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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Old Wheel, 2 Leicester Row

Alternative Addresses:	Leicester Causeway
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1800	1890	WHEEL TAVERN
	1890	1932	OLD WHEEL
Possibly something to do with a wheelwright's workshop? This pub is thought to date back to at least 1800 when it was known as the WHEEL TAVERN. In 1839 it was advertised for sale. In 1844 the inquest into the death of seventeen month old Emma Golsby was held at the Wheel Tavern, before a jury of fourteen. The inquest's verdict was that Emma Golsby was the victim of wilful murder. The pub became the Old Wheel Tavern in 1890. The Old Wheel closed on 28th February 1932 on the payment of compensation. Photo with kind permission of The Herbert Archives. Do not copy without consent. Photo with kind thanks to David Fry.
LICENSEES: 1822 - 1823 S. Gough 1828 - 1829 William Gough 1835 Thomas Cooper 1841 Thomas Farr 1845 G. Tandy 1850 - 1851 Elihah Dalton 1861 - 1874 James Vickers 1879 - 1881 William J. Smith 1886 J. Stringer 1890 - 1903 Joseph Vickers (more information on the London Road Cemetery website) 1905 - 1913 Robert H. C. Wells 1919 - 1922 Herbert Tyler 1924 - 1929 P. Cross 1931 - 1934 J. W. Chislett
Street plan of 1851