47/12 coney street york
No 46 and 47 are built on the site of the Leopard Inn, which existed on Coney Street until 1923, when it was demolished and the Leopard Arcade built. This was destroyed in 1942 during an air raid hit the street
There was a passageway leading behind known as Leopard lane, this housed a bagnio or Turkish bath on Leopard Lane, a baroque structure built in 1691/ In the late 17th century, bathing in steam rooms had become popular. By the 1740s, the bathhouses had gained a more unsavoury reputation, several operating as brothels.By this time, however, the bagnio had become St Peter’s School which occupied the premises from 1730 until 1735.
By 1738, it was a printing house which Anne Ward inherited in 1759. The first two volumes of Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy were printed there (and sold at No. 35 Stonegate). When Anne moved across the road the building was used by a number of other small businesses
In 1924, the building was demolished when the arcade was built.
1810 Leopard Tavern Robert Reeve;
1823 Tavern Leopard, Jane Reeve
1818 Leopard Tavern, Jane Reeve
1829 Roberts Thos. sedan owner, court 47 Coney street
1829 Leopard, Eliz. Rhodes
Printers, (See Booksellers & Newspapers also) Johnson Rt, ct 47 Coney St; h 8 Blossom St
1840 Leopard, Johnson Robert
Berlin Depots, Fancy Worsted, Wool &c.Currie Catherine,
1850 Davis John, dyer
Wilkinson Mrs Jane, milliner
Horsley Marmaduke, Leopard Inn
Craven Mrs Mary Ann, confectioner
1861 Johnson Robert, auctioneer
Leopard, William Foster
1872 Davis John, dyer
1876 Davis John Witmore, dyer
Horsley Marmaduke, Leopard
Wilkinson Mrs Jane, milliner
Craven Mrs Mary Ann, confection
1885 J. T. Leopard Inn
Deighton J. & Co. Corkwood Works, (Leopard yard)
Robinson Chas. Ed. fancy draper and hosier
1886 directory J. T. Leopard Inn
Deighton J. & Co. Corkwood Works, (Leopard yard
Robinson Chas. Ed. fancy draper and hosier
1889 Thompson, J. R tailor
1893 Leopard P.H. Robt. Lawson
Johnson Brothers, dyers
1895 Johnson Bron. dyers & cleaners
Smithson Mrs. A. registry office for servants
1898 Johnson Bros., dyers and cleaners
1900 Johnson Bros., dyers and cleaners
Johnson Bros., dyers and cleaners
1893
LEOPARD YARD:
Gill Thomas, joiner &c
Gill John Henry, bookbinder
1895 Leopard Inn yard-
Gill Thos. joiner undertaker
Gill John Hery, printer & book binder
1898 Mightom & Cox, joiners and undertakers
Gill, John Henry, bookbinder and printer
Leopard Inn-John H. Gill
1900
LEOPARD PASSAGE
Mightom & Cox, joiners and undertakrs
Gill, John Hy., bookbinder and printer
Leopard Inn-John H. Gill
1905 City Umbrella Stores
1913 Sayle John Hy.fancy drapr
Sayle John Hy.fancy drapr
1920 Grantham, Hubert
1921 Grantham Hubert & Co. outfitters
