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The Rising Sun was situated at 31 Hungate. This pub was present by 1840 when the publican was William Walker. it closed in 1935 after police advice on its structural instability and was demolished during the city's 1930s slum clearance. The site is now occupied by 1-3 St Cuthberts Court.

From the archives:

On 24th September 1870 George Hopkins, landlord of the Rising Sun, was accused at Lincoln Quarter Sessions of maliciously stabbing John Goodyear, a labourer of 9 Mount Pleasant, in the left side of his chest.

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