Cross Guns, Bayley Lane
| Alternative Addresses: | Hay Lane | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1693 | ? | ROYAL EXCHANGE | |
| 1756 | 1770 | DOG and DUCK | |
| 1770 | 1773 | CROSS GUNS | |
| 1773 | present | GOLDEN CROSS | |
In 1770 a Birmingham gunsmith acquired a public house at the corner of Bayley Lane and Hay Lane known as the DOG AND DUCK. He renamed it the CROSS GUNS. In 1773 he moved to Spon Street and the pub was renamed the GOLDEN CROSS. The CROSS GUNS is also mentioned in 1773 in the murder of John Pinchbeck. | |||
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