A Swan and Rushes is recorded in the first recognizance orders of 1725. No address is given so we can … More
Category: Existing Pubs
WILLOW TREE WILLOW, HUMBERSTONE LANE
Opened circa 1960 with a licence transferred from the Willow Tree in Willow Street and Brunswick Street. Originally called The … More
THE HUMBER STONE, HUMBERSTONE STREET
Built circa 1964, possibly to replace the Old Plough. Ad from c1974 below Now Humber Stone Bar & Restaurant.(closed) Humberstone … More
FOUNTAIN – GEZ’S BAR – 80S BAR – NO. 52, 52 HUMBERSTONE GATE
A Fountain was recorded in 1747 poss in Humberstone Gate licensee Thomas Drake (JR) The opening of the pub we … More
OLD BLACK LION – PICKWICK – SKANDALS, HUMBERSTONE GATE
Indications are that the building is pre 1770s when fire broke out in the Black Lion stables in 1773. The … More
CHAMPION – HANSOM CAB, 61 HUMBESTONE GATE
Apparently named after the racehorse ‘Champion’ who won the Epsom Derby and St Ledger in the same year, 1800. c1827 … More
SCARLET PIMPERNEL, HOWDEN ROAD
Scarlet Pimpernel, built on the Eyres Monsell Estate, and opened in 1961. 1988 – Once again, the story of an … More
SARACENS HEAD – MOLLY O’ GRADY’S – KNIGHT & GARTER, HOTEL STREET
Granted to Leicester Abbey, by William de Langley in 1312, the lease held by William Streth. The sign derived from … More
SPIRITS – SOMMAR, 6 HOTEL STREET
Opened circa July 2018, in the old Cellini handbag store. Does what it says on the tin: dedicated to cocktails … More
45 WEST, HOTEL STREET
Opened in September 2015, underneath The Case in Hotel Street as a gin distillery and bar by the owners of … More