A Hambletonian is recorded circa 1800 in Granby Street – possibly the forerunner to the Wellington on the corner of…
COMMERCIAL HOTEL – VICTORIA HOTEL – LEICESTER PRIDE – DIRTY DUCK – VILLAGE IN THE CITY – KINGS HEAD – TUT ‘N’ SHIVE – WYVERN – FOX & TIGER – THE ROAD, 157 GRANBY STREET
Ten name changes (and counting), this establishment was originally known as the Commercial Hotel in the 1870s. Wm James Nickells…
BARLEY MOW, 149 GRANBY STREET
Photo above: scene outside the Barlow Mow circa 1904. Laying of tram lines outside the Barley Mow c1904, note the…
NAGS HEAD, 67 (135) GRANBY STREET
The Nags Head stood the other side of the Temperance Hotel to the Waggon & Horses. The drawing indicates Georgian…
WAGON & HORSES, 121 GRANBY STREET
The Waggon and Horses stood next door to Thomas Cook’s Temperance Hotel. It comprised of vaults, smoke, tap, kitchen, three…
LAST PLANTAGENET, 107 GRANBY STREET
The Last Plantagenet stands on the corner with Dover Street. It is the first JD Wetherspoon pub in Leicester, at…
RICKSHAW RICKS, 28 GRANBY STREET
The former Walkabout then stood empty until circa July 2017, before reopening as Rickshaw Ricks. As is the trend for many…
AMERICAN DIVAN, 99 GRANBY STREET (SOUTH WEST/GALLOWTREE GATE)
In Wright’s 1864, directory under ‘inns pubs and beer retailers’ there is an American Divan listed at no. 43 (now…
GRAND HOTEL – RAMADA – JARVIS, 75 GRANBY STREET (SOUTH WEST)
Strictly speaking a hotel, but as well as the public bars in Belvoir Street (dealt with under Belvoir Street), it…
CARLTON HOTEL, 69 GRANBY STREET (SOUTH WEST)
Despite its number, this stood next door to the Blue Lion. The two hanging lamps are etched with the Carlton…