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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
181 of 228  Wed 24th Mar 2021 2:40pm  

1920 time, they put a hood on the back of them and used them as the first taxi, as this one is.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
182 of 228  Wed 24th Mar 2021 2:47pm  

What is the Earl of Mercia about? There were scores of them, some only lasting a few days.
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Midland Red

183 of 228  Wed 24th Mar 2021 2:55pm  

Kaga. From Coventry Pub History.. This Wetherspoon pub takes its name from Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who founded St Mary's Priory, Coventry's first cathedral.
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Helen F
Warrington
184 of 228  Wed 24th Mar 2021 3:34pm  

The road was widened some time between 1850 and 1897 starting at the west with the building that is now the Halifax but was Lloyds. It then moved east with the building that was to become the Coventry BS (it started in LPS in 1884) and finally the London & Midland Bank on the corner. There's a photo of the Little Park Street side in the Herbert collection before they knocked the previous building down. Looking at the 1889-1890 and 1889 maps they'd only completed the Halifax building, so that narrows it down to between 1889 and 1897. Since they built the Midland last, it would be towards the latter end. 1889 map link Edited to knock a year off the latest possible date.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
185 of 228  Thu 25th Mar 2021 11:33am  

Midland Red Lord Mercia died in the tenth century, last of the line, so the hamlet named their hamlet after him, this became a sort of county, still run under Danish law before Leofric came to the county in 1023. But I have never heard of Mercia building, so was it after the 1950's?
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Midland Red

186 of 228  Thu 25th Mar 2021 11:37am  

On 24th Mar 2021 11:09am, Gas Centre said:
On 24th Mar 2021 9:21am, NeilsYard said: Does anyone know when the old Midland Bank/Earl of Mercia Building was constructed?
Was there when this photo was taken, not sure of the age of the car.
See this thread for previous discussion Thumbs up
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Midland Red

187 of 228  Thu 25th Mar 2021 11:42am  

On 25th Mar 2021 11:33am, Kaga simpson said: Midland Red Lord Mercia died in the tenth century, last of the line, so the hamlet named their hamlet after him, this became a sort of county, still run under Danish law before Leofric came to the county in 1023. But I have never heard of Mercia building, so was it after the 1950's?
It's the former Midland Bank building, corner of Little Park Street Thumbs up
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
188 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 8:32am  

Midland Red Does that mean there was no mercia house before 1950?
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Helen F
Warrington
189 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 8:42am  

From the excellent Coventry Pubs hosted here. The building opened in June 1896 as Lloyds Bank. In the early 1990s it became CASSIDY'S. In 1994 it became The PHOENIX BAR with the comment 'The Phoenix rose from Cassidy's ashes'. At this time it was purchased by Mansfield Brewery. The name changed again in 1996 to LLOYDS NO.1, relating to the building's former use, and then to the EARL OF MERCIA in 2001.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
190 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 10:38am  

How could I have forgotten to look in there Helen?! Was this the same corner prior to its building then? (Courtesy of the Coventry Archives)
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belushi
coventry
191 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 11:16am  

On 26th Mar 2021 8:42am, Helen F said: From the excellent Coventry Pubs hosted here. The building opened in June 1896 as Lloyds Bank. In the early 1990s it became CASSIDY'S. In 1994 it became The PHOENIX BAR with the comment 'The Phoenix rose from Cassidy's ashes'. At this time it was purchased by Mansfield Brewery. The name changed again in 1996 to LLOYDS NO.1, relating to the building's former use, and then to the EARL OF MERCIA in 2001.
Now I'm confused. When did it change from a Lloyds to Midland Bank?
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NeilsYard
Coventry
192 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 11:30am  

I only ever knew it as the Midland then HSBC before it became a drinking establishment
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belushi
coventry
193 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 11:38am  

Since the current Lloyds Bank building dates from 1932, where was it previously? Was it where the Midland Bank was, and, if so, where was the Midland Bank before 1932. Or has Coventry Pubs got it wrong?
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Helen F
Warrington
194 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 11:46am  

Yes Neil, that was the previous building. In 1850 it was the Union Bank. Good question belushi.... I know that it was the London and Midland Bank in 1897 and that Lloyds was next door but one to the west (currently the Halifax but who know what it will be tomorrow Roll eyes ). That's from the Fire Insurance map. I'm guessing that the building was opened in 1896 but not sure that it was ever Lloyds (other than as a pub) but the banks have wandered about so it could have been. Artwork on the banks. A thought occurs - possibly the building in Neil's photo was Lloyds while it waited for its new building to be constructed and the property transferred to the Midland Bank who had it demolished and had their new building built? So looking like Lloyds had been the first occupant of the new building? Looking at the signs in the windows it says REMOVED something something Street. Suggesting that the occupants had moved, which ties in with a move along the High Street.
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belushi
coventry
195 of 228  Fri 26th Mar 2021 12:01pm  

Thanks for that Helen. I've just checked on Wiki to see the early history of the Midland Bank, and it states that the Bank was not even founded until 1986! Wiki has a load of 19XX dates where they should be 18XX ones.
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