This 1885 map depicts an area hardly recognisable today. Many pubs stood on corners and were often recorded by the…
GOLDEN FLEECE – PRINCE OF PRUSSIA – GLADSTONE ARMS, 38 LOWER HILL STREET
In 1815 there is a record of a Golden Fleece in the area but it isn’t certain if it is…
NEW INN, HOTEL BELGRAVE, 113 LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1945 photo (John Zientack). (JR) records a John Spencer as victualler in circa 1837. Followed by Richard…
CHAMPION – FLAMINGO BAR & GRILL, 185 LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD
Photo above: Champion on right c 1900. Ornate portico belies the age of the Champion as it is recorded in…
CIGARMAKERS ARMS, LOSEBY LANE
Only a couple of references known for the Cigarmakers Arms. In July 1868 the Royal Agricultural Show came to Leicester…
THREE CROWNS – BANK STORES – THE CROWNS, 2-4 LOSEBY LANE
Some records claim this was a Temperance Hotel, but part of the property held a licence and certainly sold ale…
RED COW – STAR & BALL – CROWN & THISTLE – ROSE & THISTLE – FOURPENCE & FIRKIN – O’NEIL’S, LOSEBY LANE
There is a tenuous record of a pub on the site in 1580, but the first definite recorded in Leicester…
ST LEDGER TAVERN, LORD STREET
Situated on Lord Street, off Eldon Street, where Lee Street Circle is now. Lord Street contained only a few houses,…
LONSDALE ARMS, LONSDALE STREET
See Lonsdale Arms in Biddulph Street.
JOINERS ARMS, LONDON ROAD
The exact location is unknown There is a reference from May 1826 of Elizabeth, wife of landlord Mr Gerrish, of…