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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Dyers Arms, 4 Spon End

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1800	1828	Berkswell Tavern
	1828	1843	Dyers Arms
	1843		Old Dyers Arms
Around 1828, during the tenure of John Thrasher, this pub's name changed from the Berkswell Tavern to the Dyers Arms. In late 1843 it became known as the Old Dyers Arms - could this have been to distinguish it from the Dyers Arms just up the road in Spon Street? Despite this name change, the shortened term Dyers Arms persisted in newspapers for many years.
LICENSEES: 1826 - 1837 John Thrasher (before 1828 Berkswell Tavern. Died 15th Jan 1838.) 1839 - 1843 Joseph Beech