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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Berkswell Tavern, Spon End

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1800	1828	Berkswell Tavern
	1828		Old Dyers Arms
This name is a reference to the village of Berkswell just to the west of Coventry. The pub is mentioned in a poem of 1800. It later became the OLD DYERS ARMS.
LICENSEES: 1822 - 1823 J. Cook 1823 - 1835 John Thrasher