Turks Head, 29 Silver Street
| Alternative Addresses: | Bishop Street | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1635 | 1892 | Turks Head | |
| 1892 | 1934 | Tramway Inn | |
| 1934 | 1977 | Turks Head | |
| 1977 | 1982 | City Centre Pub | |
| 1982 | 1986 | Turks Head | |
| 1986 | 1996 | Diplomat | |
| 1996 | 1998 | Aztecs | |
| 1999 | 2003 | Pride of Coventry | |
| 2003 | 2014 | Diplomat | |
| 2014 | 2017 | Roadhouse | |
In 1635 a house is described as standing on 'school land' near Swines Cross, between the Grammar School and the Turks Head. The name was first recorded in an agreement dated 1699.
In 1827 the pub was leased by Thomas Rotherham.
In 1862 it belonged to the Free Grammar School and was let to Mr Yardley for £19 10s od per annum. In 1882 it was sold.
The first name change is 1892 when it became the TRAMWAY INN, and that was retained until 1934 when it reverted to the Turk's Head.
It became the CITY CENTRE PUB in 1977 and then the Turk's Head again in 1982, but in 1986 it became The DIPLOMAT. It changed names several more times, but was never again the Turk's Head.Noble families whose members had taken part in the crusades tended to include a Turk's head as part of their arms. | |||
LICENSEES:1822 - 1823 J. Francis c1825 John Catterns 1830 Charles Weston 1831 William Rotherham 1835 Thomas Elton 1841 - 1842 Thomas Harrald 1842 - 1848 James Stringer 1848 - 1857 William King 1857 William Randle (Apr to Oct) 1857 George Honeysett (Oct to Nov) 1857 - 1858 Thomas Poultney 1858 - 1879 George Yardley (transferred from the Cock, Jordan Well) 1879 - 1881 John Russell 1882 Henry Dobbs 1882 Walter Henry Ward 1888 Mary Ann Keene 1888 - 1889 Joseph Dorrington 1889 - 1890 Henry French 1890 - 1892 William Taylor 1929 - 1934 A. V. Harrison 1935 - 1936 W. E Swain 1937 - 1938 A. E. Swain 1939 - 1940 H. G. Shuttleworth 1940 - 1961 William Smith (see also earlier to 1940 at The Leicester Inn, Stoney Stanton Road) 1977 John & Margaret Cooper 1983 Colin Taggart | |||
OWNERS:1862 Free Grammar School | |||
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