In 1869, there was entertainment in the grounds of the New Road Inn beerhouse, also at the Victoria Pleasure gardens…
TURKS HEAD, 107 WELFORD ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1971. Recorded 1828 – John Williamson victualler. Williamson died 1830. There are references to a Turks Head…
MARQUIS OF GRANBY, 61 WELFORD ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1906, states ‘FINE HOME BREWED ALES J Chaplin’(found in Everards archive). Charles Davenport was the first licensee…
CITY SPICE – BAMBU, 21 WELFORD ROAD
City Spice used to be an Indian Restaurant. It opened as a wine bar and café sometime in 2000. Then…
TWISTED CUBE – ESSENCE – BLEND, 88 WELFORD ROAD
Three doors down from Bricklayers, a café bar opened circa 2002. Not really to be classed as a pub in…
BRICKLAYERS ARMS – SHIFTY O’ SHEA’S – BRICKLAYERS ARMS- FOX HUT, 68 WELFORD ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1906 picture of Bricklayers Arms, owned by Beeston’s Brewery. Sold to Shipstone & Sons Brewery, 1922. Nov…
MARLBOROUGH’S HEAD, 38 WELFORD ROAD
Photo above: This Dennis Calow picture is listed as 36-38 Welford Road, which would make it the Marlborough’s Head, but…
ROYAL ARMS, 24 WELFORD ROAD
Photo above: Royal Arms boarded up (behind bus top). The first known reference is of William Valentine Cockshaw who owned…
PRINCE LEOPOLD (THE BIG WINDOW), 22 WELFORD RD
Late 1960s photo (see above) of the Prince Leopold, known to most as the ‘Big Window.’ One of only Three…
WELFORD PLACE – PLACE – SPANKYS – CLUB HOUSE, 9 WELFORD PLACE
Built in 1875 by architect, Joseph Goddard, who designed Leicester’s Clock Tower, amongst other landmarks. For many years, the building…