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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Pack Horse, West Orchard

Alternative Addresses:	Market Place, Women's Market Place, St. John's Bridge
A postcard featuring the old Market Tower is a rare view of Market Place, which led through from where Broadgate and Cross Cheaping met to the tower. In 1756 four soldiers were billeted here. It continued to trade until 1841 when all the brewing items were auctioned off. In 1842 James Bartlett moved into the premises "(at the Corner of the Women's Market Place (late the Pack Horse)", to sell his "china, glass and earthenware, &c."
LICENSEES: 1822 - 1832 William & Mary Dowell 1835 Samuel Lymes 1837 Thomas Gardner (died Apr 1837, aged 37) 1837 - 1840 Mary Gardner (widow of Thomas) 1840 - 1841 John Mullis 1841 John Aldwinkle