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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Ring of Bells, 48 Jordan Well

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	pre1756	1863	Cock
	1800	1802	Ring of Bells
	1863	1870	Vampire
	1864	1867	Vampire Museum
The pub is first known from 1800 when, as the house of Thomas Aston, it was used for auctions in August and December, but within a couple of years became the COCK, although there is mention that soldiers were billeted here as early as 1756, and that a Lease and Release document concerning Coventry Societies dated 8/9 June 1808 states that... 'The Society which met at the RING OF BELLS (Jordan Well) has been dissolved...'. This is often the name used for a pub where the local bell-ringers meet.
LICENSEES: 1800 Thomas Aston
Street plan of 1851