A Black Swan is mentioned in deeds of 1742 and 1800, also in 1800 land tax records when a ‘tax…
DUKE OF CUMBERLAND – DUKE WILLIAM – QUEEN VICTORIA, 130 CHURCH GATE
Photo above: Around the time of this photograph the landlord, Thomas Beaumont, was fined £1 or fourteen days imprisonment for…
KING WILLIAM IV – MALTSTERS ARMS, 116 CHURCH GATE
Mr Smith landlord of the King William had in July 1831 information given against him by Elias Price an informer…
BIRMINGHAM ARMS, 105 CHURCH GATE
Birmingham Arms seems to have run from circa 1861 until 1905. Prior to that 105 Churchgate listed as an unnamed…
SUN, 96 CHURCH GATE
Photo above: Delivering beer in Church Gate. The Sun is on the right, just out of the picture. The draymen…
THREE CANNONS – ORDNANCE ARMS – CLOTHIERS ARMS – PRINCE OF WALES, 56 CHURCH GATE
Named as the Three Cannons in the 1815 Directory, and was the Ordnance Arms 1822-1830. Sale of Ordinance Arms, 17…
BUTCHERS ARMS, 40 CHURCH GATE
Originally an unnamed beer house, it became known as the Butchers’ Arms when the Murdy family who had a butchers…
CROWN & CUSHION, 32 CHURCH GATE
JR has a recording in 1802, with John Wright the landlord. The next recording is in 1822, when W. Coltman…
GARDENERS ARMS, CHURCH GATE
A Gardeners Arms was recorded in Church Gate between 1830s-1840s but no actual number given. What is known is that…
KENILWORTH, 28 CHURCH GATE
Also recorded as Kenilworth House in 1869, with Joseph Hames as licensee. Seems to have gone by 1880.