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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Elephant and Castle, 23 Castle Street, Hillfields

Alternative Addresses:	High Street, Hillfields
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1829	1841	Elephant and Castle
	1841	1851	Beerhouse
	1861	1879	Castle
	1879	1965	Elephant and Castle
In 1829 the Elephant and Castle appears in a list of new pubs.To 1841 this was a BEERHOUSE. From 1868 to 1879 it was known as the CASTLE. The pub closed c1965, when it was an Atkinsons pub. It stood next to the Castle Stores. The name comes from Coventry's coat of arms.
LICENSEES: 1829 David Rowbotham 1841 John Sidwell 1845 J. Kitson 1850 - 1851 William Coleman 1868 - 1874 Richard Charnock 1881 J. Ashley 1890 - 1913 Thomas W. Bates 1919 - 1936 Henry Herbert Bates 1937 - 1938 W. J. Neville 1939 - 1940 T. A. Bayley 1941 Ambrose Bernard Wildsmith 1941 Frank Bennett (moved from the Talbot Inn, Cross Cheaping)
Street plan of 1851