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…
NAGS HEAD, LONDON ROAD
One report of a Nags Head in July 1826 in the LC. An Inquest was held at the Nags Head…
THE VARSITY, 146 LONDON ROAD
Bass originally applied for a licence, circa 1997, but eventually opened the property next door to the Loaded Dog. Wolverhampton…
LOADED DOG, 144 LONDON ROAD
Photo above: Getting ready for the opening, May 1997. Opened in 1997 by Bass under it’s a ‘scream’ banner, targeting…