A reference is made to a pub called the Stocking in a directory of 1831. A Stocking Yard was next … More
Tag: demolished pubs
DANNETTS HALL – DANNETS HALL TAVERN, DANNET STREET
Photo above: Looking down Noble Street 1973, (sometimes the address was given as 46 Noble Street).photo L R O Stood … More
ROSE & CROWN – DIXIE ARMS/OLD DIXIE, 2 CURZON STREET/HUMBERSTONE ROAD
Photo above: Humberstone Road and the now Old Dixie (there was another Dixie Arms in Leicester), in its hey day … More
HOLLY BUSH – DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, 39 CUMBERLAND STREET/1 NORTHGATE
Built circa 1815 and originally known as the Holly Bush. By 1822, it was the Duke of Cumberland. Later signs … More
DEFIANCE, 74 CRAVEN STREET
Built in 1846, on the corner of Craven and Harding Street. Joseph Platt was listed as beerhouse keeper in 1846 … More
JOLLY MILLER, 44 CONDUIT STREET
Sarah Barsby was landlady as early as in 1833, she was fined 40/- for selling beer after time in November. … More
LEICESTER LIFEBOAT -LIFEBOAT, CHESTNUT STREET
Stood on the corner of Chestnut Street and New Bridge Street, circa 1860-1976. Originally known as Leicester Lifeboat being eventually … More
SPREAD EAGLE – CHARLIES, CHARLES STREET (ORIGINALLY UPPER CHARLES STREET)
1826, Mrs. Garland, the owner of the original Spread Eagle, auctioned off six newly built tenements in Charles Street. In … More
MARQUIS OF GRANBY, 16 CASTLE STREET
Photo above taken between 1911-12, when Frank Squires was landlord. The two children are Frank’s son Harry and daughter May. … More
FLEUR-DE-LIS, 37 BELGRAVE GATE
1815 At the house of Mr James Kirk Fleur-de-lis Belgrave Gate, on 4th Oct, Upwards of 30 valuable two=needle stocking … More