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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Alma Tavern, 44-45 Stoney Stanton Road

Alternative Addresses:	Howard Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
			Alma Vaults
			Alma Tavern
This pub is first mentioned on 27th June 1856 when houses adjoining it were advertised for sale and presumably the houses as well as the pub were newly built at that time. It was rarely but occasionally referred to as ALMA VAULTS. It was demolished to make way for extensions to the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital in recent decades. The Alma is a river in the Crimea (Ukraine). In 1854 it became the scene of the first battle won by the allies over the Russians. The name was widely used for pubs, streets and the daughters of soldiers who had fought there.
LICENSEES: 1856 - 1857 Joshua Farndon 1857 - 1862 Edward Halfhide 1862 - 1864 Edward Raby 1864 - 1865 Joseph Arch 1865 - 1867 John Parsons 1867 - 1871 Sanders Quincey 1871 - 1872 John Wigston 1872 - 1876 David Bonham 1876 - 1877 Mary Bonham 1877 - 1878 Thomas Whitehead 1878 - 1881 Joseph Priest 1882 - 1886 Hannah Mary Wyles 1890 - 1891 Alfred George Dennis 1891 - 1904 Arthur Statham 1904 - 1908 Amos Statham 1908 - 1913 William Collins 1913 - 1925 Albert Henry Ashley 1925 - 1939 George Putman 1939 - 1940 Ernest Augustus Steele 1952 George Alexander 1952 James Hubert Miller 1952 Arthur Steventon 1963 Selina Perry 1978 - 1979 Alan & Josie Frisby
Street plan of 1939