Saracens Head, Longford Road
These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
1878 | New Saracens Head | ||
1765 | 1876 | Saracens Head | |
1876 | 1924 | Beerhouse | |
1879 | 1922 | Old Saracens Head | |
1922 | c2000 | Saracens Head | |
![]() To the Greek and Romans a Saracen was a nomad of the Arabian desert. The word came to mean 'Arab' and then Moslem, especially with regard to the Crusades. Noble families whose members had taken part in the Crusades might include a Saracen's head as part of their arms. | |||
LICENSEES:1830 - 1850 George Hastelow Pickard 1851 John Clarke, licensed victualler at the Saracens Head, Little Beaton 1859 Alexander Daniels 1859 - 1864 John Orton, carpenter at the Saracens Head, Little Beaton, Foleshill 1864 Richard Young Teasdale 1863 - 1871 John Smith & boot & shoe maker 1874 Joseph Hammersley 1876 - 1924 this is listed as the BEERHOUSE, Longford 1876 William Marples 1921 - 1922 S. Mason 1929 - 1940 Arthur Sephton (see notes) c1949 - 1961 Jack Sephton Staley 1961 - 1962 and onwards Arthur Sephton Staley 1985 Frank Roden | |||
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