ADELPHI HOTEL, 43 Fylde Street.

THE ADELPHI HOTEL    #

43 Fylde Street

ADELPHI HOTEL.               Photo: Steve Halliwell        

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The first record of this hotel is from 1838.

Mine Hosts:

1838 - 41          George Smith

1842                 Mrs Lydia Ireland

pre-1849           John Percy Crewe     - married Ann Anderton 10.6.1847 - see below.
1851                  Henry Ashcroft ?

1851 - 54          William Porter

1857 - 61          Richard Kitchen or Kitchin
1861 - 63          John Fisher Smith

1863 - 65         Joseph Lawrenson
1866                 Henry Lawrenson  - I think he went to the North Lancashire Hotel on Friargate.
1866                 Mary Lawrenson

1869 - 89         Thomas Etherington

1891 - 95         Alice Etherington

1897 - 1901     Joseph Marsden  -  brother of John James Marsden

1903 - 07         Edwin Rose
1908 - 17         Ernest Lane
1924                Barnabas H. Berry

1926 - 27         Roscoe Isherwood

1932 - 36        John W. Ingram

1938 - 40        Francis C. Burrow
1944 - 48        Henry Pointer  (Given as 'Pointing' in 1946 & 1948)

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Adelphi Hotel at the junction of Adelphi Street, at a time
when  the Devonshire Arms were situated which would
now be on one of the large roundabouts in front of UCLAN

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A priceless image taken by a keen observer at the 1992 Preston Guild celebrations.
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It isn't known whether they've just come out, or waiting to get in!

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Preston Chronicle  20th November 1841
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MARRIAGE

At the Parish Church, Preston, on the 15th February 1847, John Percy Crewe, engineer, to Ann, fifth daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Anderton, of Walton-le-dale.

Blackburn Standard   17th February 1847

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At a sale of his father's property in October 1850, Thomas Tomlinson bought this hotel for £1,350.
See also, Roast Beef Hotel, Friargate.
Preston Chronicle  5th October 1850
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Kendal Mercury  3rd January 1857
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Westmoreland Gazzette  3rd January 1857 
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Preston Chronicle  12th November 1859

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Preston Chronicle  26th November 1859

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Preston Chronicle  19th June 1861

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Preston Herald  10th January 1863

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 Preston Chronicle  2nd September 1865
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Preston Chronicle  24th July 1875
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 Preston Chronicle  29th January 1876
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Preston Chronicle  5th February 1876

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 Lancaster Gazette  21st May 1881
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 Preston Herald  5th February 1887
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Taken from the P.N.E. Handbook of the 1898 - 99 Season
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Lancashire Evening Post  9th September 1901

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Lancashire Evening Post  30th December 1908
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Preston Herald   13th October 1909

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During the First World War, there were many people prosecuted under the Lights (Central Area) Order of 1916, including:
ERNEST LANE, landlord of the ADELPHI HOTEL, Fylde Street, who admitted an offence at 8.15pm on the 5th inst., and was fined 5/-.
P.C. Prescott said no attempt had been made to obscure the light.
Preston Herald  11th March 1916
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 Mr. Mousery has obviously realised his vocation in life!!
Lancashire Evening Post  29th April 1935
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 Lancashire Evening Post  21st June 1937
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 Lancashire Evening Post  25th Febuary 1938
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 Lancashire Evening Post  10th May 1938
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 Lancashire Evening Post  8th August 1939
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Lancashire Evening Post  23rd August 1946
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CENSUS RETURNS

1841
George Smith         40 years      Publican
Ann Smith              35               Wife
William Smith         15               Son
Ann Smith              12               Daughter
Alice Smith             4                Daughter
Ellen Smith              6                Daughter

1851
William Porter        38 years      Innkeeper                    b. Walsall, Staffs.
Sarah Porter          27                Wife                           b. Preston
Mary Porter            2                 Daughter                    b. Ackworth, Yorkshire.
Rose Ann Porter     1                 Daughter                              do            do

1861
Richard Kitchen    42 years      Licensed Victualler       b. Lancaster
Ann Kitchen          40               Wife                            b. Preston
Catherine Walker   22              Domestic Servant        b. Hesketh Bank
Nicholas Robinson 49 widower Flagger & Slater         b. Preston

1881
Thomas Etherington     40 years  Victualler and Farmer     b. Preston
Alice Etherington          40           Wife                                    do
Alice Etherington          13           Daughter                              do
Mary Etherington          12           Daughter                             do
Joseph Etherington        10           Son                                    do
Thomas Etherington        8           Son                                     do
Sarah Etherington           6           Daughter                             do
Elizabeth  Etherington     3           Daughter                              do
Jane Etherington             1           Daughter                              do

1871
Thomas Etherington        30 years  Innkeeper                  b. Preston
Alice Etherington            30            Wife                         b. Singleton

1891
Alice Etherington          50           Publican                      b. Preston
Mary Etherington          22          Daughter                              do
Joseph Etherington        20          Son                                      do
Thomas Etherington       18          Son                                     do
Elizabeth Etherington      13         Daughter                              do
James Etherington           8          Son                                      do
Charles Etherington         4          Son                                      do

1901
Joseph Marsden            46        Licensed Victualler      b. Preston
Maria Marsden              45        Wife                           b. Crawshawbooth
Elizabeth Marsden          70       Mother                        b. Croston

1911
Ernest Lane               37 years   Licensed Victualler     b. Hartshill, Staffs
Elizabeth Jane Lane   37            Wife                           b. Barrow-in-Furness
William Manfred Lane  10         Son                                  ?
Clara Elsie Lane            9          Daughter                          ?
John Richard Lane        6          Son                                  ?
Richard Lane             4 months  Son                                 ?

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