WHITE COW, 1 WILLOW BRIDGE STREET

Photo above: Woman believed to be Emily Lane, the last landlady before the White Cow closed in 1907. The White … More

ROPEMAKERS ARMS, 23 WILLOW BRIDGE STREET

Originally the area was known for rope making: Ed Browett, a ropemaker, employed over twenty five men at number’s 23-25 … More

Sometime listed as in Willow Street, as it stood on corner Wanlip Street and Lower Willow Street. In 1866, … More

Charles Agar comes across as quite a character: an entrepreneur in manufacturing who divided opinion. It is hard to get … More

Leeds Tavern once stood on the corner of Willow and Brierley Street. Benjamin Whitehead kept an unnamed beerhouse in 1863 … More

Photo above: Circa 1912. Everards copyright. The Willow Tree once stood at the corner of Willow Street and Brunswick Street. … More

Photo above: J Zienteck circa 1940s. James Bollard was granted a licence c1862 in this rapidly growing area of the … More

Circa 1860, William Foster was landlord. He was a Slater who ran a grocer’s shop in Baker Street, moving to … More

Photo credit above: Nick Miller Collection Supposedly named after a nearby spring claimed to have medicinal properties. Circa 1850, Robert … More

Wigston Street was laid out between Halford & Rutland Street. In January 1833, a case was bought up on information … More