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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Old Saracens Head, Longford

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
		1878	New Saracens Head
	1765	1876	Saracens Head
	1876	1924	Beerhouse
	1879	1922	Old Saracens Head
	1922	c2000	Saracens Head
To the Greeks and Romans a Saracen was a nomad of the Arabian desert. The word came to mean 'Arab', then 'Moslem', especially with regard to the Crusades. Noble families whose members had taken part in the Crusades tended to include a Saracen's head as part of their arms and so it was transferred to inn signs. There was also a New Saracens Head in Longford.
LICENSEES: 1879 Richard Steane 1880 John Staines 1888 Benjamin Lole 1892 Robert Miles 1900 - 1922 Joseph Hodson