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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Golden Horse, 43 Warwick Lane

Alternative Addresses:	Hertford Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	c1720	1845	Harrow
	c1720	1845	Beerhouse
	1845	1850	Old Harrow
	1850	1904	Golden Horse
Warwick Lane c1860. (Photo courtesy of Mick Pye from urban75.net forum.) Until 1850 this was the Old Harrow. The location of the pub was sometimes described as being in Hertford Street with a back entrance to Warwick Lane. This pub closed in May 1904, the contents auctioned, and the licence transferred to the new Golden Horse which opened in the newly built Smith Street on the 5th May 1904. We have no idea about the reason for this name, which seems most popular in Coventry.
LICENSEES: 1850 Frederick Gardner 1852 J. Briggs 1852 William Osborne 1861 William Rogers 1868 - 1879 Charles Munn 1886 T. Adderton 1890 - 1893 Elizabeth Adderton 1893 - 1903 Susan Howard Purcell
Street plan of 1851