White Lion, 8 Tower Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
18381841WHITE LION
1841c1905HOPE AND ANCHOR
18501879BEERHOUSE
In 1838 a house in Tower Street was for sale, which had been converted "at very considerable outlay" into a public house called the White Lion. By May 1841 the pub had been renamed the Hope and Anchor.


This is a heraldic reference to Edward IV, or the Earls of March or Duke of Norfolk.

LICENSEES:

1838 Mr. Hartley 1839 Mr. J. Stringer
White Lion
Street plan of 1851
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