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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Lamp Tavern, 13-14 Cook Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1838	1850	Lamp Tavern
	1850	1870	Crown
	1870	1936	Lamp Tavern
In the Coventry Standard of 26th January 1838 this pub was reported as To Let. Between 1850 and 1861 this was the CROWN, 13 Cook Street. Until 1930 this was a home brew pub. The first formal notice of objection to this pub's license renewal was made in February 1936 as part of Coventry's general "slum clearance" scheme. The Lamp Tavern was described as being "clean and well conducted, though the living accommodation was poor. The customers were chiefly of the working class". The objection was not contested and compensation for closure of £4,286 was accepted in November that same year. The Lamp Tavern was a few doors to the left of the Old Tower Inn seen here.
LICENSEES: 1839 Mr. J. Stringer (moved to the White Lion, Tower Street) 1841 Mr. Smith 1841 - 1843 Edward Nock 1845 C. R. Crosley 1846 - 1847 Matthew Murphy 1847 - 1853 George Tandy (changed the name to the Crown Inn) THE CROWN 1870 Thomas Newman (Jul to Nov - reverted name to the Lamp Tavern) 1870 - 1902 John Green, ostler 1902 - 1915 Thomas Claridge (moved from the White Hart Inn, Much Park Street) 1915 - 1920 Frederick Claridge 1920 - 1922 Gertrude Townsend (filed for bankruptcy, Mar 1922) 1922 Charles J. Band (official receiver, Mar to May) 1922 - 1931 Sydney Brown 1931 John Howarth (May to Nov) 1931 - 1934 David William Nichols Moseley 1934 - 1936 Arthur Barton BREWERS: to 1902 John Green 1902 - 1930 Thomas Claridge