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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Kings Arms, 18-19 Mill Lane

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	pre1812	1861	KINGS ARMS
	1861	1928	ROBIN HOOD
Cox Street 1910. In August 1911 the Coventry Herald and Weekly Advertiser printed a historic article from their own newspaper of 1812, which informs us that "Francis Webb, dyer, Gosford Street, near Whitefriars' Lane, Coventry, begs leave respectfully to return thanks to his friends and the public for the distinguished patronage he has met with during his residence at the King's Arms, Mill Lane". In 1855 the license was transferred to Charles Green Jun., and in 1861 he changed the pub's name to the ROBIN HOOD. The arms shown depend on the monarch the artist had in mind - a declaration of loyalty.
LICENSEES: to 1812 Francis Webb, dyer 1822 - 1824 W. Grove 1828 - 1829 John Pickering 1845 Joseph Allen 1845 - 1846 Thomas Cleverley 1850 - 1852 Thomas Cooper 1852 - 1855 William Porter 1855 John Claydon 1855 - 1862 Charles Green Jun.
Street plan of 1851