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GOLDEN LION, 26 HIGHCROSS STREET

Photo above: The Golden Lion, demolished circa 1869, on the corner of Thornton Lane. The Golden Lion sign seen on…

demolished pubs, Highcross St.

FOUNTAIN, 44 HIGHCROSS STREET

Photo above: Taken circa 1900, with landlord John Gibson wearing a hat. In the 1901 census, John is living with…

Highcross St.

FOXIE BROWNS, 54 HIGHCROSS STREET

Opened circa, December 2016. Foxie Browns opened with a vaping lounge, selling all sorts of vaping gear.

Highcross St.

TASTING ROOM – 63RD & FIRST – TOOTS & MAYTALS, 52A HIGHCROSS STREET

The Tasting Room in 2015, as the Highcross Street entrance to Mayango.  It is perhaps stretching the definition of a…

bars, Highcross St.

HIGHCROSS TAVERN, 58 HIGHCROSS STREET

Next door to the Hat & Beaver at no. 58.  The earliest record so far found dates from 1851 when…

Highcross St.

HAT & BEAVER, 60 HIGHCROSS STREET

The Georgian Hat & Beaver (a beaver refers to a hat maker’s stand).   The Hat & Beaver had its…

Highcross St.

COSY CLUB, 66 HIGHCROSS STREET

Housed in the former Veejay Knitwear factory, the Cosy Club chain opened its seventh Major City Cosy Club, this time…

Highcross St.

RICHARD III – KING RICHARD III, 70 HIGHCROSS STREET

Known as Richard III for almost a century, latterly King Richard III. In May 1835 an inquest was held on…

Highcross St.

ADMIRAL RODNEY, 82 HIGHCROSS STREET

Named after Admiral Rodney who defeated the French in 1782, but the Inn is much older than that.  Possibly an…

Highcross St.

LORD BROUGHAM, HIGHCROSS STREET

Lord Brougham stood opposite the Pied Bull.  It was recorded in newspaper articles and court cases during the 1830s and…

Highcross St.

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