Coach and Horses, 37 Much Park Street
| Alternative Addresses: | 39 Much Park Street | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1684 | ? | BLACK BEAR | |
| 1714 | 1768 | COACH AND HORSES, OLD COACH AND HORSES | |
| 1778 | 1781 | HALF MOON AND SEVEN STARS | |
| 1781 | 1925 | COACH AND HORSES | |
The Coach and Horses is highlighted, two doors to the right of Whitefriars' Gate in Much Park Street, pictured here for the Godiva Procession of 1907. To the left of the old gatehouse is the Rose Inn.
This was a common pub name since the seventeenth century. It indicates a stopping place for Hackney carriages and later stage-coaches and was an indication of the growth of traffic on the roads.
In 1714 the Mercer's Company spent £2. 18s. 3d at the Coach and Horses on the proclamation of King George I. In 1735 the Vestry of St. Michael's church used this as one of their meeting places. Then in 1756 fourteen soldiers were billeted here. In 1925 the pub was closed upon the payment of compensation. It stood almost next door to Whitefriars Gate. | |||
LICENSEES:? John Hodgetss ? Elizabeth Ratliff 1793 Cleophas Ratliff 1822 - 1823 H. Ryley 1835 William Ryley 1838 Mrs. Barnes 1839 - 1841 Henry Bird 1850 William Oakes 1861 - 1874 Benjamin Smart, a tailor 1879 Henry Jennings 1881 Mary Russell 1886 R. Suddaby 1890 - 1896 J. Lynch 1903 G. W. Shutt 1905 F. Collyer 1909 G. Kirk 1911 - 1913 Frank J. W. Sketchley 1919 - 1922 Charles Twigger 1924 P. J. Cleverley | |||
OWNERS:1793 Richard (I) Hopkins | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||
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