The Definitive Guide to the History of
Pubs and Beerhouses in Coventry

Drinking in an Old English Town

Aldermans Green (Birch)

Address:	Aldermans Green
Became:	Weavers Arms
Alternative Addresses:	Courthouse Green, 237 Bell Green Road
In 1861 Mrs Mary Birch, a widower, was a victualler at the Weavers Arms in Courthouse Green. It does not appear in directories as a public house until 1879. The name of this beerhouse must have come from the occupation of John Birch. It has been listed under a number of different addresses over the years. It appears as a public house in an 1879 directory, and then not again until 1929. Fom then onwards it is always a public house, so I think this must make it one of the last beerhouses to survive in Coventry. In 2006 it added an Indian Restaurant.
LICENSEES: 1841 - 1851 John Birch, ribbon weaver, Courthouse Green 1861 - 1868 Mrs Mary Birch, Courthouse Green / Aldermans Green 1874 - 1888 William Harrison, Courthouse Green 1904 - 1924 Charles Bunn, Courthouse Green 1929 - 1940 C. Bunn