Goods were carried all over the country by horse-drawn waggons before the coming of the railways. Many inns acted as agents and goods could be left there for sending on or for collection by local people. Wagons and horses continued to be a familiar sight in most areas as they carried goods or farm produce over short distances.
c1900 this pub was leased by Phillips and Marriott for £15 per annum from W. Walton, Priory Street, Coventry. In the same year the lease was sold to W. Rowe.
The pub was closed and compensated in 1907. It actually closed for business on 30th December that year.
LICENSEES:
1850 - 1851 Edward Eaves victualler & farmer
1861 - 1868 Ann Eaves
1871 Samuel Truslove
1874 G. Whittaker
1879 - 1881 Edward Eaves
1886 H. Archer
1890 - 1891 J. Nichols
1893 Charles Fraggatt
1894 James Clapp
1900 Walter Johnson
1903 - 1905 Charles Millerchip
1906 - 1907 Chas Popper RAOB (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes)*
*Thanks to Colin Kirkham for additional information
