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

Drinking in an Old English Town

White Lion, 8 Tower Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1838	1841	White Lion
	1841	c1905	Hope and Anchor
	1850	1879	Beerhouse
In 1838 a house in Tower Street was for sale, which had been converted "at very considerable outlay" into a public house called the White Lion. By May 1841 the pub had been renamed the Hope and Anchor. This is a heraldic reference to Edward IV, or the Earls of March or Duke of Norfolk.
LICENSEES: 1838 Mr. Hartley 1839 Mr. J. Stringer (moved from the Lamp Tavern, Cook Street) 1840 - 1841 George Lawton
Street plan of 1851