The photograph below shows the horses standing in front of the Nag’s Head (now the Swan Inn)
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The Elders – a beer house on Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel
The Elders was a beer house during the mid-1800s just a few yards south of The Anchor (now a residential care home) on Loughborough Road, opposite the Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum. Continue reading “The Elders – a beer house on Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel”
The Lindens
The Lindens pub, on Halstead Road, demolished in January 2014, was previously a private house.
Travellers Guide
The only reference found to this pub is a newspaper article from the Leicestershire Mercury
Leicestershire Mercury – Saturday 31 March 1838
Loughborough Petty Sessions
THURSDAY, March 29. Before R.G. Cresswell, and J. G.D. B. Danvers Esqrs. and the Rev. J. Dudley.
BRUTAL OUTRAGES.
William Jones, Thomas York, John Morre and John Pearson four athletic ruffians employed on the railway near Mountsorrel were charged with assaulting John Antill and his wife and two girls named Mary and Elizabeth Warner on Monday evening. Complainants stated that were proceeding from Mountsorrel to Quorndon when they met the defendants, who assaulted the women in a shameful and indecent manner. Antill then sought the assistance of the constable of Mountsorrel and they proceeded to the Travellers’ Guide, (a public house at Mountsorrel) where they found the defendants and about a dozen of their companions, who used such dreadful language and made such a violent resistance that they were compelled to get other assistance before succeeding in capturing the defendants. The Magistrates (remarking on the necessity there was to protect the peaceful inhabitants of the villages from the brutal attack of ruffianly strangers) very properly fined Pearson £1 or two months’ imprisonment, and the others 10s each and expenses, reminding the constables that they were also at liberty to proceed against them if they pleased.
Red Lion Pub and Butcher’s Shop
The building that originally stood on the corner of Market Place and Sileby Lane was once a pub called the Red Lion and was put up for sale by John Bacon on the 6th March 1815. Continue reading “Red Lion Pub and Butcher’s Shop”
King William IV Pub, Leicester Road, Mountsorrel
King William IV was recognised as a Tavern or Public House (Pigot & Co Directory, 1835) Continue reading “King William IV Pub, Leicester Road, Mountsorrel”
Bull & Mouth pub (trading as “Slate” restaurant & bar since 2008)
Bull & Mouth pub, Leicester Road, Mountsorrel now trading as “Slate”. The origin of the name “Bull & Mouth” is believed to have been ‘Boulogne mouth’ relating to the capture of Boulogne by Henry VIII’s forces as a route into France. Continue reading “Bull & Mouth pub (trading as “Slate” restaurant & bar since 2008)”
Duke of York (now Waterside Inn), Sileby Road, Mountsorrel
Anchor
The Anchor Public house, originally a coaching inn (see picture below) was sold in 1896 by Mr Cecil F Scott to Mr Sharpe, brewer of Sileby. Continue reading “Anchor”