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Golden Ball, 35 Bishop Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
1787c1822BALL
c18221870GOLDEN BALL
18481849DRUIDS' ARMS
Bishop St North 1905
The Golden Ball was about half way up on the right hand side of this 1905 Bishop Street photo.
In 1787 an auction was held at the sign of the BALL, and in 1801 it was advertised To Let. In October 1848 the Coventry Herald reported the license transfer of the "Golden Ball, (now Druids' Arms,) from Charles Mander to Samuel Keene". Until August the following year, under the tenancy of William Jennings, it was reported as the DRUIDS' ARMS, reverting back to the GOLDEN BALL until closure in 1870. In June 1870 William Barlow took over as licensee. However, in September 1877 the Coventry Standard reported, in a detailed article, that Barlow, of 40, Bishop Street, had applied, and was refused, the renewal of his license for the Three Horse Shoes. The opposition to the renewal stated that "It was proved that the house had not been used as a public-house since the 10th of October, 1870, and that the sign had been taken down". Barlow appears to have moved a few doors away and attempted to set up a new pub.

This sign was used by many tradesmen in the past, probably because it was a simple visual symbol. It appears to have no heraldic or religious significance. The royal orb is linked with Constantine the Great, who adopted a golden globe as a symbol and added a cross to it later when he was converted to Christianity.

LICENSEES:

1822 - 1835 John Dunn 1839 W. H. Buckland 1839 - 1841 John Ensor 1845 - 1846 Samuel Cater junior 1846 - 1848 Charles Mander 1848 Samuel Keene 1849 James Keene 1849 ? Gillings 1849 - 1850 William Jennings, well sinker 1850 John Millerchip 1851 Richard Russell 1851 - 1853 Joseph Hough 1852 - 1855 Mr. John B. Taylor (misreported as "Old Ball") 1855 Charles Williams 1857 George Cox 1857 Charles Williams 1857 - 1861 William Whitehall (misreported as "Old Ball") 1861 - 1866 Henry Magson (1865 To Let) 1866 William Cowling (Feb to Nov) 1866 - 1867 William Hobley 1867 William Cox (Mar to Dec) 1867 - 1868 Henry Tunstall 1868 Thomas Poulteney (May to Sep) 1868 John White (found dead in bed, aged 48, 18th Dec 1868) 1869 Sarah Elizabeth White (Jan to Sep) 1869 Charles Smart 1870 Joseph Smith 1870 William Barlow
Golden Ball
Street plan of 1851
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