Photo above: Wonderful painting of Highcross Street, (by John Fulleylove 1845-1908) Nags Head on the right. The inn stood at … More
Category: Closed Pubs
BLUE ANCHOR, HIGH STREET (FORMER SWINESMARKET)
Blue Anchor, 1709 (CJ Deeds).
THREE BLACK SWANS, HIGH STREET (FORMER SWINESMARKET)
Three Black Swans, 1695.
FLYING HORSE, HIGH STREET (FORMER SWINESMARKET)
Flying Horse, 1580 (unpublished list, George Lapworth).
PEACOCK, HIGH STREET (FORMER SWINESMARKET)
Peacock, 1580.
WILLIAM TABB TAVERN, HIGH STREET (FORMER SWINESMARKET)
William Tabb Tavern, 1312 (Medieval Leicester, Billson).
GARIBALDI, HIGH STREET
This seems to be a short lived beer house as it was only mentioned when Joseph Tacey, its landlord, was … More
HARE & HOUNDS, HIGH STREET
Mentioned in a Leicester Journal report in 1834. No other records.
HIGHCROSS COFFEE & COCOA TAVERN, HIGH STREET/HIGHCROSS STREET
This is the previous building that stood on the Wetherspoons site. Unlicensed for many years until 1999. Highcross Coffee & … More
HIGHCROSS 103-105 HIGH STREET/HIGHCROSS STREET
On the corner of High Street and Highcross Street, J. D. Wetherspoon converted a retail lighting shop into one of … More