Half Moon, Brays Lane, Stoke
In 1772 the Half Moon at Stoke was used for an auction. In Rev. T. A. Blythe's 1897 book The History of Stoke, the Half Moon Inn is described as standing at the south east corner of Bray's Lane, and kept by John Bray, victualler and farmer - and possibly the person whom the street was named after. The Coventry Standard, in 1917, described with more accuracy that this old inn merged into the Coventry Co-operative Stores (pictured below, early 1900s), the location of which today is the Coventry Building Society.
It closed some time around 1850, and in September 1851 Jonathan Bray put the premises, described as a Cottage Residence, up To Be Let, containing, among other features, Ale and Wine Cellars and a Brew House.
 Presumably the half moon was a simple, easily recognised, pictorial sign. | |||
LICENSEES:1830 - 1850 John Bray | |||