Photo above, numbers 4-12 from the Facebook Memories of Leicester. The ladies with pram are outside the George corner of…
GEORGE INN, CARLEY STREET/WHARF ST CORNER
In 1887, an inquest was held at the George on Richard Vann, landlord of the Prince of Wales, Wharf Street,…
PO NA NA, 24 CAREYS CLOSE
In the early 2000s a bar and dance club – Po Na Na opened in Careys Close. Once part of…
CANNING PLACE – GENEROUS HEART – WELCOME INN, 33 CANNING PLACE
Photo above, looking from Vaughn Way. The corner brickwork building is the Pineapple. The Welcome Inn is bottom of the…
CANK WELL – GOLD LACED HAT COFFEE HOUSE – NOONS COFFEE HOUSE, SPINNING WHEEL, WARDS COFFEE HOUSE CANK STREET
Reference in recognizance orders as licenced, and also in deeds of 1754 as the Gold Laced Hat Coffee House. July…
WHITE LION, CANK STREET
This stood between Cank Street and the Market Place, one of Leicester’s most prestigious Inns of the time. Will be…
SCOTCH ARMS, CANK STREET
One reference in the 1781 recognizance order.
33 CANK STREET, CANK STREET
Photo below: View from Cank St with the ornate former Nat West Bank (St Martins Bank) which had stood empty…
RAILWAY HOTEL – ROYAL MAIL, 20 CAMPBELL STREET.
The newly built station entrance on Campbell Street (see photo below). The Railway Hotel was to accommodate passengers to the…
TERMINUS – TERMINUS HOTEL, 16 CAMPBELL STREET
Joseph Gray held a beerhouse licence c1870. A license was granted to Charles Horsefall circa 1873 at the Terminus Hotel,…