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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Hind, Little Park Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
			WHITE ROSE
	1477	1756	ROEBUCK
	1756	1760	HIND
	1776	1793	GOLDEN HART
	1793	1860	ROEBUCK
Little Park Street 19th century watercolour by H. Masters. In 1756, six soldiers were billeted here and in 1760 a grand flower show was held here. In the same year the pub was for sale. This appears to have been the ROEBUCK. The hind is the female red deer, the male being the stag or hart. Early examples of this sign relate to St Giles, who is said to have withdrawn into a remote forest where a hind lived with him and supplied him with milk. When the king's huntsmen pursued the hind St Giles caused thick bushes to spring up to protect it.
Street plan of 1851