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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Junction Arms, Junction Street, Hillfields

Alternative Addresses:	St. Peters Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1851	1853	UNION ARMS
	1853	1874	JUNCTION ARMS
	1874	c1880	BEERHOUSE
The name Junction Arms was first known from an advertisement in the Coventry Standard in November 1853, when it was being sold, and the following month more detail was added to the advertisement, describing the public house as being on the corner of Junction Street and St Peter's Street. However, the same newspaper, in December 1853, also advertised the pub for sale as still being named UNION ARMS! Some time after Junction Street became Vine Street in 1879, the Junction Arms closed and became a private dwelling. Meanwhile, the Landlord Henry Francis move to a new pub, VINE COTTAGE, at No.8 Cross Street in 1881.
LICENSEES: 1853 Mr Kenning
Street plan of 1851