The Park, opened sometime in 2007. By 2010 The Park had become Bonkers. Two years later, it was renamed the…
HORSEFAIR- CASPERS – MISSION – SIMPKINS – GHOST, WAIKIKI 4-6 HORSEFAIR STREET
Photo above: 1970s Horsefair Disco pub. Notice the fashion for ‘flares’? Very popular dance club/bar during the 1970’s -80’s called…
KEGWORTH ALE & PORTER VAULTS, HORSEFAIR STREET
In 1836, John Byng Junior, brewer of Kegworth, opened his vaults in Granby Street. This was mainly for the wholesale…
ROYAL HOTEL, HORSEFAIR STREET
Built on the site of the Lion & Dolphin, The facade is listed as circa 1870s, although the rear was…
RUTLAND HOTEL/INN, HORSEFAIR STREET
It is possible that the Rutland Inn Hotel was the forerunner to the Royal Hotel, although the exact location cannot…
THREE CROWNS HOTEL, HORSEFAIR STREET/GALLOWTREE GATE
Photo above: Three Crowns. Horsefair Street, the Rifle Volunteer seen next door. One of the major Leicester coaching Inns, built…
RIFLE VOLUNTEER, 4 HORSEFAIR STREET
Photo above: circa 1866. The Rifle Volunteer, sometime referred to as The Volunteer Inn, stood just inside Horsefair Street, from…
LEATHER BOTTLE – ALDERMAN NEWTON, HOLY BONES
There was an earlier record of a Leather Bottle in the 1739 recognizance orders. The later Leather Bottle stood on…
CROWN & DOLPHIN – VICTORY, HOLY BONES
Photo above: Classic picture of the Crown and Dolphin at no. 1 Holy Bones, actually stood on the junction of…
RED COW, HINCKLEY ROAD
The Red Cow was recorded as a small inn within a row of cottages, circa 1650. c1928 (Jonathan Wilshire Leices…