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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Old Waggon and Horses, 7 Well Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	c1800	c1828	WAGGON AND HORSES
	c1828	c1830	FOLESHILL TAVERN
	1835	c1839	OLD WAGGON AND HORSES
	c1839	1874	WAGGON AND HORSES
	1875	1929	OLD WAGGON AND HORSES
The earliest mention currently found in newspapers is two adverts in the Coventry Herald in September 1830, for "THAT old-established PUBLIC HOUSE, late known by the Sign of the "WAGGON AND HORSES", and now called the FOLESHILL TAVERN, situate in Well street, in the City of Coventry, in the occupation of Mr. REES." By 1835 Edward Hall was advertising in the Herald that he had lately removed "to the OLD WAGGON AND HORSES PUBLIC HOUSE, near to the WELL, in WELL-STREET". 1841 saw the license being transferred from William to Joseph Shepherd for the WAGGON AND HORSES, a name apparently retained until February 1875, after the Shepherd family had relinquished the pub, when the Herald again referred to the pub as the OLD WAGGON AND HORSES, which was used until closure in 1929. In 1913 this pub was leased by Phillips and Marriott for £30 per annum. They purchased it c1914 for £1,775 for the pub and one cottage with a further £120 for a second cottage. In 1929 the license was transferred to the Clarence Tavern, Earlsdon, whilst the license of the Victoria Vaults in Victoria Street was surrendered to facilitate this transfer.
LICENSEES: 1835 Edward Hall 1841 William Shepherd 1841 - 1858 Joseph Shepherd (died 26th July 1858) 1858 - 1874 Mrs. Mary Ann Shepherd 1879 John Smith 1886 - 1894 J. Killen 1896 Thomas Hennesey 1903 A. Morris 1905 - 1914 Charles Popper 1917 - 1919 Alfred James Chattaway 1920 - 1929 Charles Popper
OWNERS: c1914 - 1920 Phillips and Marriott
Street plan of 1851