The Woodboy occupied a large site compared with other pubs on this map of 1886. Benjamin Rudkin was landlord as…
GOLDEN FLEECE – ROBIN HOOD – OLD ROBIN HOOD, 7 WOODGATE
John Springthorpe was reported brewing here in 1633, although the first record I can find as the Golden Fleece Woodgate,…
CRAZY MONKEY, 66 WOODGATE
Photo above: Circa 2011-2012. A short lived bar circa 2010-2015. An ex offie which then reverted to retail grocery. The…
WIMBLEDON TARGET, WIMBLEDON STREET
There are unconfirmed reports of a beerhouse here circa 1840 but by 1868, William Bentley was landlord of the Wimbledon…
WILTON ARMS – WILTON ST BREWERY, WILTON STREET
In the 1840s George Butler was registered as brewer. Meanwhile, George Stafford, a brewer from Rutland, was residing in Fleet…
WILLOW BRIDGE INN, 69 WILLOW BRIDGE STREET
Stood on the corner Willow Bridge Street and Syston Street. Photo above, LCC circa 1960. In August 1867, Edward Hextall…
EMPEROR NAPOLEON III, 43 WILLOW BRIDGE STREET
The Emperor Napoleon III once stood opposite corner to the Olive Branch Willow Street.Little research as yet on this unusual…
WHITE COW, 1 WILLOW BRIDGE STREET
Photo above: Woman believed to be Emily Lane, the last landlady before the White Cow closed in 1907. The White…
ROPEMAKERS ARMS, 23 WILLOW BRIDGE STREET
Originally the area was known for rope making: Ed Browett, a ropemaker, employed over twenty five men at number’s 23-25…
WANLIP INN, 21 (LOWER) WILLOW STREET
Sometime listed as in Willow Street, as it stood on corner Wanlip Street and Lower Willow Street. In 1866,…