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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Old Half Moon, 27 Hertford Place

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
			HALF MOON
	c1839	1930	OLD HALF MOON
In 1874 and 1879 it was called the HALF MOON, Hertford Place. In 1930 the license was surrendered for a new off-beerhouse, the Godiva Stores in Three Spires Avenue. Could this have become the Three Spires Hotel? Presumably the half moon was a simple, easily recognised, pictorial sign.
LICENSEES: 1839 - 1840 Thomas Glaze 1846 Joseph Glaze 1846 - 1853 Elizabeth Glaze (widow of Joseph) 1868 Richard Allen 1874 J. Feltham 1879 Mrs. Maria Feltham 1886 Charles Stafford 1890 - 1894 F. W. Asbury 1896 John Asbury junior 1903 Mrs. A. Asbury 1905 - 1913 William Judd 1919 - 1929 Walter Judd
Street plan of 1851
Google map location (Due to the scaling on old maps, the pin location might not be 100% accurate.)