The Good Neighbours was built c.1954, and still the main mode of transport was the bicycle. New Parks was, as…
ALBION INN, ALBION HILL
Photo above: The Albion can be seen on the second corner, the Stockdale Arms is on the first, in the…
WYGSTON’S HOUSE, APPLEGATE STREET
Wygston’s House fronts Applegate St. but could easily be addressed as in High St. or Jubilee Square. The best medieval…
MITRE AND KEYS, 26 APPLEGATE STREET
First recording of the Mitre and Keys c.1560, built on the old Roman part of Leicester, as an archaeological dig…
QUEEN’S HEAD, 8-10 APPLEGATE STREET
A for sale notice in December 1859 in Leicester Chronicle states: ‘All that messuage or tenement called the Queens Head…
DANIEL O’CONNELL, GENEROUS DUKE – I0 APPLEGATE STREET
The Daniel O’Connell perhaps had another name prior, as the building was much older. The pub was named after the…
Talbot, Applegate
The Talbot stood on the corner of Applegate St and Talbot Lane. In an undated subsidy roll of the 15th…
HOLLY BUSH, Applegate
Holly Bush, Applegate appears in the first recognizance orders for 1726. Applegate was in the heart of medieval Leicester, many…
FULL QUART, APPLEGATE
Reference of Full Quart, Applegate.1730 (Chris Jinks). A Full Quart is listed in the Recognizance orders for 1726. A Quart…
CATTLE MARKET BAR – COUNTING HOUSE, ALMOND ROAD
1873 The Cattle Market advertised ” for a tenant to rent the refreshment room on Market & Fair days” 1886…