Bear and Bacchus, Stoney Stanton Road
| Alternative Addresses: | Red House Road, New Road | ||
| The bear is the emblem of Warwickshire and Bacchus was the Roman god of wine. Why join the two together in this name? Is it a corruption of Bear & Bacculus, a bacculus being Latin for a stick or staff or is it a conflation of Bear and Ragged Staff and Beer and Bacchus?
Our first reference is in 1800, when the Bear and Bacchus was to let. Its location was given as near to the Foleshill House of Industry. In 1864 this inn was selected by the Inspector of Weights and Measures as the place for local traders to bring their weights and measures to be checked. | |||
LICENSEES:1836 - 1839 Edward Berry Freckleton 1839 John Adrian 1841 - 1850 John Johnson 1861 - 1868 Andrew Allett 1871 Henry Adkins (See also at Dolphin, Cross Cheaping in 1868) | |||
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