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

Drinking in an Old English Town

City, 76 Much Park Street (Reading)

Address:	76 Much Park Street
Became:	Old White Friar
To 1835 this was the BEERHOUSE, Much Park Street. In the 1841 census William Reading, 30, is a stonemason in Much Park Street. In 1851 he is 42 and a stone mason, but by 1861 he is 54 and a publican at the OLD WHITE FRIAR, Much park Street. In 1871 he is a victualler and cow keeper at the Whitefriar.
LICENSEES: 1835 - 1863 William Reading, beer retailer
Street plan of 1851