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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Five Ways Tavern, 61 Harnall Lane West

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
			FIVEWAYS INN
			BEERHOUSE
The name came from the pub's location on an important road junction. Until 1850 this was a BEERHOUSE. In 1979 it was described as a 'busy local pub'. The Fiveways closed on 21st October 1981.
LICENSEES: 1841 - 1861 George Shilton 1868 W. Faulconbridge 1871 - 1874 John Edwin Faulconbridge 1881 - 1891 John R. Kaye 1893 - 1903 William Jephcott 1905 - 1913 Frederick W. Burr 1919 Arthur George Jephcott 1921 - 1922 A. J. Garratt 1924 - 1934 T. Oswin 1935 - 1936 F. M. Pritchard 1937 - 1940 J. T. Crocker 1941 - 1954 Joe German (tenure of 12 years?) 1955 - 1956 Sidney Crook 1957 - 1958 Wilfred Finn (moved to the Binley Hotel, , then the Old Ball, Walsgrave Road) 1960 Brennan Martin 1962 Thady Joseph Flannelly (his first tenure, aged 22) BREWERS to 1877 George Rushden 1877 - 1887 John Kaye 1887 - 1902 William Jephcott 1902 - 1920 Fredrick William Burr
Street plan of 1939
Google map location (Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)