Frances 0 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hello, I would like to ask if anyone knows where the Red Lion Livery Stables were located in Nottingham? My Gt Gt Grandfather worked there about 1850. What I've found out so far: Looking online there doesn't seem to be a Red Lion pub in Nottingham these days, but after some online archive digging I found that Cliff St used to be Narrow Marsh and for a period in the early C20th was renamed Red Lion St ("after the eponymous Red Lion public House"). However I can find nothing about a Red Lion on Narrow Marsh. Does anyone know if there was one, and anything about it, please? Or was there a Red Lion pub elsewhere in central Nottingham in the mid C19th? Many thanks in advance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,236 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Welcome to Nottstalgia, Frances. I have heard of Red Lion Square when researching my family tree but have no further information. You need to borrow the skills of our very own Cliff Ton. If it existed, he'll find it! Famous for it, he is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,423 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Welcome Frances. I was just about to post this when I saw Jill's post, which put pressure on me, but I might be ok. The answer may be here, on Clumber Street. Look at the details in the entry for No. 17. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 I believe that The Lion on Clumber St was in it's time a coaching inn previously known as the Whyte Lion which fronted onto Long Row so would have stables as part of of the requirements for such an establishment. It was not however, as far as I am aware, ever known as the Red Lion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Red Lion pub was on Narrow Marsh and is shown on early maps. At the time a major route into the city, seems reasonable a livery was situated there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 The Red Lion in Narrow Marsh was closed in 1929 and Red Lion St demolished in 1933. There is a photo of Red Lion St in the Douglas Whitworth "Lost Buildings of Nottingham" but doesn't show the pub. The demolition left one property on the street, The Loggerheads pub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Whilst the frontage can't be seen, the pub shown in the picture is the Old Red Lion, which faced Leen Yard. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM000790&pos=3&action=zoom&id=52236 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,423 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 3 hours ago, Commo said: I believe that The Lion on Clumber St was in it's time a coaching inn previously known as the Whyte Lion which fronted onto Long Row so would have stables as part of of the requirements for such an establishment. It was not however, as far as I am aware, ever known as the Red Lion. True ! I got carried away with that, so it's probably safe to ignore my first enthusiasm for it ! 2 hours ago, Commo said: The Red Lion in Narrow Marsh was closed in 1929 and Red Lion St demolished in 1933. The place on Narrow Marsh - Red Lion Street - seems to have always been known as the Old Red Lion, which might rule it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,423 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Digging a bit further.....the only Red Lion pub I can find was on Manvers Street. Maybe Red Lion Livery Stables was an independent operation; the assumption that it was connected to a pub - or anything else - may be barking up the wrong tree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 On a list of closed pubs , the Red Lion on Red Lion Street was closed in 1929. http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/nottinghamshire/nottingham_ng1.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobM 0 Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 The first Masonic Lodge in Nottingham (now Newstead Lodge No.47) formed in 1755 is recorded as having met at the Red Lion, Climber (sic) Street, in 1763. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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