(Thames St off Archdeacon Lane, Vaughn Way.) Little known is of Uncle Toms Cabin. We know that Thomas Newton applied…
HOPE & ANCHOR, TALBOT LANE
There is just one known reference for this pub – 13th of April 1838. ‘To be Sold by Auction All…
GREEN DRAGON (GEORGE & DRAGON), TALBOT LANE
Initially known as the George & Dragon, Joseph Bellamy bought the property in the late 1860s. He set up a…
BELL TAP, 98 SYSTON STREET
The Bell Tap is a proper conundrum. In 1861, George Birch aged 31 is a general servant at the Bell…
DEW DROP, 285 SYSTON STREET
Licence granted circa 1867. We know Edward Smales was landlord as he hosted the Beerhouses Association at the Dew Drop…
BROOKSIDE COTTAGE, 212 SYSTON STREET
First recorded in the directory of 1870, although the beerhouse was in existence prior to that. In October 1869, Sarah Ironmonger…
PLUMBERS ARMS, 45 SYSTON STREET
The Plumbers Arms stood in Syston Street corner Wanlip Street. It seems Robert Everett was first landlord in 1866, Everett…
SIGNAL, 29 SUSSEX STREET
The Signal, corner of Sussex Street and Bell Lane in a little side street off of Humberstone Road. The closeness…
INVINCIBLE, STURDEE ROAD
Here we go again – another circa 1960s pub built on an out of town estate, Eyres Monsell started it…
OLD TROOPER, STOUGHTON STREET
Situated in the Highfields area of the city, John Hall, a builder bought the plot of land in 1866 on…