Rose and Crown, 262 Walsgrave Road, Stoke
| Alternative Addresses: | 18 Church End | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1868 | 1923 | BEERHOUSE | |
| 1868 | present | ROSE AND CROWN | |
From 1868 to 1923 this was a BEERHOUSE. In April 1923 the license of the Oddfellows Arms in Well Street was surrendered in consideration of the removal to the newly built Rose and Crown, Stoke, which opened on 21st February 1925.
 The old pub was described in Kelly's 1912 directory as being in Church End, Walsgrave Road, Stoke, and stood opposite what was then St Chad's church, now St Michael's. The new pub is a few yards farther back in location due to the widening and straightening of Walsgrave Road.
In the early years of the twentieth century, the landlord was Walter Cramp, who ran the pub with a rod of iron and refused to let women inside. In those days it was a village local - now it has been swallowed up by suburbia. In 1984 the pub looked good from the outside with hanging baskets, window boxes and coloured glass panels, whilst the interior was rampant Victoriana throughout with flock wallpaper in the bars and striped in the snugs.
 Walsgrave Road before it was widened and straightened. The original Rose & Crown can be seen in greater detail in the blown up image on the right. This sign indicates loyalty to the monarch and to England and has done so since the early seventeenth century. | |||
LICENSEES:1878 David Francis 1878 - 1879 Richard (Robert) Kimberley 1880 Andrew Samuel Fawson 1888 Charles Blockley 1892 - 1915 John Fellows junior 1915 - 1916 William Henry Raven 1916 - 1936 Walter Homer Cramp (as an 'on-beerhouse' - full license Apr 1923. Walter died 31st May 1936.) 1936 - 1938 Frances Cramp (widow of Walter) 1938 - 1941 Frederick Thomas Smith 1941 Frank Edward Eatwell (Jun to Jul) 1941 Hilda May Eatwell 1955 - 1962 Harold L. Sturgess 1985 Albert East | |||
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