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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Gas Tavern, 26 Gas Street

Alternative Addresses:	25 Gas Street
This is named after the original Coventry gas works which was in the same street. In 1854 the Gas Tavern is advertised to let. It closed on 12th October 1964.
LICENSEES: 1868 Walter Beaumont 1874 D. Sidwell 1879 - 1886 Joseph S. Franklin 1890 - 1893 R. Scrivener 1894 - 1910 Herbert A. Beaumont & decorator 1911 - 1932 Frank Jackson 1933 - 1940 Mrs L. Jackson 1960 onwards Thomas G. Baxter Jesse Webb (see also Hill Cross Tavern, Abbots Lane 1958 - 61, and Brewer and Baker, East Street)
Street plan of 1939
Google map location (Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)