Photo above: C1957, photo Tom Bassett – from Laura Evans Collection. c1820 In 1822, T. Woodcock was licensee. In December…
BEAR & STAFF – BEAR & RAGGED STAFF – WHITE HART, 93 WHARF STREET
The Bear & Staff was advertised for sale in the LJ in August 1839, on the corner of Wharf and…
GEORGE IV – GEORGE INN, 67 WHARF STREET
Photo above: Circa 1930. Nick Miller Collection. Listed at different times under both names. Stood on corner of Carley Street.…
RIFLE VOLUNTEER, 47 WHARF STREET
Photo above: Rifle Volunteer circa 1946. Credit: John Zienteck. Stood on the corner of Wharf Street and Wheat Street. The…
BUTCHERS ARMS, 45 WHARF STREET
The Butchers seemed to be a short lived beerhouse on the corner of Wharf Street and Wheat Street, north side. Although…
CANTINEER, 35 WHARF STREET
Cantineer Circa 1865. Built on part of the old Wharf St Cricket Ground which opened c1825, sold 1860 and built…
GLADSTONE HOTEL & VAULTS, GAIETY PALACE of VARIETIES. NEW EMPIRE. ROYAL EMPIRE. 27 WHARF STREET
Built circa 1862 as the Gladstone Hotel & Vaults, it had a six day liquor license. An advert (see below)…
TOM THUMB – GENERAL TOM THUMB, 21 WHARF STREET
Named after a mythical figure in English folk law, although Circus entertainer P. T. Barnham engaged a dwarf, Charles Stratton,…
STAR & GARTER, 7 WHARF STREET
Star & Garter, built in the mid -1860s, stood on the corner of Erskine Street – so it looks like…
CRICKETERS ARMS – CRICKETERS HOTEL, WHARF STREET
At the top of Wharf Street, opposite the Three Cranes and stretching along Humberstone Road to behind Spa Place and…