The Inns below are from a list of 1825 of Inn subscribers to FWK fund. They’re more likely to be…
GEORGE & DRAGON, FRIAR LANE
Mentioned in 1600. Sometime called the George which gives rise to misrepresentation was situated at the angle of Friar Lane…
GEORGE, FRIAR LANE
In 1485, Chantry of Corpus Chrsti received 6d rent from the George, but a George was also recorded in Swinesmarket…
BEAR & SWAN, FRIAR LANE
Recorded as in Friar Lane, the Bear & Swan is mentioned in Billson’s Medieval Leicester, when he writes ‘revolutionary and…
VARSITY – WILLS BAR – BREWDOG, 8 FRIAR LANE
These old derelict offices were transformed in 1997 by Banks Brewery when they purchased the property obtained a licence and…
QUEEN’S HEAD – BRICK MOULD – QUEEN’S HEAD & BELL, 55 FRIAR LANE
Friar Lane first mentioned in 1391, near the site of the Grey Friars monastery. There are few records of these…
FREESCHOOL TAVERN, 13 FREESCHOOL LANE
Situated on the north west side, owned by brewers Dorman Pope & Co. of Wellingbough Road, Northampton. The licence was…
CROOKED BILLET, FREESCHOOL LANE
One recording of an alehouse called the Crooked Billet in 1745, most possibly around the Freeschool Lane area.
MARKET BAR – TRENCHERMAN – ROBIN’S NEST, FREEMANS COMMON
Photo above taken in 1994. Built on the new Freemans Common complex, circa 1970s. It had an early opening hours…
GEORGE & DRAGON – 2 FREEHOLD STREET
The George & Dragon was built in 1853. Auctioned off at the Three Crowns in February 1861. During the 1870s…