Bishop Street looking south. Silver Street is on the left
In 1756 four soldiers were billeted here. Then in 1779 there was a quarrel in the pub that resulted in a murder.
In 1853 it was sold by H. Downes to J. Rigg of Castle Farm, Fillongley for £160.
In the early 1930s the Jolly Weavers began to be extensively by members of the Coventry Repertory Company, and so it gained the nickname of the "Actors' Pub" as it became a "brief respite from the ardours of their acting at the Opera House" according to a 1938 article in the Midland Daily Telegraph.
The pub closed on the 19th July 1938.
The Worshipful Company of Weavers (1155) has the longest history of any city guild. Weaving played a vital part in Coventry's economy from the Middle Ages.
LICENSEES:
1790 Robert Mill
1799 William Clarke
1800 James Cheslin
1822 - 1823 T. Yates
1828 - 1841 John Palmer
1845 - 1855 Benjamin Kingdom
1855 William Lee
1868 - 1874 Amos & M. E. (Elizabeth) Lee
1879 - 1881 Thomas Sidwell
1886 Thomas Taylor
1890 - 1891 M. Benson
1893 - 1896 R. Allen
1903 - 1913 T. S. Yardley
1919 - 1922 E. Weatherley
1924 - 1938 F. M. Hill
Bishop Street looking south. Silver Street is on the left
In 1756 four soldiers were billeted here. Then in 1779 there was a quarrel in the pub that resulted in a murder.
In 1853 it was sold by H. Downes to J. Rigg of Castle Farm, Fillongley for £160.
In the early 1930s the Jolly Weavers began to be extensively by members of the Coventry Repertory Company, and so it gained the nickname of the "Actors' Pub" as it became a "