The Lair Restaurant and Bar is part of the Hotel Brooklyn and boasts of having a real Brooklyn menu. The…
BRICKMAKERS ARMS, COLTON STREET
One report so far of Jonathan Wilson, aged fifty-five running the Brickmakers Arms in Colton Street in 1835. Could this…
PHOENIX THEATRE, UPPER BROWN STREET (OFF NEWARK STREET)
The Phoenix Theatre was opened in 1963 and renamed the Phoenix Arts Centre in 1973. It had a bar for…
HORSE AND PANNIERS, BELGRAVE GATE
A Horse and Panniers was recorded in the 1725 recognizance orders. In 1808, LJ mentions that the Horse and Panniers…
BRICKMAKERS ARMS, BRUNSWICK STREET
A couple of references of this beerhouse. It was either at an unknown location in Brunswick Street or it changed…
GAME COCK, ALBION STREET
In March 1831, Miss Tebbutt, daughter of R. Tebbutt of the Game Cock, married blacksmith P. Sheppard. July 1832: ‘For…
GATE, BLUE BOAR LANE
Blue Boar Lane ran from Highcross Streeet to Holy Bones. A LJ report of May 1834, described Richard Hudson, landlord…
RAVEN, BELGRAVE GATE
In 1834, William Sutton was charged by George Banks, constable of the Parish (pre-official police force, often unpaid), of harbouring…
BOLD DRAGOON, BELGRAVE GATE
In March 1832, Jonathan Wilson, the portly landlord of the Bold Dragoon, Belgrave Gate, was charged with allowing bad people…
BELL & CROWN, BELGRAVE GATE
In December 1835, landlord Mr Colton was charged by Moses Pegg of allowing bagatelle in the Bell and Crown. Upon…