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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Olde Bull 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
Beginning as the CROWN AND ANCHOR (1748-49 Bradford Survey), then from around 1774 as the BULL AND ANCHOR, with variations, the name OLDE BULL AND ANCHOR (often only Old Bull and Anchor) begins to appear in newspapers from January 1869, but stops being used in 1896, reverting the simply BULL AND ANCHOR, which it continued as until the pub was declared redundant in February 1931. An auction on Tuesday 8th March 1932 realised £1,000 for the pub, which was described as having vacant possession and suitable for conversion to a shop or club.
LICENSEES: 1868 - 1869 Charles Conway 1869 William Smith (Apr to Sep) 1869 - 1871 Abraham Lucas 1874 John Hill 1879 Alfred John Harrison 1881 Henry Coles 1886 - 1893 J. Evans 1894 Selina Evans 1895 - 1896 John Booth 1897 Will Ratliff 1903 Thomas Reader 1903 Joseph McCarthy 1905 - 1919 James Lissaman 1921 - 1922 A. Cooper 1924 Percy Wyatt (proprietor - late of Kenilworth Castle Inn, Hertford Street 1919 - 1922) 1925 - 1928 Harry Dumbleton 1928 - 1930 Florence Dumbleton 1930 - 1931 William Winterburn
Street plan of 1851