Photo above: circa 1950s. Stands nrxt door to Stag & Pheasant John Gisbourne was the licensee of the Barrel circa 1827.…
MAGNUM – CENTRE HOTEL – INTERNATIONAL HOTEL – BIER KELLER, STRIKES, COCKPIT, VIBES, RED ROOSTER. HUMBERSTONE GATE
Built on the former Freeman Hardy and Willis site. It has had many changes of ownership and names, not originally…
OLD BLACK LION – PICKWICK – SKANDALS, HUMBERSTONE GATE
Indications are that the building is pre 1770s when fire broke out in the Black Lion stables in 1773. The…
CHAMPION – HANSOM CAB, 61 HUMBESTONE GATE
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…