Earl of Mercia, High Street

Alternative Addresses:Little Park Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
c19901994CASSIDY'S
19941996PHOENIX BAR
19962001LLOYDS NO.1
2001presentEARL OF MERCIA
Earl Of Mercia This Wetherspoon pub takes its name from Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who founded St Mary's Priory, which eventually became Coventry's first cathedral. A larger-than-life statue of Leofric and his wife, Countess Godiva, can be seen above the main entrance to the council house, opposite this pub. The building opened in June 1896 as the London and Midland Bank, later the Midland Bank. In the early 1990s it became CASSIDY'S, then in 1994 became the PHOENIX BAR with the comment 'The Phoenix rose from Cassidy's ashes'. At this time it was purchased by Mansfield Brewery. The name changed again in 1996 to LLOYDS NO.1, and then to the EARL OF MERCIA in 2001. Photo courtesy of Steve Orland (steve.historiccoventry.co.uk)

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