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

Drinking in an Old English Town

White Rose, 19-20 Market Place

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1864	1872	Market Hall Tavern
	1864	1872	Market House Tavern
	1864	1872	Market Tavern
	1872	1929	White Rose
A postcard featuring the old Market Tower is a rare view of Market Place, which led through from where Broadgate and Cross Cheaping met to the tower, where you could turn left and take Market Street back to Smithford Street. If we are interpreting a map correctly, The Market Tavern / White Rose is on the left and The Lamp Tavern is on the corner of Market Street to the left in the distance where we would find the Arcade Vaults at No.6 and the Market Vaults at No.22. By 1872 the sign for the MARKET HALL TAVERN had become The WHITE ROSE. In 1929 the license was surrendered for the rebuilt CASTLE VAULTS in Market Place. It closed on 30th September, 1929. This was the badge of the Duke of York (1411-1460) and hence of the House of York.
LICENSEES: 1874 - 1894 Henry Sanders 1894 - 1896 William Jephcott 1903 - 1913 Mrs. Emily Green 1919 - 1927 Herbert A. Beaumont
Street plan of 1851