The newly built station entrance on Campbell Street (see photo below). The Railway Hotel was to accommodate passengers to the … More
Category: Closed Pubs
TERMINUS – TERMINUS HOTEL, 16 CAMPBELL STREET
Joseph Gray held a beerhouse licence c1870. A license was granted to Charles Horsefall circa 1873 at the Terminus Hotel, … More
CREWE AND HARPERS ARMS, CALAIS STREET
The Leicester Chronicle on the 3rd of November 1838, records a two-roomed beerhouse in Calais Street called the Crewe and … More
FREEBORN ENGLISHMAN – SALMON, BUTT CLOSE LANE
Photo above of the Salmon taken pre 1981 (information from Chris Pyrah) – a shame the pictorial sign was taken down. … More
HALF TIME ORANGE – SYMPHONY, 121 BURNMORE STREET
This was an ex South Leicester Working men’s club, as the fashion for working men’s clubs began to wane many closed … More
FREEMASONS ARMS, 35 BURLEYS LANE
March 1841 a licensed victulars meet was held at the Freemasons Arms Burleys Lane Mr Osborne the landlord. On the … More
KING – KINGS HEAD, 66 BURLEYS LANE
Photo above: Taken circa 1910 shows a very neat looking Kings Head on the corner of Burleys Way and Saint … More
PINEAPPLE – 50 BURLEYS LANE/BURLEYS WAY
Burleys Lane changed its name to Burleys Way. Prior to that the Pineapple’s address was Archdeacon Lane, so any reference … More
BURGESS INN, 19 BURGESS STREET
Further licensees after Wm Derby were John Allsop 1890, Thomas Smith 1892, Francis Walton 1893, James Court 1895, Edward Simpson … More
LORD OF THE LAKE – LORD LAKE – LORD LUKE, 44 BURGESS STREET
1846 Jonathan Wilson victular of unnamed beerhouse in Burgess St, In 1849, directory listed as Lord of the Lake, William … More