Well Street in the 1930s. The Falcon Inn is just beyond the visible buildings at number 58.
The name is a reminder that falconry was a royal sport for centuries.
This pub is first recorded in Jopson's Coventry Mercury of 24th November 1783, when it is To Let. In 1837 it was inherited by Alfred Phillips from his father, Edward Phillips. It was let to W. Tidmarsh. In 1841 this pub is referred to as the FALCON AND DUCK.
In February 1912 three Coventry pubs were proposed for closure, the Falcon among them. In October the pub's owners claimed for £3,030 compensation - the licensing bench offered £2,000.
It closed in 1914.
A planning map of 1914 proposing the building of the yet un-named Corporation Street and how it would affect the bottom of the Burges, leading to the demolition in 1929/30 of the original Wine Lodge and adjacent buildings. The Falcon Inn can be seen on the north side of Well Street.
LICENSEES:
1822 - 1823 John Bagshaw
1828 - 1829 John Smith
1837 W. Tidmarsh
1840 William Lovett
1839 - 1851 John Mills
1851 - 1852 John Robinson
1852 - 1854 Thomas Poultney
1854 - 1864 Samuel Poultney
1864 John Smith
1868 Thomas Poultney
1868 Joseph Onions (Jan to Jul)
1868 John Vice
1874 - 1898 George North
1898 - 1907 John Alfred Wallin
1909 - 1913 Herbert Watts
Well Street in the 1930s. The Falcon Inn is just beyond the visible buildings at number 58.
The name is a reminder that falconry was a royal sport for centuries.
This pub is first recorded in Jopson's Coventry Mercury of 24th November 1783, when it is To Let. In 1837 it was inherited by Alfred Phillips from his father, Edward Phillips. It was let to W. Tidmarsh. In 1841 this pub is referred to as the FALCON AND DUCK.
In February 1912 three Coventry pubs were proposed for closure, the Falcon among them. In October the pub's owners claimed for £3,030 compensation - the licensing bench offered £2,000.
It closed in 1914.
