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KEELCOMBERS – WOOLSTAPLERS – ROYAL STANDARD, 87 CHARLES STREET

Photo above: c1918 Alfred Allen, who is shown here in with wife Sarah(?) picture by George Lejeure. Leicester Chronicle 26th … More

Charles St., Leicester Chronicle

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 … More

Charles St., Leicester Chronicle, prostitution

CREWE AND HARPERS ARMS, CALAIS STREET

The Leicester Chronicle on the 3rd of November 1838, records a two-roomed beerhouse in Calais Street called the Crewe and … More

Calais St., Leicester Chronicle

FREEBORN ENGLISHMAN – SALMON, BUTT CLOSE LANE

Photo above of the Salmon taken pre 1981 (information from Chris Pyrah) – a shame the pictorial sign was taken down. … More

Butt Close Lane, Leicester Chronicle

QUEEN, 13 BLACKFRIARS ST.

Photo above: Blackfriars St. map. Blackfriars Street was named after the area which was once home to a Dominican Friary, … More

Blackfriars St., Leicester Chronicle

OLD CHEESE – PRINCE OF WALES – TIVOLI – PAVILION, 153 BELGRAVE GATE

Photo above: Tivoli – before that it was known as the Old Cheese, the Prince of Wales and the Pavilion. … More

Belgrave Gate, fire, Gracie Fields, Leicester Chronicle, Marie Lloyd

LONSDALE ARMS, 44 BIDDULPH ST.

There were at least seven other beer retailers in Biddulph St. but the Lonsdale Arms is seemingly the only full … More

Biddulph St., Leicester Chronicle

OLD CHEESE, 42 ABBEY STREET

The earliest record is from an 1850 directory. Confusion often arises when tracing records of the Old Cheese, as another … More

Abbey Street, Leicester Chronicle

VAUXHALL, Bath Lane

Photo above: Bath Lane can be seen on this map of 1828, after the demise of Vauxhall and the gardens. … More

Bath Gardens, Bath Lane, entertainment, Leicester Chronicle

STAGS HEAD, 1 Augustine Friars

Photo above of map of Augustine Friars st. 1847 Thomas Fall, licensee 1849 The Directory has John Neal as victualler … More

Augustine Friars, Leicester Chronicle, pub

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