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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Watchmakers Arms, 36 Spon Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
			BEERHOUSE
Our first reference is 1847 when the pub was to let. In 1899 it was purchased by Phillips and Marriott and valued at £3,250 including six cottages. In 1917 it was sold to Rudge Whitworth for £3,500 and closed. The Rudge Whitworth Cycle Works was built on the site. Note all the female licensees - seven at least. Watchmaking was a common occupation in Coventry from the mid-18th century.
LICENSEES: 1849 - 1851 William Jones 1853 James Vickers 1853 - 1855 Joseph Rice 1856 - 1857 Israel Cox 1857 Ann Worrall (took the license from Cox in May, married Tom Hargraves in June and transferred the license to her husband in July) 1857 -1859 Thomas Hargraves 1859 James Coleman 1859 - 1863 Jemima Coleman 1863 - 1866 John and Jacob Bayliss 1866 - 1868 John Bayliss jun. 1868 - 1870 Reuben Deeming 1870 - 1872 William Morton 1872 - 1874 Samuel Russell 1874 John Smith 1878 John Basnett 1878 - 1880 Mary Ann Holt (moved to the Anchorsmith) 1880 - 1881 Margaret Weston 1886 - 1899 Elizabeth Mary Anne Carter 1902 Walter Harry Barton 1903 - 1910 Sarah Ann Barton / Moyce 1910 - 1913 Stanley Moyce 1917 Miss Winifred Turner Thanks to Brian Patterson for additional information
OWNERS: to 1899 Emma Bayliss from 1899 Phillips & Marriott
Street plan of 1851