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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Bulls Head and Anchor, 37 Bishop Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1748		Crown and Anchor
	1766	1777	Anchor
	1774	1858	Bull and Anchor
	1774	1858	Bulls Head and Anchor
	1858	1860	Rutland Arms
	1860	1869	Bull and Anchor
	1869	1896	Olde Bull and Anchor
	1896	1931	Bull and Anchor
At various times from 1766 until at least 1777 the Bulls Head and Anchor was referred to in newspapers as simply the Sign of the Anchor. It later became the Bull and Anchor.
LICENSEES: 1767 - 1794 John Hopkins
Street plan of 1851