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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Rutland Arms, 37 Bishop Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1748	?	CROWN AND ANCHOR
	1774	1869	BULL AND ANCHOR
	1858	1860	RUTLAND ARMS
	1869	1931	OLDE BULL AND ANCHOR
Previously the BULL AND ANCHOR, the RUTLAND ARMS is mentioned many times in newspaper advertisements, but only for the short period between 1858 and 1860, the earliest found being on the 7th July 1858 with B. G. Holton hoping that the public would patronise his Chop and Steak House. In 1859 the largest pig in England was proudly exhibited there. With the transfer of license to George Burnett in 1860 the name appears to have reverted to the BULL AND ANCHOR, and soon after that became known as the OLD BULL AND ANCHOR.
LICENSEES: 1858 - 1860 B. G. Holton
Street plan of 1851