ALEXANDRA HOTEL #
53 Fishergate
Tel: 411 (1916)
Tel: 411 (1916)
The 'Alexandra Hotel' became the 'Rowntrees Restaurant'.
In 1949, number 53 and the first floor of 54, were licensed to sell alcohol.
Number 54 had previously been ocupied by Mr J. Heyworth, music dealer.
It was demolished in 1985 / 86 to make way for the Fishergate Shopping Centre
[John Garlington]
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This plan clearly shows the hotel's position at the top of Corporation Street. |
MINE HOSTS
1871 George Butler [at this time it was a Temperance Hotel]
1890 - 1916 Hannah Richardson (Miss)
1917 - 1932 Bennett and Johnston Dining Rooms.
1936 - 1944 Ann Hill
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Taken from the P.N.E. Handbook of the 1898 - 99 Season
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Census
1891
Hannah Richardson 38 years, single. Confectioner b. Barton, Westmorland
Sarah Whalley 42 sister do
Kate A. Whalley 14 niece Scholar b. Chorley
Frank Whalley 12 nephew do do
Edith H. Richmond 7 niece do do
Elizabeth Plumchet 42 Confectioner's assistant b. Liverpool
Emma J. Cook 19 Confectioner's Shopgirl b. Clitheroe
Elizabeth Fowler 16 do Apprentice b. Garstang
Mary Ann Richard 23 do do b. Longtown, Cumbria
Harriett Patten 17 do do b. Runcorn
Rebecca Drewery 21 do do b. Fleetwood
Emily M. Crook 15 do do b. Penwortham
Alice Ann Bonny 15 do do b. Merton
Jenny Brown 20 Waitress b. Whitehaven
Margaret Graham 19 Housemaid do
Sarah J. Graham 17 Kitchen Maid do
John Petty Muspratt 33 Boarder. Solicitor b. India
1901
Hannah Richardson 48 years, single. Confectoner / Baker b. Yanworth, Westmorland
Sarah Whalley 51 sister, widow do do
Frank Whalley 22 nephew Analytical chemist b. Chorley
Edith Richmond 17 niece do
Ellen Duckworth 19 Confectioner's assistant b. Meaboro', Yorks.
Lottie Moorhouse 18 Confectioner's apprentice b. Preston
Alice Moorhouse 41 Cook / Domestic do
1911
Hannah Richardson 59 single Confectioner b. Yanwath, Westmorland
Sarah Whalley 62 widow Cook do
Frank Whalley 32 nephew Analytical Chemist b. Chorley
Alice Carter 70 Domestic b. Ackton Round, Shrops.
Elizabeth Bryan 28 do b. Barrow-in-Furness
Beatrice Brown 20 do b. New Eltham, Kent
Mary Knowles 24 do b. Bury
Thomas Jeffrey Vince 51 Boarder Political Secretary b. Handsworth, Staffs.
1921
James Hindle Johnston 35 years Cafe & Hotel Keeper b. Preston
Alice Johnston 37 wife Confectioner b. Leyland
Annie Bennett 36 Shop Assistant do
Anna Eliza Johnston 33 Waitress b. Preston
Annie Rhodes 35 Vegetable Cook b. St. Annes
Ellen Dwyer 28 Kitchen Maid b. Liverpool
Ellen Dignall 23 Scullery Maid do
Eva Carr 20 Confectioner b. Preston
May Duckworth 24 Waitress b. Liverpool
Daisy Malone 19 Pantry Maid b. Dublin
Madge Faulder 20 Housemaid b. Blackburn
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