The Braziers Arms on Russel Square/Woodboy street dates from the 1830s, as with the British Lion. An auction of January…
QUEEN & THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE – BRITISH LION, 14 RUSSEL SQUARE
A beerhouse from the 1830s, when Lawrence Staines was victualler. Stains was a political agitator for the Reform Society, scourge…
FULL MOON, 20 RUSSEL SQUARE
Russell Square stood at the bottom of Wharf Street and the Full Moon was sometimes listed as in Wharf Street.…
SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN, 2 RUDING STREET
Stood on the corner of Ruding Street and Charlotte Street. Very little is known of the Sir John Barleycorn, –…
STIRLING CASTLE, 41 RUDING STREET
We have no idea as to how the Stirling Castle pub got its name. It was certainly part of the…
RAMBLING COMBER – WOOLCOMBERS ARMS, 7 ROYAL EAST STREET
A woolcomber is someone who works wool that has been from the skin of sheep. The first known record of…
PLUTO’S PLACE – ROWLATT, ROWLATTS HILL ROAD
Pluto’s Place, a Watney Mann pub built circa 1960s, originally Phipps. The architectural design was quite interesting. It changed its name…
WARDEN ARMS, RICHARD STREET
Richard Street stood behind Northampton Square in the Southampton Street area. It was one of the back street pubs of…
RED COW, REDCROSS STREET
The exact location of the Red Cow is unknown but William Clark was landlord of a beerhouse by that name…
LOGGERHEADS – WE THREE LOGGERHEADS BE, 16 LOWER REDCROSS STREET
In 1855, the LJ of described the sign in Redcross Street as a ‘Presentation of two men with masculine features…