Rose, 35 Much Park Street
| Alternative Addresses: | Much Park Street | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| RED ROSE INN | |||
Once the through road to the "Great Park", one of Coventry's most ancient and appropriately named streets is Much Park Street, seen here in 1907 during the Godiva Procession. Whitefriars Gate is just to the right of The Rose Inn.
This pub is mentioned as early as c1270 in Gregory family documents. In 1447 it is called the Red Rose, but it is back to just the Rose in 1756 when four soldiers were billeted at the Rose, Much Park Street. The licensee from 1868 to 1880, Samuel Sidwell, is called a licensed victualler and elastic weaver by the 1871 census. Another source calls him a consulting engineer, coal and timber merchant, cab-proprietor and a member of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade. People had to be versatile in those days!
The pub appears to have closed around 1910.This is by far the most popular flower mentioned in pub names. It is a national heraldic symbol. | |||
LICENSEES:1826 - 1839 John Bromfield (died 28th April 1839) 1839 Sarah Brogden (Aug to Nov) 1839 Thomas Smith (the Malthouse only) 1839 - 1841 Frederick Mandy 1841 - 1851 Daniel Claridge, maltster 1857 John Buckingham 1857 - 1861 John Howard 1861 - 1868 Benjamin Jackson 1868 - 1880 Samuel Sidwell, elastic weaver 1880 - 1881 John Bonner 1886 - 1894 W. D. Hirons 1896 H. Arrowsmith 1903 A. Ingrams 1905 A. Spicer 1909 C. D. Driver | |||
OWNERS:1603 Coventry Corporation | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||