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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Trafalgar Arms, 51 Trafalgar Street

Alternative Addresses:	18 Trafalgar Street
The Trafalgar Arms. Note the three storey weavers cottages with the large workshop windows. Cape Trafalgar is a headland on the Atlantic coast of Cadiz, near the strait of Gibraltar. It was here on 21st October 1805 that Lord Nelson achieved a magnificent victory over the Franco-Spanish fleet, ending Napoleon's sea power and the threat of invasion, but at the cost of his own life. In 1935 this was a Flowers house and was reputed to serve the best pint of Guiness in the Midlands. It has been said that the cellars of the Trafalgar were located beneath the course of, or at least in close proximity of the River Sherbourne, which kept the beer at a constant temperature all year round.
LICENSEES: 1864 (Sep) - 1883 James Bateman, butcher 1883 - 1888 Joseph Chetwynd 1888 - 1902 Jonathan Ludford (died Nov 1902) 1902 - 1909 Charles John Slade (died 1909) 1909 - 1911 Helen Maria Slade 1911 - 1914 Arthur George Jephcott 1914 - 1933 Frank Rollason 1933 - 1941 James Henry Grady (died April 1941) 1941 - 1954 Victoria May Grady (widow of James, died 1954) 1955 George Rollason
Street plan of 1893