LION & DOLPHIN, MARKET PLACE

18th century establishment. Operated until circa 1878 when the Royal Hotel was built on the site. 1740s Joseph Goodwin victular. … More

MCADAM WINES – JETTY WINE SHOP – PAGES WINE LODGE – YATES WINE LODGE – THE JETTY – CORK & BOTTLE – CORKERS – MARKET TAVERN – CHURCHILLS – MARKET TAVERN – ALFIES – MARKET TAVERN, MARKET PLACE

As teenage lads we would call in Pages, which seemed to us catered for the ‘older’ generation – one of … More

The White Lion can be seen accessible from Market Place or Cank Street. Development has taken place around it. The … More

JR has in his listings a Greyhound in the Market Place in 1650. There is no other conformation of this. … More

A Kings Head was recorded in the 1745 recognizance orders as being in the Market Place.

JR records a Roundhead in the Market Place, 1650. In the same year, ‘item paid at ye meeting of Mr … More

The original Winn’s Café, called the Oriental circa 1892. By 1920, the Oriental Café was occupying numbers 14, 16, 18 … More

Lean to make your own gin: sit on long bench go through the process via a talk by one of … More

Photo above: Militia parade, in front of area of market place where the Victorian fish market was eventually to go. … More

As early as 1533 there stood some kind of municipal building, often used by the Corporation Merchants. Billson’s Medieval Leicester … More