Of Hull Public House interest; a Victorian indenture, dated ...

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Of Hull Public House interest; a Victorian indenture, dated 1888, relating to the King William public house in Old Town, signed by George Duncan, Deputy Steward of the Manor of Tupcoates, framed, 48 x 70cm.
The ‘King Billy’, as it is known, started life as John Hellier’s Coffee House and News Subscription Rooms. The building had formerly been a linen shop and then an ironmongers, before it was first licensed in 1834. In 1840 Henry Dean changed the name to Dean’s Coffee House, running hot and cold vapour baths as a sideline. The year 1860 saw it take its regal name. The mortgage was transferred in 1887 to Gleadow, Dibb & Co., later the Hull Brewery Company Ltd, and later still Mansfield Brewery. The pub was refurbished in 2016 after some years languishing in dilapidation.