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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Bull and Anchor, 37 Bishop Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1748	?	CROWN AND ANCHOR
	1774	1869	BULL AND ANCHOR
	1858	1860	RUTLAND ARMS
	1869	1931	OLDE BULL AND ANCHOR
This pub was established by 1748 as the CROWN AND ANCHOR, then from around 1774 became the BULL AND ANCHOR. It is marked on the 1851 Health Map, however, as the BULLS HEAD AND ANCHOR - probably incorrectly being confused with the BULLS HEAD on the opposite side of the street. When B. G. Holton took possession of the pub in 1858 he renamed it the RUTLAND ARMS - a name only lasting two years. By 1869 the Bull and Anchor began to be known as the OLDE BULL AND ANCHOR.
LICENSEES: 1790 William Hopkin 1800 Thomas Bant 1822 - 1829 George Whiting 1835 George Gent 1841 - 1845 Thomas Cooper 1850 - 1851 Thomas Townsend 1868 Henry Eaves 1868 - 1869 Charles Conway 1869 William Smith (Apr to Sep) 1869 - 1871 Abraham Lucas
Street plan of 1851