SPA TAVERN, 2 WILLIAM STREET

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

HOPE, WIGSTON STREET

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

First mentioned in May 1838, when a bakehouse and dwelling was advertised to let ‘Situate in Benford Street with passage … More

1862 advert: ‘To Let. A Capital Beerhouse in Wheat Street. The New Jolly Angler.’ Thomas Blastock applied for and was … More

Photo above John Zienteck. Circa 1946. Corner Wheat and Lead Street. The Wheatsheaf looks to be a Georgian building, the … More

1836 -1837, no address given, but maybe a short lived beer house. Thomas Lewin was landlord and doesn’t appear in … More

First recorded in October 1870, when the Beerhouse Keepers and Brewers Association met here – G. E. King was landlord. … More

The first known recording of the Fellmongers Arms is a court case from October 1837, when the landlord, William Harriott … More

Circa 1830, landlord was Thomas Woodcock. He was soon in trouble for serving ale during divine service. 1840 Wm Bailey … More

Earliest recording in Wharf Street is from 1829, although Piggott’s directory of 1828 names a Union pub but with no … More