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

Drinking in an Old English Town

City, 8 Tower Street (Bradford)

Address:	8 Tower Street
Became:	Hope and Anchor
Between 1850 and 1879 this was also the BEERHOUSE, Tower Street. The HOPE AND ANCHOR is first recorded in 1841. In the 1841 census there are no matching records. In 1851 Joseph Bradford is 33 and a publican and coal dealer at the Hope and Anchor, Tower Street. In 1861 he is 43 and a publican at the Hope and Anchor, 8 Tower Street. By 1871 he is 53 and a drayman at the Hope and Anchor, married to Elizabeth Bradford, 52, a tavern keeper. The HOPE AND ANCHOR had a full public house license from 1861 to 1905. It closed c1905 as by 1906 it was a private dwelling.
LICENSEES: 1850 - 1851 Joseph Bradford, drayman, & Elizabeth, tavern keeper 1879 John Bradford
Street plan of 1851