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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Lamb, Palmer Lane

A pub that is only known from a few mentions. In 1846 it was advertised To Let, but on the 22nd October 1847 a newspaper article in the Coventry Standard describes how pensioner, John Goode, went with 23 year-old Ann Bolton into the Lamb public-house in Palmer Lane where, after treating her to some ale, was pick-pocketed by the lady when she "put her arm around his neck, put her hand into his pocket, and robbed him; she then ran out of the house". Ann was found guilty and imprisoned for six months with hard labour! The location given in the map below is estimated from the auction details given in the Coventry Herald on the 6th August 1841, which describes the property as "Two Messuages, now occupied as one Messuage, called the Lamb Public House, with the large Garden belonging thereto, situate at the bottom of Palmer-Lane, in the occupation of William Watts, and a large Garden thereunto adjoining . . ."

LICENSEES: 1833 John Barton 1841 William Watts

Street plan of 1851

Google map location (Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)