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

Drinking in an Old English Town

White Lion, Hawkes Mill Lane, Brownshill Green

Alternative Addresses:	Wall Hill Road
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1900	1912	BEERHOUSE
	1930s	present	WHITE LION
In 1899 this property was leased for 7 years by Phillips and Marriott for £30 per annum from J. Minstrell, Devonshire Villa, Nottingham, Eltham, Kent (from 1910 of Bore Place, Chiddingstone, Nr. Edenbridge, Kent). In 1905 they leased it for another 14 years and in 1919 for another 7 years. In 1900 and 1908 it was the BEERHOUSE, Coundon. This was originally a Victorian cottage called The Laurels. For the early years it only had an off-beerhouse license with beer served from the back of the house. It is thought to have become a pub in the 1930s when a small room at the rear was opened to the public. In recent years the whole ground floor had been given over to the pub. This is a heraldic reference to Edward IV, or the Earls of March or Duke of Norfolk.
LICENSEES: 1899 Elijah William Sanders 1905 - 1910 Charles Flint Catlin 1933 - 1934 H. T. Skermer 1935 - 1936 Mrs. E. Skermer 1937 - 1940 E. T. B. Sparrow 1960 Stanley John Adkins (see also Holyhead and Raglan Tavern, Holyhead Road) 1960 Ray Lesley White (see also Holyhead) 1983 Len Firth
OWNERS: 1899 - 1919 J. Minstrell