Photo above: The only known picture of Cobden Street, a short time prior to the compulsory purchase of properties. Deeds…
VICTORIA, Clarence St.
Two photos of Clarence Street – the whereabouts of either the Fox or Victoria are unknown, but many beerhouses became…
FOX, CLARENCE STREET
Mentioned in a directory of 1843. My 1846 the Fox was up for auction; “Newly erected tenement used as a…
CLARENCE TAVERN – CLARENCE HOTEL, 27-29 CLARENCE STREET
Photo above: Just off Humberstone Gate, the building centre (with the bow window), was known as the Clarence Tavern circa1840-72,…
MANNERS ARMS, CATHERINE STREET
Chris Pyrah’s research records a Manners Arms in Catherine Street, circa 1846.
MALT SHOVEL, 8 LOWER CHURH GATE
Photo above: The Malt Shovel – 1895, with a coffee house opposite, next stands St. Margaret’s Church. A licence was granted…
WOOLCOMBERS ARMS, 54 LOWER CHURCH GATE
A Beerhouse from 1830s William Burnett landlord full licence granted 1841, Burnett was followed by Thomas Laxton c1850 , Henry…
COUNTY ARMS, 97 DENMAN STREET
Listed in directories from the 1860s until around 1905. MB writes that it brewed its own ale until circa 1900,…
STAR, CHURCH GATE
Star sometimes recorded as 30 Lower Church Gate, unless there was two pubs of the same name which is doubtful…
PLOUGH – NEW PLOUGH, 2 LOWER CHURCH GATE
Known as the Plough as early as 1822, and the New Plough from circa 1870. William Moore was landlord at…