Old Crown, 89 Windmill Road, Foleshill
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1841 | 1892 | CROWN | |
| 1892 | present | OLD CROWN | |
Before 1905 see CROWN. In 1982 this was described as 'a typical town pub, with the date of the building (1914) inscribed in the wall'. This must have replaced an older pub as I have records of licensees before that date.
Former Coventry City half back, Jack Snape, kept the pub in the 1960s. Then in the 1980s, landlord Peter Dobbin was former prop forward with Rugby Lions. There was a pigeon club and a boxing ring upstairs at one time.
 Well over 500 pubs have this name, reflecting the popularity of an inn sign that has been used for some six hundred years. It is a simple visual symbol, easy to illustrate and easy to recognise whilst at the same time it demonstrates loyalty to the reigning monarch. | |||
LICENSEES:1841 - 1845 George Longfield 1861 - 1868 Richard Green 1871 - 1874 Joseph Stanley 1876 - 1880 Samuel Jaques 1888 - 1892 Mrs Ann Jaques 1905 - 1924 John Walden 1931 - 1936 H. Heath 1936 - 1940 Thomas Payne 1947 Francis Wanklin 1950 A. Handel 1951 - 1962 J. Snape 1983 Peter Dobbin 1985 J. D. Oliver | |||
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