Photo above: Cornering Albion Hill and Dover St, The Daniel Lambert, named after Leicester’s most famous jailer and heavy man…
ALBION, ALBION HILL
Photo above: Looking down Albion Hill in the 1950s, The Albion was the second building on the right; The Black…
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…
GOOD NEIGHBOURS, AIKMAN AVENUE
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
LCC Sign Wygston’s House fronts Applegate St. but could easily be addressed as in High St. or Jubilee Square. The…
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…