
The Horse & Groom in Huberstone Gate is recorded from 1790s but the original Horse & Groom stood next to … More