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AFRICAN KITCHEN & BAR, 6 JUBILEE ROAD

Jubilee Road, off Belgrave Gate.  Photo above sometime in August 2015.  The  company formed circa 2013, and a major licence…

Jubilee Rd.

ANCHOR OF HOPE, 74 UPPER KENT STREET

Upper Kent St, with Anchor of Hope on the corner of Waring Street.  A particularly long street of terraced houses,…

Upper Kent St.

GEORGE & DRAGON, 11-13 KENT STREET

Picture credit: John Zienteck, circa 1948. So far the earliest report of the George & Dragon is c1843, when the…

Kent St.

LEICESTER CITY, JEWRY WALL STREET

Recorded during the 1830s-40s In April 1834, Stephen Daft, landlord of a beer shop in Jewry Wall Street was informed…

Jewry Wall St.

CRISPIN ARMS, 34 JEWRY WALL STREET

Demolition of part of Jewry Wall Street, circa 1896, to make way for the railway extension. The whole length of…

demolished pubs, Jewry Wall St.

BOW BRIDGE INN, 2 KING RICHARDS ROAD

The Bow Bridge always had a significant part in the King Richard III story, as legend has it he rode…

King Richards Road

RICHMOND ARMS, 56 KING RICHARDS ROAD

The Richmond Arms once brewed its own beer, as in 1873 the brewing vessels were sold off by auction. William…

King Richards Road

NEWFOUND POOL INN – CROWS NEST, 55 KING RICHARDS ROAD

Licensed circa 1866, with Joseph Dimmock the victualler. In October, that year the press reported ‘An Irish Row’ when one…

King Richards Road

DANE HILLS INN – TAVERN – BOSWORTH – KING RICHARDS ROAD (FORMER WATTS CAUSEWAY)

The area developed mainly from the mid-19th century. The Watts family acquired Danets Hall, giving their name to ‘Watts Causeway’…

King Richards Road

RICHARD COBDEN, 73 JARROM STREET

The Richard Cobden would be one of the shops on the corner opposite to the Prince Alfred (not shown behind…

Jarrom St.

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