Apparently named after the racehorse ‘Champion’ who won the Epsom Derby and St Ledger in the same year, 1800. c1827…
GARDNER’S ARMS, 55 HUMBERSTONE GATE
LIBERTY’S MADDISONS, 57 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: Maddison’s, rear of 57 Humberstone Gate. Attractive walk through: in another position, this may have worked, but Humberstone…
HORSE & GROOM – HARE & PHEASANT – PACK HORSE – DUSTY’S – CASK & BOTTLE, 51 HUMBERSTONE GATE
The Horse & Groom in Huberstone Gate is recorded from 1790s but the original Horse & Groom stood next to…
FOX & GOOSE, HUMBERSTONE GATE see FOX
FOX & GOOSE, FOX, 13-17 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Photo above: 1896 photo commemorating the Prince of Wales’ (future Edward VII) visit to Leicester. The Fox & Goose had…
BOARD, ROSS & McKERGO VAULTS 5a HUMBERSTONE GATE
An old beerhouse, (JR) Has the Board recorded in 1843, run by Frederick Gill and there then followed by John…
GRAPES – BUNCH OF GRAPES – ALLENS, 1 HUMBERSTONE GATE
Stood on the corner of Gallowtree Gate and Humberstone Gate, the centre of Leicester’s retail, fairs and street orators. There…
FLEECE, HUMBERSTONE GATE
An 1818 commercial directory listed John Cowley as victualler of the Fleece in Humberstone Gate.
HORSESHOE INN, HUMBERSTONE GATE
In deeds of early 1700s, there is a mention of a Horseshoe Inn situated on the north side of Humberstone…