Photo above: Original Cricketers Rest. c 1900 This pub started life as the Robin Hood before 1818 sometime listed as … More
Category: Closed Pubs
BLACK HORSE, 64 ABBEY GATE
pic St Leonards Church & Black Horse Abbey Gate (LRO) The first listing of licensees was 1791 when Susannah Thorp … More
ABBEY GATE HOUSE, 36 ABBEY GATE
Stood on the corner of 36 Abbey Gate North West and Bradgate St. North East, trading for many years as … More
BLACK BOY, 35 ALBION STREET
A Black Boy was listed in 1747, Thomas Drake as its victualer, no address is given. (JR). It is known … More
HUSH, ALBION STREET
Photo above: Taken in 2008, Stands opposite The Terrace.
TABASCO JAZ, DECADANCE, THE TERRACE – 3 ALBION STREET
The Tabasco Jaz (photo above) opened in January 1999 at a converted factory. By October 2001, Tabasco Jazz had changed … More
DANIEL LAMBERT, ALBION HILL
Photo above: Cornering Albion Hill and Dover St, The Daniel Lambert, named after Leicester’s most famous jailer and heavy man … More
ALBION, ALBION HILL
Photo above: Looking down Albion Hill in the 1950s, The Albion was the second building on the right; The Black … More
OLD VOLUNTEER, ALBION HILL
An Old Volunteer was recorded 1839-40s as being ran by Mr. Thomas Monks. Many meetings were held here by the … More
ALBION INN, ALBION HILL
Photo above: The Albion can be seen on the second corner, the Stockdale Arms is on the first, in the … More