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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Ale and Porter Stores, 1 Lower Ford Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1864	1871	Beerhouse
	1871	1872	Ale and Porter Stores
	1872	1872	Vaults
	1874	2012	Elastic Inn
These premises are recorded in the 1871 census, when Arthur Friswell, an innkeeper and clerk in elastic webbing manufacture, was the occupant. By 1872, when he passed the license to James Watson, it was referred to as the VAULTS.
LICENSEES: 1864 - 1871 Charles Southam (Beerhouse) 1871 - 1872 Arthur Friswell (moved from the Freehold Tavern, then in 1872 on to the Royal British Sailor) 1872 - 1873 James Watson