Lost Pubs in our Area

Pubs no longer in existence or in serious decline in our Area

Pub Name	Address	Comments
Barley Sheaf	Lower Bond Street	Adjacent to the former Atkins' factory. It is supposed to have the oldest vaults in town, dating back to the 1600s. The hostelry appears in a newspaper advertisement, 1799 (Leicester Journal, 19 July). It is listed as the Barley Sheaf in Holden's 1808-11 Directories but as the Barley Mow in Pigot's Directory of 1822-23 Has been closed since 2005 & stood empty & deteriorating until recently re-opened as an Indian restaurant.
Bishop Blaize Inn	Stood near the old Liberal Club in the now demolished block of buildings at the junction of the Borough and Mansion Street	It was probably seventeenth century, half-timbered with brick in-fill. Pulled down in 1931 as part of a road widening scheme.
Blue Bell	8 Bond Street	Adjoining The Duke of Rutland. Opened circa 1774, demolished in 1931 for road widening at the junction of Mansion Street
Blue Boar	33 Regent Street	Formerly The King's Head was open in 1802. A fish shop by 1930
Boot Inn	25 Coventry Road	Demolished in 1954 Picture is old postcard of Fosse Harriers meet, c.1905
Britannia	15, Stockwell Head.	Opened circa 1809, closed & demolished circa 1910
Bull's Head Inn	6, Market Place	First recorded 1659, situated on the site at the foot of Castle Street now occupied by the Woolwich Building Society George Canning, stayed here in 1807, famously describing it as '...the vilest inn, in the nastiest town, in the dirtiest country that imagination can conceive'. However, later that year he took up residence at Castle Hill House, staying until April 1811, when he moved to nearby Burbage. The inn was regularly used for assemblies etc. It was also used for sales of property, auctions and other business purposes. It had over thirty rooms and stabling for more than a hundred horses. In the 1840s it acted as the excise and posting office.
Cap And Stocking	Bond Street	Nothing known
Coach & Horses	Coventry Road	Nothing known
Commercial Inn	Market Place	Nothing known
Cross Keys	Upper Castle Street	Nothing known
Crown Hotel	78 Castle Street	Demolished 1980s to make way for Castle Court
Crown & Anchor	106 Castle Street	Closed in 1950s
Dolphin	Leicester Road or Mill St (Victoria St.)	Closed in 1850s
Dun Cow	Castle Street	Nothing known
Fox & Grapes	Bond Street.	Nothing known
Galaxy	67 Boyslade Road, Burbage	Change of use to a convenience store was submitted in 2011, despite many objections from locals the application was approved and the pub was lost.
Globe	Junction of Church Street/Station Road, next to the present St. Mary's Junior School.	Demolished 1905
Half Moon	43 Stockwell Head On the site now occupied by the Britannia Centre.	Demolished 1960 - Picture 1960, awaiting the bulldozer.
Harrow Inn	Stood on the Watling Street (A5), close to where the Harrow Brook crosses the road.	Originally a drovers' inn, later a popular venue for illegal bare-knuckle fights
Hollybush	1 Upper Bond Street Until closure, it appeared in the CAMRA National Inventory of Pub Interiors	Remodelled in Moderne style in the 1930s, closed 2005 Of over 60,000 pubs in the UK, a mere 250 have interiors of outstanding heritage interest, so this comes as a sad loss. December 2009 reopened as a restaurant - now closed again
Horse & Jockey	Stockwell Head	Nothing known
Jolly Bacchus	1 Market Place	Reputedly built on the site of a Bakehouse It was a half-timbered building with stucco façade, prominent and somewhat grander than most of the public houses in the town. The brewhouse was alongside. Closed in 1920s
Kings Head	69 Castle Street	Opened c1819, closed c1916. Sox Shop occupies part of original building.
Lichfield Tavern	Coventry Road	Open c1870,closed in 1960s. Demolished, stood near to Hall's car park
Middlefield Inn	Tudor Road	Built along with surrounding municipal housing in the 1930s. Punch Taverns sold it in November 2011 when it was demolished and a care home was built on the site.
Nag's Head	Castle Street	Records from 1809 until 1835.
Navigation	Coventry Road, near the present Wharf public house	Nothing known
New Inn	108 Castle Street	Closed 1973, was opposite Hill St.
Pig & Whistle	37 Regent Street	Later the Castle Inn, subsequently the Post Office and the Regent Club & Institute. Now shops.
Plough	21 Stockwell Head	Records from 1682. It was known in its early days as the Pensioners Club. It was recorded that there were more pensioners in Hinckley than any other town of its size in England. Demolished 1906 (Hinckley Times)
Puncheon And Grapes	The Borough	Closed c1841
Red Lion	17 The Borough.	Demolished. Former coaching inn on the site now occupied by MacDonalds!
Red Lion	63-65 Castle Street	Previously the Black Boye. By 1847 it had been converted into a shop. The brew house still stands behind 67 Castle Street
Rose & Crown	Castle Street	Nothing known
Royal Oak	29 Mansion Street	Adjacent to Hinckley Liberal Club By 1930 it had become a house.
Star	18 Stockwell Head	Records from 1745, closed c1912 : By 1930 it was a newsagent's premises.
Steering Wheel	Hollycroft	Originally Hollycroft House, the residence of Thomas Atkins, built c1874. Later known as 'The Spinning Wheel' (1982), and still later 'The Manor'. Demolished in 2002 and a private housing estate built on the site
Sun	Stockwell Head	Nothing known
Three Tuns	7 Stockwell Head	Opened c1800, closed c1910
Town Hall Arms	1 Market Place	Was open for about 50 years until c1912. Occupied the Town Hall, built in 1806, and now the premises of Barclays Bank.
Venison Inn	Bond Street	Nothing known
Victoria Hotel	38 Castle Street	Built c1890 and closed July 1960 and then demolished for shop development
Waggon & Horses	The Wharf, Coventry Road	Closed c1850
White Hart	5 Market Place	Demolished 1976. Site now occupied by Yorkshire Bank
White Horse Inn	Market Place	Nothing known
White Lion	Lower Bond Street	Nothing known, demolished 1932

We are sure this list is by no means complete and may contain errors, if you have any information about any pub listed here,
or any other pub that is not listed, please let us know.

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We are indebted to Tim Parry and his Excellent Website for most of the photos and some of the text.
If you are interested in Hinckley buildings, past & present, I recommend Tim's website.

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