Griffin, 122 Gosford Street
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1720 | ? | PARROT AND GRIFFIN | |
| 1772 | 1851 | GRIFFIN | |
| 1868 | c2003 | SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, CAMPBELL | |
| c2003 | present | PHOENIX | |
In a marriage settlement of June 1720 Joseph Ash, Coventry beer brewer, settles this pub on his son, Joseph Ash junior, and Bridgett Sturgess. The name was then the PARROT AND GRIFFIN. By 1773 when an auction was held on the premises (JCM 15th February 1773), it was referred to as the GRIFFIN. It is mentioned again as the GRIFFIN in a mortgage document dated 1789.
Note that William Bray was also a brewer, presumably on the premises. After 1850 this pub only appears on the ten-yearly census, not in any directories, as in 1868 it became the SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, after the 1st Baron of Clyde (1792-1863).The griffin is a fabulous monster, supposedly the offspring of the lion and the eagle. Since it represented the attributes of the noblest animal and the king of the birds, it was much used on coats of arms. Families called Griffith or Griffin have been especially fond of using it. | |||
LICENSEES:1831 - 1841 Jonathan Bray 1845 - 1851 William Bray brewer & victualler 1861 George Robinson victualler & whitesmith | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||
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Google map location (Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.) | |||