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RUTLAND HOTEL/INN, HORSEFAIR STREET

It is possible that the Rutland Inn Hotel was the forerunner to the Royal Hotel, although the exact location cannot … More

Horsefair St.

THREE CROWNS HOTEL, HORSEFAIR STREET/GALLOWTREE GATE

Photo above: Three Crowns. Horsefair Street, the Rifle Volunteer seen next door. One of the major Leicester coaching Inns, built … More

Gallowtree Gate, Horsefair St.

RIFLE VOLUNTEER, 4 HORSEFAIR STREET

Photo above: circa 1866. The Rifle Volunteer, sometime referred to as The Volunteer Inn, stood just inside Horsefair Street, from … More

Horsefair St.

LEATHER BOTTLE – ALDERMAN NEWTON, HOLY BONES

There was an earlier record of a Leather Bottle in the 1739 recognizance orders.  The later Leather Bottle stood on … More

Holy Bones

CROWN & DOLPHIN – VICTORY, HOLY BONES

Photo above: Classic picture of the Crown and Dolphin at no. 1 Holy Bones, actually stood on the junction of … More

demolished pubs, Holy Bones

RED COW, HINCKLEY ROAD

 The Red Cow was recorded as a small inn within a row of cottages, circa 1650. c1928 (Jonathan Wilshire Leices … More

Hinckley Rd.

OSCAR’S BAR – THE PARK, 237 HINCKLEY ROAD

Following the death of the owner John Preston, the butcher’s, Heard & Son, closed in 2006, later converted to Oscars … More

Hinckley Rd.

MORGAN’S BAR, 255 HINCKLEY ROAD

Photo above: Taken in April 2014. What was left of Morgan’s Bar after explosion in the Polish grocers next door.  … More

bars, Hinckley Rd.

RICHMOND ARMS – BROWNS, HINCKLEY ROAD/ANDREWS STREET

Richmond Arms, built circa 1972, to replace the pub of the same name in the adjacent King Richards road . … More

Andrews St., Hinckley Rd.

BIRMINGHAM TAVERN – HINCKLEY ROAD BREWERY – SHIPSTONES ARMS, 5 HINCKLEY ROAD

In 1835, John Johnson was listed as victualler and Maltster, right through to 1883, where he was still listed as … More

demolished pubs, Hinckley Rd.

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