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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Crow in the Oak, 151 Lockhurst Lane, Foleshill

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
			OLD CROW IN THE OAK
			BEERHOUSE
	1835	?	CHEQUERS
	c1838	2012	CROW IN THE OAK
	2012	present	CROW
The crow is said to represent King Charles II, who famously hid from his pursuers in an oak tree. In 1895 the pub was purchased by Phillips and Marriott, they appear to have been leasing it since 1881. They valued it at £2,500 in 1899. In 1910 they stated that 'the quantity of ale brewed shall not exceed the quantity supplied from the brewery.' It was known as a home brew pub until the early twentieth century. In 1985 it was described as a fairly straightforward two-roomed local with some friendly regulars. I guess that Mrs Annie Riley and Mrs A. Church are one and the same.
LICENSEES: 1841 - 1845 Mrs Mary Lenton 1861 - 1863 James Brown 1866 William Brown 1868 Charles Fairfax 1874 H. Bray 1876 William Berry 1879 - 1886 James Hunter 1888 - 1892 Thomas Moore junior 1897 - 1905 Carey Cadman 1909 J. Riley 1909 - 1922 Mrs Annie Riley 1924 - 1929 Mrs A. Church 1931 - 1932 John Henry (Harry) Ward (see also Foleshill Old Hall, the Bell, Keresley, and Castle Vaults, Market Place) 1933 - c1956 Charlie J. Pritchard Harry Ward ? 1960s Bernard Stanley Lloyd 1983 - 1986 Clem & Anna Fleming