The name 'Reindeer' derives from the reins used when the animal is drawing a sledge. The reindeer's magnificent antlers make it a distinctive sign, though these days it has a sentimental Father Christmas image.
Little is known of this pub. In February 1859 Thomas Cleaver was fined 10s. and costs for having his house open during Divine Service on a Sunday. In August 1863 painter Elijah Wagstaff pleaded guilty and had to pay damages and costs for breaking the windows of the Reindeer.
It is last heard of in the 1871 Census, where it is listed as an 'uninhabited public house at the bottom of West Street, Hillfields.'
LICENSEES:
1845 Edward Salisbury
1850 - 1851 Richard Makepeace
1859 Thomas Cleaver
1861 William Richards
1861 William Harris
1868 John Smith
1868 Richard Bennett
