Black Dog, 26 Whitefriars Street

Alternative Addresses:40 Whitefriars Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
18351850BEERHOUSE
18501919BLACK DOG
Photo The Black Dog, Whitefriars Street c1960. The Black Dog ceased to be a pub in 1923. To the right of it was another pair of weavers houses with an entry in-between which led to Court No.3. This was also a BEERHOUSE between 1835 and 1850. This pub appears in the will of 1869 of J. Edwards. In a footnote it states that J. Edwards kept the Black Dove in Whitefriars Street in 1850. We believe this is an error for the Black Dog. Although the pub closed on the 18th February 1913, it is said that the Black Dog Inn sign could still be seen until the mid 1970s.


The 'Black Dog of Arden' was Guy Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in the early fourteenth century. He was one of those who plotted to kill Pier Gaveston, favourite of Edward II, in 1312. There is also a Black Dog in Southam.

LICENSEES:

1861 William Brain 1866 Thomas Bates 1866 - 1867 William Standbridge (moved to the White Friar, 73 Much Park Street) 1867 - 1869 Thomas Townsend (died Dec 1869) 1870 Mary Townsend (widow of Thomas) 1870 - 1872 Anna Maria Townsend 1872 - 1894 Walter Chatland 1896 Joseph H. Lawton 1903 H. Stringer 1905 J. Lathbury 1909 F. Jackson 1911 - 1912 John W. Dutson 1912 - 1913 C. Jenkyns 1919 Emily Martin (Inn, No 40)
Black Dog
Street plan of 1851
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(Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)
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