Photo above: c1918 Alfred Allen, who is shown here in with wife Sarah(?) picture by George Lejeure. Leicester Chronicle 26th…
BLACK SWAN – ROYAL GEORGE – BRITISH WORKMAN, 9 CHARLES STREET
1843 directory records the Black Swan at no. 9 Charles Street with an access on Lower Free Lane. In the…
VICTORIA CROSS – 16 CECIL ROAD
Stood at the corner of Cecil road and Maynard road. Mentioned in deeds relating to a sale by LBM to…
AVENUE – PRINCE OF PUNJAB, 92 CAVENDISH ROAD
The crest on the front of the building states that this was built in 1878. Photos above and below Chris…
BIRD IN HAND, CAUSEWAY LANE
A Bird in Hand is recorded in the 1791 Directory in Causeway Lane, John Smith was listed as the landlord. For…
BALL, CAUSEWAY LANE
Recognizance orders of 1726 record a Ball.
BISHOPS BLAISE, 50 CAUSEWAY LANE
Photo above: Court B of Bishop Blaze Yard in the map is indicated as Parish workhouse. The buildings in the…
ADMIRAL CHARLES NAPIER – SIR CHARLES NAPIER, 13 CAUSEWAY LANE
Photo above: Outside the Sir Charles Napier, possibly during the Sawbridge tenure, with the obligatory terrier getting in the picture. …
CORONATION, 201 CATHERINE STREET
The Coronation was built in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI. In 1986, a plot to assassinate…
WOOLPACK, 109 CATHERINE STREET
Photo above: Circa 1979. Built circa 1879. Situated on the corner of Catherine and Surrey Street. Henry Hickinbottom became landlord…