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

Drinking in an Old English Town

City, 10 Howard Street (Bailey)

Address:	10-11 Howard Street
Became:	Gate
The proximity to a church gate, toll gate or town gate gave rise to this name. Before 1874 this was a BEERHOUSE and between 1896 and 1911 it had an on-beerhouse license. It is also referred to at times as The Gate Hangs Well. The Beerhouse does not show on the town planning map of 1888-89, nor on subsequent maps until the 1953-1968 map of Leicestershire where it is shown as a public house on the corner of Jenner Street. The only pubs that are on Howard Street on the 1888 map are the ALMA INN on the corner of Stoney Stanton Road, and the THREE SHUTTLES at No's.34 and 35. Numbering of the buildings seems to have been consecutive numbers on the south side of the street as No's.10 and 11, and 34 and 35 appear on the same side of the street. On the 30th December 1949 licensee Harry Richardson had his application to convert from a seven-day "on" beer licence to a full licence refused on the grounds that the area was sufficiently provided with intoxicating liquor, and there were plans to further reduce the number of licences. Just over two years later, however, in January 1952, a full licence was finally granted, the reasoning being that out of the twenty three public houses within 650 yards of the premises, The Gate Hangs Well, was the only one without a full licence.
LICENSEES: 1874 - 1876 Thomas Bailey 1876 - 1893 Charles Chamberlain 1893 - 1910 Charles Chamberlain junior 1910 - 1922 George Nicholas White (died August 1922) 1922 - 1927 Ellen Julia White (widow of George) 1927 George Nicholas White (son of George and Ellen) 1931 - 1932 Cecil Castle 1933 - 1933 Thomas Henry Benton 1933 - 1936 Arthur Hunt 1936 - 1937 Keith Roy Addison (moved to the Cranes Inn) 1937 George William Alfred Elton 1938 - 1947 W. L. Morgan 1949 Harry Richardson
Street plan of 1939