Lost pub · Head's Lane
The Rose and Thistle
- Opened
- about 1850
- Gone
- Traded under this name only briefly, about 1850 to the mid-1850s
- There now
- Unknown
- Where exactly
- On Head's Lane. The exact spot isn't known, so the pin marks the street, not the building.
On Head's Lane, trading under this name only briefly, from about 1850 into the mid-1850s. It is very possibly not a separate lost pub at all. Rose and Thistle is one of several names recorded for the Sportsman Inn a few doors along Heads Lane across its long life (Guy Earl of Warwick, White Ox, Lowther Arms, Rose and Thistle, Golden Quoit), and one record has the Sportsman name lapsing between 1834 and 1854, the years in which this one appears. So this may be that same building under an interim sign.
Sources 3
- Carlisle Encyclopaedia, "R2" page
- CARLISLE_PUBS_Ver_3.xls (Mike Tuer's pub database)
- Reference PDF, Carlisle Pubs, Inns, Breweries & Clubs: A Historical Record
Open question
An unsolved mystery
Was the Rose and Thistle the Sportsman Inn on Heads Lane under one of its interim names, or a separate, short-lived pub nearby?
If you know the answer, or where it might be found (an old photograph, a family story, a document), tell us and it goes into the story above.
64 other lost pubs stood within 250 m of here. See them on the map