Swan with Two Necks, Spon End
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1630 | 1756 | HORSESHOE | |
| 1776 | c1800 | OLD HORSESHOE | |
| 1801 | ? | SWAN WITH TWO NECKS | |
| It is possible that the OLD HORSESHOE became the Swan with Two Necks in 1769, but we have references to the Horseshoe in 1770, and 1776, and to the Old Horseshoe in 1771, so we are unsure about this at present.
The Coventry Mercury of 8th February 1801 carried the following advert: "To let that well accustomed and well established inn, formerly by the name of the Old Horseshoes and now the Swan With Two Necks, situated in Spon End". Two 'nicks' made in a swan's upper beak, one either side, was a sign that it belonged to the Worshipful Company of Vintners. The pub name often became corrupted to 'Swan with two necks'. | |||
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