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Ball, 35 Bishop Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
1787c1822BALL
c18221870GOLDEN BALL
18481849DRUIDS' ARMS
Bishop St North 1905
The Ball was about half way up on the right hand side of this 1905 Bishop Street photo.
In 1787 an auction was held at the sign of the BALL, and in 1801 it was advertised To Let. By the 1820s it had become the GOLDEN BALL, although in 1851 the licence transfer report still called it THE BALL, and it was often also referred to in licence transfer reports, and in the 1874 White's directory, as the OLD BALL. In October 1848 the Coventry Herald reported the license transfer of the "Golden Ball, (now Druids' Arms,) from Charles Mander to Samuel Keene". Until August the following year, under the tenancy of William Jennings, it was reported as the DRUIDS' ARMS, reverting back to the GOLDEN BALL until closure in 1870.

This sign was used by many tradesmen in the past, probably because it was a simple visual symbol. It appears to have no heraldic or religious significance. The royal orb is linked with Constantine the Great, who adopted a golden globe as a symbol and added a cross to it later when he was converted to Christianity.
Ball
Street plan of 1851
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