Photo above: Duke Street prior to the properties demolition. The White Horse can be seen on the right, by now…
WAGGON & HORSES – DRUID ARMS – FORESTER ARMS, DRYDEN STREET
Photo above: Typical mid Victorian frontage of green tiles. In 1840, the pub was known as the Waggon and Horses,…
DOVE, DOWNING DRIVE
Photo above: circa 1957, the Dove at a late building stage. Situated in Evington but brought (just) into the city…
ENTROPY, DOVER STREET
Photo above: Taken in 2004. Standing just inside Dover Street next to Wetherspoon’s the Last Plantagenet. Opened on the 22nd…
DOVER CASTLE, DOVER STREET
Leicester’s main gay pub for many years – being opposite the theatre it attracted many thespians whose photos adorned the walls.…
GLASGOW ARMS, 22-24 DOVER STREET
The Glasgow Arms stood in what is now the Dover Street car park. In November 1861, an advert declared: ‘A…
DOMINION, DOMINION ROAD
Photo above: Built by Everards c 1958. Dominion Road comes under the parish of Glenfield but is within the City…
VINE, 41 DEVONSHIRE STREET
Photo above: Devonshire Street, the Vine. A sale of 1860 for the Vine lists two adjoining houses plus five cottages…
DEVONSHIRE ARMS, DEVONSHIRE STREET
On the 4th of August 1840, Mr. Greet was granted a beerhouse victuallers’ licence for the Devonshire Arms, Devonshire Street.
OLD ENGLAND, 22 DENMAN STREET
In 1860, this was kept by James Rainbow, after he had been licensee of the Barkby Arms in Upper George…