Photo above, c1900 and c1930’s postcard 100 years later. Although now in the City boundary, its history belongs to Aylestone.…
X ROAD INN – CROSSROADS INN, 90 Aylestone Rd/7 Freemans Common
Situated on the crossroads at Aylestone Rd and Saffron Lane and known locally as the Leaping Deer, due to the…
LOCAL HERO, 84 Alyestone Rd.
Local Hero opened 21 August 1997, the name chosen to recognise the achievements of the nearby Leicester City F C…
BEEHIVE, 9 Augustine Friars
Photo above of a rat pit, 1869 Billson’s Medieval Leicester, records the Beehive as “an old Inn near the West…
STAGS HEAD, 1 Augustine Friars
Photo above of map of Augustine Friars st. 1847 Thomas Fall, licensee 1849 The Directory has John Neal as victualler…
BRITISH ARMS, 83 Asylum St.
Photo above, c1967 (Jack Graves) 1860-1967 Full licence granted 1860. James Smith (tenant) kept the British Arms during the early…
ROYAL LANCER, 47 Asylum St.
Named after the nearby barracks, in 1841 Royal Lancers was auctioned off with a rent of £26 per year. William…
LEICESTER GATEWAY – THE FONT – THE GATE, Asylum St. Renamed Gateway St.
Opened January 2000, by pub group Tynemill in Old Hosiery factory. Over a thousand entries, from a competition set by…
EARLY GREY, 26 ASHWELL STREET
Named after Charles, 2nd Earl Grey who was Prime Minister 1830-34, he died in 1845, the pub opening shortly after.…
LANCASTRIAN CASTLE, Arthur St.
27 Arthur St, corner of Burton St. Lancastrian Castle (photo above), far left, brewed its own ale in Victorian era;…