Photo above: Circa 1906. Sir Robert Peel, named after the founder of the Metropolitan Police force (the ‘Bobbys’) and future…
EARL OF LEICESTER, 50 INFIRMARY SQUARE
Photo above: The Earl Leicester, pre-Wold War I. An Everards house at the time. The sign on the wall is…
SWAN & RUSHES, INFIRMARY SQUARE
A Swan and Rushes is recorded in the first recognizance orders of 1725. No address is given so we can…
NELSON INN, HUMBERSTONE ROAD
The Nelson Arms was at the Humberstone Road tollgate approximately where today’s Forest Road junction is with Humberstone Road. First…
WILLOW TREE WILLOW, HUMBERSTONE LANE
Opened circa 1960 with a licence transferred from the Willow Tree in Willow Street and Brunswick Street. Originally called The…
THE HUMBER STONE, HUMBERSTONE STREET
Built circa 1964, possibly to replace the Old Plough. Ad from c1974 below Now Humber Stone Bar & Restaurant.(closed) Humberstone…
WINDMILL INN – OLD PLOUGH, HUMBERSTONE VILLAGE
Photo above: circa 1950s. Now part of the city but originally a separate village that was later brought within Leicester’s…
RAILWAY INN, HUMBERSTONE ROAD
As with the Ramblers Rest, there is very little information about the Railway Inn. An advert from the Leicester Mercury,…
RAMBLERS REST, HUMBERSTONE ROAD
There are a few references to a Ramblers Rest during the 1850s. A newspaper report on the 13th of February…
ALBERT INN – ALBERT HOTEL, 190 HUMBERSTONE ROAD
The Albert Hotel, built circa 1900, was constructed on the site of a previous Albert Inn beerhouse and two dwelling…