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GLADSTONE HOTEL & VAULTS, GAIETY PALACE of VARIETIES. NEW EMPIRE. ROYAL EMPIRE. 27 WHARF STREET

Built circa 1862 as the Gladstone Hotel & Vaults, it had a six day liquor license.  An advert (see below) … More

demolished pubs, Wharf St.

PRINCE BLUCHER – ADMIRAL BEATTY, WATERLOO STREET

Photo above: Atmospheric picture of Prince Blucher circa 1900.  It stood on the corner Waterloo Street and Wellington Street. Circa … More

demolished pubs, Waterloo St

PORTOBELLO, WARING STREET

Corner of Waring and Porter St.  Early directories list it as Waring Street, later ones 3-5 Porter Street. We do … More

demolished pubs, Waring St

GREEN DRAGON (GEORGE & DRAGON), TALBOT LANE

Initially known as the George & Dragon, Joseph Bellamy bought the property in the late 1860s. He set up a … More

demolished pubs, Talbot Lane

OLD TROOPER, STOUGHTON STREET

Situated in the Highfields area of the city, John Hall, a builder bought the plot of land in 1866 on … More

demolished pubs, Stoughton St

STANLEY ARMS, 36 STANLEY STREET

Photo above: Late 1950s photography of the Stanley Arms – an image of more sedate cobbled streets. The pub was … More

demolished pubs, Stanley St

BELGRAVIA HOTEL, 34 SPINNEY HILL ROAD

Circa 1875 the Belgravia stood on the corner of Spinney Hill Roadd and Charnwood Sreett.  Early directories from 1875-90 lists … More

demolished pubs, Spinney Hill Rd.

OLD BLUE BOAR, 63-67 SOUTHGATE STREET

Photo above circa 1906. Prior to the demolition of the Blue Boar in Blue Boar Lane circa 1835 a new … More

demolished pubs, Southgate St

HOLLY TREE – ELEPHANT & CASTLE, 17 SOUTHGATE

Next to the Shakespeares Head, the Holly Tree little is known, although a Holly Bush is listed in the 1727 … More

demolished pubs, Southgate St

RAILWAY TAVERN, 48 SAMUEL STREET

Photo from the Nick Miller collection. Samuel Street lay just off Southampton Street,  and the Railway Arms was used by … More

demolished pubs, Samuel St

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