The Anchor pub, 133 High Street, Lincoln
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The Anchor pub, 133 High Street, Lincoln
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 23 Oct 2011
Previously two buildings, now one. 133 was a re-build of an earlier property by architects/builders Robert Slingsby of Monson Street, for John M Smith. Sold to Whitton and Ashley in 1876, when it was described as having brewhouse, stables, granaries, and comprising cellars, dram shop (18th Century term for a place that sold gin by the spoonful), bar parlour, smoke room, bagatelle room, tap room and kitchens. Upper floors had 2 sitting rooms and 9 bedrooms. Rear buildings and cart sheds added by Bass Ratcliff and Gretton in 1912. The shop number 132 was absorbed into the pub around 1996. It was called the Blue Anchor until December 2003. In late 2014 alterations were carried out to create a sports bar. Directory entries include; 1828 unable to locate it; 1835 Peter Bushell at a Blue Anchor in St Peter’s Gate; 1841 Phillis Bushell, now listed in 133 High Street; 1856-1857 Joseph Kirk; 1861 George Austin (Blue Anchor & Market House?); 1868-1872 Charles Samuel Salt (also listed at 372 as Blacksmith); 1885-1897 Thomas Hughes; 1901-1909 Arthur George Glew; 1913-1919 David Paling; 1965 just listed as ‘Blue Anchor P.H.’ but earlier had been listed as an inn or hotel.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.223544
Longitude
-0.543768