Licensees :
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WILLIAM LODGE & waterman 1861 Age 54 in 1871	*1861 - 1879
Fined 5s on Monday 5th January 1863 for having house open at illegal hours on the previous day.
RICHARD BROWN	1881 - 1896
Accused Saturday 19th May 1883 of having house open at 9:00 am on previous Sunday - Case dismissed.
Week of 12th August 1883 - appeared before the magistrates - see next entry.
Wednesday 22nd August 1883 - Fine of 40s and costs, or one month's imprisonment, for having house open at 6:00 am on 20th August. (Had been before the court on another charge the previous week, hence the severity)
WALTER GEORGE BASE	1900
ARTHUR KING & furniture dealer	by 1901
ERNEST ALBERT MORTON	13.01.1905
WILLIAM RANDALL	12.01.1912
JOHN WESLEY SINNETT	08.04.1930
Convicted 31.08.1934 for selling in other than an Imperial marked measure. Fine £1 plus 7/6d costs or 14 days detention.
JOHN BERTIE STANLEY BLYTH	21.10.1947
HARRY BURGESS	16.10.1951
SIDNEY STANLEY KERRISON	04.12.1951
GEORGE WILLIAM ROBERT HASLER (Haslen ?)	06.03.1953
HORATIO HERBERT K OAKLEY	06.12.1955
GEORGE CHARLES WILLIAM WRIGHT	11.06.1957

c1910 : A group of workers from the Singer Factory in Coventry.
Image thanks to June Gibson and Simon Shaw

Offered For Sale by Auction, Wednesday 24th June 1868 along with Two Cottages and Cellars to the rear.; also a capital Shop and Dwelling-house situated on Church Plain.
The public house being described as Newly Erected and located opposite Messrs. Lacon's Beer Stores.