Royal Exchange, Smithford Street
| Alternative Addresses: | Fleet Street | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1574 | 1851 | RAM INN, RAMME, RAM HOUSE INN | |
| 1841 | 1841 | BEERHOUSE | |
| 1851 | 1866 | ROYAL EXCHANGE | |
| 1866 | 1866 | WINE & SPIRIT VAULTS | |
| 1868 | 1871 | BRITANNIA MUSIC HALL | |
| 1871 | 1892 | BRITANNIA VAULTS | |
| 1874 | 1877 | VICTORIA THEATRE | |
| 1874 | ? | BRITANNIA THEATRE OF VARIETIES | |
| On the 1851 Health Map it is shown as the ROYAL EXCHANGE, which appears to have been a Music Hall as well as a pub!
In 1851 the Coventry Standard notes the change of name from the RAM to the ROYAL EXCHANGE and later in the year the same paper says that Mr Miller opened a Music Hall at the inn and changed the name.
In 1866 the ROYAL EXCHANGE, previously the RAM, was demolished and re-opened as the WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS.
At various times, this section of street has been known as either Fleet Street or Smithford Street, depending upon whether the numbering began and ended at Ram Bridge, or the junction with West Orchard. The name 'Royal Exchange' refers to the building in Cornhill, London, originally built in 1568 by Sir Thomas Gresham as a place for London merchants to transact their business. | |||
LICENSEES:1851 - 1861 Richard Miller 1866 Richard Jones | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||
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