Photo above: The Golden Lion, demolished circa 1869, on the corner of Thornton Lane. The Golden Lion sign seen on…
FOUNTAIN, 44 HIGHCROSS STREET
Photo above: Taken circa 1900, with landlord John Gibson wearing a hat. In the 1901 census, John is living with…
FOXIE BROWNS, 54 HIGHCROSS STREET
Opened circa, December 2016. Foxie Browns opened with a vaping lounge, selling all sorts of vaping gear.
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…
HIGHCROSS TAVERN, 58 HIGHCROSS STREET
Next door to the Hat & Beaver at no. 58. The earliest record so far found dates from 1851 when…
HAT & BEAVER, 60 HIGHCROSS STREET
The Georgian Hat & Beaver (a beaver refers to a hat maker’s stand). The Hat & Beaver had its…
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…
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…
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…
LORD BROUGHAM, HIGHCROSS STREET
Lord Brougham stood opposite the Pied Bull. It was recorded in newspaper articles and court cases during the 1830s and…