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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Black Horse, Smithford Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1570	1750	CROSS KEYS
	1671	?	BLACK HORSE
	1756	?	FLOWER DE LUCE AND CROWN
	1795	1926	FLEUR DE LIS
	1835	1835	BEERHOUSE
Only one mention of these premises, in 1671, when it was the Black Horse, formerly known as the Cross Keys.
Street plan of 1851