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…
THE WESTERN, WESTERN ROAD
On 22 August 1895, Thomas Smith gained a provisional licence that was transferred from the Friars Causeway on the yet…
WHITE LION – MITRE & KEYS – PARROT – RAM – CROWN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
WEST BRIDGE As the West Bridge is part of ‘old Leicester’ there have been many inns and beerhouses over the…
NAGS HEAD, WEST BRIDGE STREET
A Nags Head was pulled down on West Bridge, King Richards Road on the 24th of January 1880, to make…
SAILORS RETURN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
Post 1815 is the first recording of a Sailors Return. Was this the culmination of thousands of soldiers and sailors…
WEST BRIDGE TAVERN, 27 WEST BRIDGE
Photo above: circa 1900. The first known record is of Edward Simpson, circa 1845, running the West Bridge Tavern. Edward…
ROYAL OAK, 7 WEST BRIDGE STREET
Photo above: The Royal Oak, looking down Bridge Street. The Mitre & Keys at the bottom in Applegate Street. 1726…
RAILWAY INN, WEST BRIDGE STREET
Photo above: Taken from old postcard, the Railway Inn was perhaps one of the buildings behind the station house Listed…