A Cat is recorded in the 1744 Recognizance Orders, and also a Cat Spinning Time in 1741. The only clue…
CHELSEA PENSIONER, 46 SOUTHGATE STREET
Photo above: Circa 1900s. The sign board is the same although window much lager than the sketch below First recorded…
OLD BLUE BOAR, 63-67 SOUTHGATE STREET
Photo above circa 1906. Prior to the demolition of the Blue Boar in Blue Boar Lane circa 1835 a new…
HOLLY TREE – ELEPHANT & CASTLE, 17 SOUTHGATE
Next to the Shakespeares Head, the Holly Tree little is known, although a Holly Bush is listed in the 1727…
EAGLE, SOUTHGATE STREE
Most of the reports are from the 1850s, although an Eagle was recorded 1728 – but with no address. In…
SHAKESPEARE’S HEAD, FAT BUDDHA, SHAKESPEARES HOUSE. 19 SOUTHGATE STREET
I remember sitting opposite the pub on our holiday cases at the Southgate Street bus station, whilst my dad and…
DUKE OF YORK, 10 SOUTHGATE
Photo above: Is the lady going in, coming out or thinking about it? Maybe she’s attracted to the tea room…
PEACOCK, SOUTHGATE
A Peacock is recorded as in Redcross Street in a 1500 list of Leicester alehouse. Further records show a Peacock…
QUEEN VICTORIA – SOUND HOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON STREET
Photo above: 1953 coronation street party, outside the Queen Vic, shows how populated the area was. The houses on right…
SHIP INN, SOAR LANE
Edward Ward was victualler in 1835 and also brewed his own ale. Listed in 1840 directory with E. W. Spawton…