Salisbury, 90 St Martins Lane Covent Garden WC2N 4AP

This pub was founded in 1725 as the Coach & Horses and briefly took the name the Ben Caunt's Head, before being re-named the Salisbury Stores in 1865. The LV Association directory of 1865 still lists it as the Coach & Horses. It was re-built in its current form in 1892. In more recent years the name has been abbreviated to the Salisbury. **
It was a Greene King public house in 2017, and still in March 2026. Greene King has announced plans to sell off, or convert 150 pubs into tenanted or franchised locations, as the UK hospitality sector struggles with rising costs.

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Martins in Fields, London.

1725-27/William Blewing/../../../Westminster City Archives Research Group **

The 1788 Electoral Poll lists a William Shapcott, victualler at the Coach and Horses St Martins Lane

3 October 1791/Insured: Charles Lockington, at the Coach and Horses St Martins Lane, victualler - Other property or occupiers: Old Brentford Middlesex (Warren and Griffin soap makers)/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

1 January 1794/Insured: Stephen Noad, at the Coach and Horses St Martins Lane, victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

1805/William Pitt, Coach and Horses, St Martins lane/../../Holdens Directory

4 July 1810/Insured: James Mackmillion, the Coach and Horses, St Martins Lane, victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

1811/J McMillion, Coach & Horses, St Martins lane, Charing cross/../../Holdens Directory

24 February 1820/Insured: William Nevill 90 St Martins Lane victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

1821-27/William Nevill/../../../Westminster City Archives Research Group **

17 November 1823/Insured: John Gregory The Coach and Horses St Martins Lane victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

3 November 1824/Insured: Joseph Hainge of 146 St Martins Lane victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

13 November 1828/Insured: John Thomas Murley 146 St Martins Lane victualler - Other property or occupiers: The Coach and Horses/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

3 November 1830/Insured: John Thomas Murley, 146 St Martins Lane, victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives

1827/Jno Murley, Coach & Horses, 91 St Martins lane/../../Pigots Directory

1829/John Murley, Coach & Horses, 146 St martins lane /../../Robsons Directory

1833-34/Edward Baldwin, Coach & Horses, 90 St Martins lane/../../Pigots Directory

1836/Elizabeth Hughes, Coach & Horses, 90 St Martins lane/../../Pigots Directory

1839/William Glover/../../../Pigots Directory

1841/William Carter/../../../Post Office Directory

1841/William Carter/Victualler/30/Middlesex/Census
1841/Catherine Carter/../25/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Bullock/Independant/30/Middlesex/Census
1841/Julia Cohen/../5/Middlesex/Census
1841/Jonathan Flower/Male Servant/15/../Census
1841/Julian Morails/Army/20/Foreign/Census

1842, William Carter, Coach & Horses, 90 St Martins lane/../../Robsons

1843-59/Benjamin Caunt/../../../Westminster City Archives Research Group **

1848/Benjamin Caunt/../../../Post Office Directory

1851/Benjamin Caunt/../../../Kellys Directory

1856/Benjamin Caunt/../../../Post Office Directory

1861/Benjamin Caunt/Publican/46/Hucknell Torkard/Census
1861/Margaret Caunt/Daughter/12/London/Census
1861/Elizabeth Butler/Housekeeper, Widow/48/Hucknell Torkard/Census
1861/Mary A Brawley/Visitor, Farmers Wife/23/Hucknell Torkard/Census
1861/Eliza Truman/Servant/22/Hucknell Torkard/Census
1861/Benjamin Butler/Visitor/11/Hucknell Torkard/Census
1861/Frank Widdowes/Boarder, Artist/41/Norwich, Norfolk/Census

1862-64/Benjamin Butler Caunt/../../../Westminster City Archives Research Group **

July 1864/Benjamin Buller Caunt/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era

July 1864/Charles Fox/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era

1864-65/Charles Fox/../../../Westminster City Archives Research Group **

1865/Mr William Barrow/../../../LV Associationy

1867-82/George A Hilyard/../../../Westminster City Archives Research Group **

1869/George Augustus Hildyard/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/George A Hildyard/Licensed Victualler/49/Woodbridge, Suffolk/Census
1871/Eliza Hildyard/Wife/44/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Annie Hildyard/Daughter/16/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Clara Hildyard/Daughter/14/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sarah Fubbins/Domestic Servant/17/Wiltshire/Census
1871/Anna Nevitt/Cook/36/Tottenham, Middlesex/Census
1871/Jessie H Crosbie/Barmaid/18/Cambridge/Census

1874/G Hildyard/../../../LV Directory

1881/George Aug Hildyard/Licensed Victualler/59/Woodbridge, Suffolk/Census
1881/Rose Martin/Barmaid/22/Gravesend, Ken/Census
1881/Alice Martin/Barmaid/20/Gravesend, Ken/Census
1881/Mary Ann Sussex/Cook/42/Thame, Oxford/Census
1881/Emily Curling/Housemaid/18/Hayes, Middlesex/Census

1882/George Aug Hildyard/../../../Post Office Directory

1888/John Aubrey/../../../Post Office Directory **

1891/John Aubrey/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/John Aubrey/Publican, Widow/56/Crawley, Sussex/Census
1891/Annie Finch/Barmaid/34/London, Middlesex/Census

1899/Moore & Thurston/../../../Post Office Directory

1901/Robert Lewis Child/Public House Manager/32/Strand, London/Census
1901/Christina Menzies Child/Wife/28/Camden Town, London/Census
1901/Nellie Tapper/Barmaid/23/Caledonian Road, London/Census
1901/Georgina Furnell/Barmaid/23/Paddington, London/Census
1901/Bessie Lipman/Barmaid/20/Upton Park, Essex/Census
1901/Katherine Norton/Housekeeper/47/Bristol, Gloucester/Census
1901/Elizabeth Brude/Cook Restaurant, Widow/38/Whitechapel, London/Census
1901/George Charles Jex/Barman/21/Greenwich, London/Census
1901/Ernest Edmund Smith/Barman/17/Palmers Green, London/Census
1901/Fredk William Mills/Page/16/Peckham, London/Census

1910/John Joseph Holmes/../../../Post Office Directory

1915/John Joseph Holmes/../../../Post Office Directory

1921/William P Holmes/../../../Post Office Directory

1934/Percival G Young/../../../Kellys Directory

1938/Percival G Young/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Collins & Young/../../../Post Office Directory

2017 Greene King,
** Provided By Stephen Harris

And Last updated on: Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 15:15:05 BST