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Cheylesmore inn, 60 Greyfriars Lane

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1756	c1896 (1909?)	BELL / BLUEBELL
	c1896	1939	CHEYLESMORE INN
The name comes from the local district of Cheylesmore. It was previously known as the Bell, although the two names appear to have overlapped between c1896 and 1909. In 1896 this pub was leased by Phillips & Marriott for the lifetime of Mrs. Sarah Harris, and in 1914 it was purchased by them for the sum of £2,000. In 1935 it was advertising Bass on draught and in bottles and it closed its doors for the final time on Tuesday 5th October 1937. Soon after this the new Cheylesmore Inn opened on Daventry Road and the licence for the old Greyfriars Lane premises was transferred to the newly built Aldermoor Hotel. The photo on the left shows The Bell (right) opposite Ford's Hospital in Greyfriars Lane some time in the late 1800s.
LICENSEES: 1874 George Hollick 1890 - 1896 G. Barnett 1898 - 1905 Jonathan Roberts 1905 - 1906 Walter Ebourne 1907 George Knight Driver 1909 Charles Taylor 1910 - 1922 Joseph Smith 1924 - 1934 A. G. Maisey 1935 Patrick Joseph McGreal 1935 Arthur Edward Haymes (see also Woolpack, Spon Street 1939 - 1960)
OWNERS: 1896 - 1924 Phillips & Marriott from 1924 Bass
Street plan of 1893
Google map location (Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)