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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Half Moon and Seven Stars, 37 Much Park Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1684	?	BLACK BEAR
	c1706		SEVEN STARS
	1714	1768	COACH AND HORSES, OLD COACH AND HORSES
	1778	1781	HALF MOON AND SEVEN STARS
	1781	1924	COACH AND HORSES
The pub is highlighted, two doors to the right of Whitefriars' Gate in Much Park Street, pictured here for the Godiva Procession of 1907. To the left of the old gatehouse is the Rose Inn. Was this a combination of two pub names? I can only imagine that the half moon was a simple, easily recognised, pictoral sign. In 1756 eight soldiers were billeted here and it is mentioned in 1800. In some early newspapers the street name has been misreported as Muchford Street.
Street plan of 1851
Google map location (Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)