BAKERS' ARMS, Lawson Street

BAKERS' ARMS   #

30 Lawson Street

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The Star Inn stood on the site of Lawson Street Police Station

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MINE HOSTS:
1841              John Dickenson 
1853        Mentioned in the Preston Chronicle 8.1.1853
1853 - 69      Janet Dickinson
1870 - 72      Isabella Harrison * (it's believed that there may have been two women of this name in beerhouses at about this time. There was one at the Pork Market Tavern, Corporation Street / Ratcliffe Street)
1874 -75      Henry Monks
1877            Alice Finch
1877 - 81     Daniel Tierney
1882 - 84     Richard Cooney
1885 - 94     Ann Cooney
29th Aughst 1897  Licence refused.

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Preston Chronicle 8th January 1853

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SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY

BEERHOUSE - Lawson Street, called Bakers' 

Arms, occupied by Miss Harrison. 

Dwelling-house, No. 31 Lawson Street.

Preston Chronicle 26th October 1872

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Henry Monk, landlord of the Butchers' Arms, Lawson Street,

was charged with selling beer during prohibited hours on the 13th

June. The case was remanded for a week for the appearance of a

witness.

Preston Chronicle 4th July 1874

This could be an example of a common practice, where a defendant,

by a 'slip of the tongue' gives the wrong name of his establishment 

to avoid bad publicity. It happened too often for it to be coincidence.

                                                                  personal comment S.H.

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Henry Monks, landlord of the Bakers' Arms, Lawson Street, Preston, has been fined 40s and costs for permitting drunkenness in his house. One night recently a police officer found on the defendant's premises, a number of boys and girls, 14 or 15 years old, all of whom were drunk. Two of these gave evidence that they and two companions - four children in all, drunk among them two gallons of ale in two hours.
The Scotsman  18th August 1875
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Preston Chronicle 30th December 1876

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Preston Chronicle 6th January 1877

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THE FOLLOWING WAS TAKEN FROM A REPORT ON

THE CASE OF A MURDER THAT WAS COMMITTED OUTSIDE

THE BAKERS' ARMS IN 1883:

"The scene of the crime was the Bakers' Arms, a small

beershop in Lawson Street. In this locality many of the

Irish in town have taken up their residence, and the

beershop named appears to be a resort of the Irish

inhabitants. In the tragedy enacted on Monday afternoon 

both the victim and the assailant are natives of the Emerald Isle"

Preston Chronicle 8th September 1883

A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER

IS BELOW THE CENSUS REPORTS, BELOW.

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And the following newspaper clipping was from a 20th century newspaper,

given to me by the late Brian Reeder:

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Preston Chronicle 28th December 1889

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CENSUS RETURNS

1841

John Dickenson                   34 years                   Baker                                

Jannet Dickenson                31                            Wife

Richard Dickenson              10                            Son

Alice Dickenson                   8                             Daughter               

Jannet Dickenson                 3                             Daughter

1851

Janett Dickinson                 40 years                Retail Brewer                    b. Woodplumpton

Richard Dickinson              19                   Son /   Butcher's Apprentice                do

Alice Dickinson                  15               Daughter / Heald knitter              b. Preston

Janett Dickinson                 13                Daughter / Heald knitter                      do

1861

Janet Dickinson                   50 years                Retail Brewer                    b. Woodplumpton

Alice Dickinson                   25                         Daughter                           b. Preston

Richard Harrison                 87                         Father                               b. Woodplumpton

1871

Isabella Harrison                  45 years                Beerseller                          b. Preston

1881

Daniel Tierney                    45 years                Licensed Victualler            b. Ireland

Bridget Tierney                  43                         Wife                                          do

William Tierney                  19                         Son                                     b. Preston

Thomas Tierney                 17                         Son                                            do

Margaret J. Tierney            15                        Daughter                                    do

Daniel Tierney                    13                        Son                                            do

John Tierney                      12                         Son                                            do

Sarah Tierney                    10                         Daughter                                    do

1891

Ann Cooney                     39 years                Licensed Victualler            b. Ireland

John Thomas Cooney        17                        Son                                   b. Preston

James Patrick Cooney       15                        Son                                           do

Mary Cooney                    14                       Daughter                                    do

Michael Cooney                12                        Son                                           do

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Preston Chronicle 8th September 1883

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