Peeping Tom Vaults, 14 Butcher Row
| Alternative Addresses: | Bull Ring | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1704 | ? | DOG | |
| 1802 | c1822 | CHICKEN | |
| c1822 | 1841 | DOG | |
| 1841 | 1934 | SPOTTED DOG / YE OLDE SPOTTED DOG | |
| 1868 | PEEPING TOM VAULTS | ||
| c1876 | DEW DROP | ||
During Lady Godiva's ride all of Coventry's inhabitants behaved chivalrously and kept indoors behind closed window, except one - the tailor who peeped at Godiva as she rode past. He was reputedly struck blind and gave rise to the expression 'Peeping Tom'.
During refurbishment between 1850 and 1860 the SPOTTED DOG, 14 butcher Row was split into two because by 1868 we find the PEEPING TOM (sometimes referred to as the PEEPING TOM VAULTS) has appeared next door.
This pub was previopusly the BOARD and later became the ROYAL HOTEL / VAULTS in 1868 Joseph March advertised 'crust and cheese with a glass of ale anytime of the day at the Peeping Tom (next door to the Spotted Dog)' - sounds good to me! | |||
LICENSEES:1868 Joseph March 1871 - 1874 Charles Reuben Sparkes, watch finisher & publican 1874 W. Cooke 1879 Charles Alexander 1881 - 1886 H. Hinton 1890 - 1893 W. J. Piper 1894 H. Bower | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||
| Previous page: Peeping Tom Hotel | This page: Peeping Tom Vaults | Next page: Penny Black |