Swanswell Mill, 2 St Peter's Street
| Alternative Addresses: | 138 Cox Street | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1854 | 1857 | Swanswell Mill | |
| 1857 | 1971 | City Mill Inn | |
The first mention we find of this pub is in the Coventry Herald of 30th June 1854, reporting "THAT newly-erected and most conveniently-arranged PUBLIC TAVERN, known by the Sign of the Swanswell Mill Tavern, situate at the corner of PETER-STREET, near to Swanswell, Coventry."
In November 1855 "Edward Wakelin, landlord of the Swanswell Mill Tavern, was charged with having his house open during the hours of Divine service on Sunday morning last."
By 1857, when the license passed from Edward Wakelin to John Wyles, it had become the CITY MILL INN.This name refers to a local pool, the Swanswell, which was the source of much of the water used in ancient Coventry. | |||
LICENSEES:1854 Thomas Poultney (moved to the Golden Lion, Bull Ring) 1855 - 1857 Edward Wakelin | |||
 Street plan of 1893 | |||
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