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

Drinking in an Old English Town

City, Thomas Street (Matthews)

Address:	Thomas Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1841		BEERHOUSE
	c1850	1967	COACHMAKERS ARMS
In the 1841 census Thomas Matthews is 45 and a painter journeyman in Thomas Street. By 1851 there are no matching records.
LICENSEES: ? G. H. Adams 1841 Thomas Matthews 1850 - 1851 James Lee 1861 Catherine Matthews 1868 James Spittle 1871 Samuel Allen Watch Jeweller & Licensed Victualler 1874 - 1881 Richard Matthews 1886 W. Tayton 1890 - 1891 C. E. Bennett 1893 C. Copson 1894 - 1905 John Lucas 1908 - 1922 Henry Pendleton 1924 - 1927 A. Cox 1933 - 1934 R Barrell 1935 - 1940 J. H. Aston 1955 - 1962 John G. Davidson
Street plan of 1851