Coach & Horses, 56 Minories, Aldgate EC3
Aldgate pub history index
The Coach & Horses name suggests a traditional inn catering originally to coach travellers or associated trades, a common naming pattern for taverns in London indicating their role as waypoints for people and transport in the pre‑railway era — though by the later 19th and early 20th centuries the establishment had shifted to more urban, local patronage.
In the mid‑20th century the pub persisted through world events and social changes: it was damaged by an air raid in 1940 during the Second World War but remained open. However, later redevelopment of Minories and the widening of Goodmans Yard for the Aldgate one‑way system led to its closure and demolition around 1977. By the early 1970s it still appeared in pub directories, but the building no longer survives.
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Aldgate, London.
The Coach & Horses, Minories, in c1935. The pub was damaged in an air raid in 1940 but remained open.
The Coach & Horses, Minories, in 1973, the pub is now closed and was demolished c1977 when Goodmans Yard was widened as part of the Aldgate one way system.
Kindly provided by Vincent O'loughlin
The Coach & Horses, existed from at least 1790. The address is usually given as 56a Minories in 1895 and later. * This pub remained open in 1969, but is now demolished. **
Residents at this address.
1790/Richard Williams/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1791/Richard Williams/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1803/William Clark / Victualler /../../../Sun Fire Office Records, held at Guildhall Library **
1804/William Clark / Victualler & Coachmaster /../../../Sun Fire Office Records, held at Guildhall Library **
1817/William Waldie/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1818/John Collis / Victualler /../../../Sun Fire Office Records, held at Guildhall Library **
1827/John Mackay, Coach & Horses, 57 Minories/../../Pigots Directory
1833-34/William Shersby, Coach & Horses, 56 Minories/../../Pigots Directory
1839/William Shersby/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/William Shersby/../../../P.O. Directory **
1841/William Shersby/Publican/57/../Census *+
1841/Mary Shersby/../28/Middlesex/Census
1842/William Shersby/../../../Robson�s Directory **
1848/John Bowles/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Bowles/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/John Bowles/Licensed Victualler/52/Bramford, Hampshire/Census
1851/Eliza Bowles/Wife/50/Westminster/Census
1851/Eliza Bowles/Daughter/20/St Clements Danes/Census
1851/Geo Simms/Servant/19/Bishopsgate Without/Census
1856/John Bowles/../../../Post Office Directory
1857/Charles Lange / Coffee and Beer Shop
Keeper /../../London Gazette, 6 March 1857 **
1861/Mary A Holder/Licensed Victualler, Widow/48/Middleton,
Warwickshire/Census
1861/Samuel Sudbery/Retired Publican/50/Middleton, Warwickshire/Census
1861/Henry Lowe/Servant/14/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1861/Robert Haynes/Servant/25/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1869/Samuel Ames/../../../Post Office Directory
January 1871/Samuel Ames/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1871/James Weatherhead/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1871/Mary Weatherhead/Licensed Victualler, Widow/51/Widnes,
Lancashire/Census
1871/John Weatherhead/Son, Manager/29/Thelwell, Cheshire/Census
1871/Mary Weatherhead/Daughter, Assistant/22/Warrington, Lancashire/Census
1871/Sarah Green/General Servant/55/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1871/George Anley/Potman/19/Strand, Middlesex/Census
April 1872/Sydney Smith/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
April 1872/Johann Hinrich Wendelcken/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
Newspaper
1877/Edwin Baxter/../../../P.O. Directory **
1878/Robert A Bennett/../../../P.O. Directory **
1881/Robert A Bennett/Licensed Victualler/55/Walworth, Surrey/Census
1881/Lydia Bennett/Wife/56/Hoxne, Suffolk/Census
1881/Anne Whincup/Visitor, Housekeeper/43/Harrogate, York/Census
1881/Margaret Lark/Visitor, Saleswoman/54/Somerstown, Middlesex/Census
1882/Robert A Bennett/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Robert A Bennett/../../../Business Directory of London **
1885/Birch/../../../www.blacksheepindex.co.uk **
1891/John Buxton/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Edward W Harris/Manager of Public House/45/Westminster/Census
1891/Caroline J Harris/Wife, Manageress/45/St Johns Wood, London/Census
1891/William Jeffery/Potman/50/Blackwall, London/Census
1891/Clara Rickes/General Servant/13/Hertfordshire/Census
1895/George Thomas Richardson/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/George William Flood/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/John William Maple/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/John William Maple/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Clarence Victor Dove/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Richard Hannam/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/John Parker/../../../P.O. Directory **
1935/Nathaniel Phillips/../../../P.O. Directory **
1938/Nathaniel Phillips/../../../Post Office Directory
1942 - 44/Mrs Ivy Astley, Coach & Horses, 56A Minories EC3/../../Post Office Directory
1961/Coach & Horses, 56a Minories EC3/../../Pub Directory
1971/Coach & Horses, 56a Minories EC3/../../Pub Directory
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*+ Provided By Bill Cooper
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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