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Wednesday, 21 May 2025

BELLE VUE HOTEL, 237 New Hall Lane

BELLE VUE HOTEL   #
72 (later 143) New Hall Lane
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The above photograph is courtesy of Preston Digital Archive (Click here)
A newer version of the Belle Vue Hotel.
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MINE HOSTS:
1866                      James Smith
1869                      Alice Smith
1871 - 73       Thomas Brierley  (T.B. marriedÅ•? Alice Smith between 1869 and 1871) New licence granted 2.9.1871
1874 - 76              Alice Brierley  - Applied for, and was granted, a Spirit License in 1879.
1877 - 86              John Eastham
1886 - 99              Alice Eastham    d. 4th January 1900 aged 64 years.
1900                     Frederick Wilding Smith
1900                     William Moulding & Edward Livesey
1900                     Mark Anthony Oldham
1901 - 07             William Ditchfield
1908 - 24             Thomas Henry Smith
1926 - 32             Thomas Henry Mason
1936                     Christopher Worden
1937                     Dixon
1940 - 44             William A, Glathorn
1948 - 56             Horace Churchman
Late 1960's /        Francis William Long
    early 70's
1990s?                  John and Joan Hall
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Francis W. (Frank) Long, on the right.
Many readers may remember the 'Long Bar' on the corner of the Miller Arcade / Lancaster Road.
Well it was Frank's father that was the cause of that name.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
Thanks are due to Frank's son, Peter, for this photograph.
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James Smith, Belle Vue Hotel, New Hall Lane, was fined 20 shillings and costs for selling beer during prohibited hours.
Preston Herald   11th August 1866
Personal Comment:   I don't know where 'James' has come from. Possibly a reporting error.
In the 1861 Census, Moses was 24 years of age, working as a 'Brewer', and appears to have a twin-brother, David. They were living in James Street, Fishwick.
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Preston Herald   18th April 1868
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Wine Licence
Preston Chronicle   12th August 1876
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Spirit Licence.
Preston Chronicle   12th August 1876
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Preston Chronicle   30th August 1879
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Preston Chronicle   26th September 1885
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F. (Frederick) Smith was the 22 year old son
Lancashire Evening Post   31st March 1888
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Preston Herald   15th August 1891
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Preston Herald   3rd November 1894
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Preston Herald  1st March 1899
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Lancashire Evening Post   18th April 1899
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WANTED, a good General SERVANT; must have good character,  Apply:  Belle Vue Hotel, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post   14th March 1901
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WANTED, a respectable WOMAN, for Cleaning and Washing, for Hotel. Apply: Belle Vue Hotel, New Hall Lane, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post   12th February 1903
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Preston Herald   8th August 1908
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Preston Herald   19th December 1908
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Preston Herald   4th March 1911
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Lancashire Evening Post   4th June 1919
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Lancashire Evening Post   17th January 1956
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CENSUS RETURNS
1871
Thomas Brierley                   42 years                   Innkeeper                        b. Salmesbury
Alice Brierley                       35                            Wife                                b. Preston
Ellen Smith                            7                             Daughter                                  do
Jane Smith                            6                             Daughter                                   do
Frederick Smith                    5                             Son                                           do
Isabella Smith                       2                             Daughter                                    do

1881
John Eastham                       49 years                   Innkeeper                         b. Preston
Alice Eastham                      46                            Wife                                          do
Fred Smith                           14                            Step-son                                   do
Jane Smith                            15                            Step-daughter                           do
Isabella Smith                       12                            Step-daughter                           do
Alice Ann Smith (Eastham)  2                            Daughter                                   do

1891
Alice Eastham                     54 years                    Licensed Victualler            b. Preston
Ellen Hassan                       27                             Daughter                                   do
Alice Eastham                     12                             Daughter                                   do
Frederick Smith                  25                             Son                                           do
Frederick Hassan                 7                             Grand-son                                 do
Tisha Hadjali                       23                            Visitor                                       do

1901
William Ditchfield               32 years                    Publican                            b. Bamber Bridge
Mabel Ditchfield                29                             Wife                                  b. Leyland
John Ditchfield                    2                              Son                                   b. Walton-le-dale
Margaret M. Ditchfield       1                               Daughter                                       do
Ellen Ditchfield                   25                             Sister                                b. Bamber Bridge

1911
Thomas Henry Smith         56 years                    Publican                            b. Blackburn
Mary Jane Smith               55                             Publican                             b. Burnley
Edward Smith                  22                              Son / Barman                             do
Ann Southworth Hodgson  39                            General Domestic Servant  b. Preston
 
1921
Thomas Henry Smith         65 years                    Publican                            b. Burnley
Clara Smith                        57  wife                     Housekeeper                    b. Preston
Edith Beck                         38  sister-in-law       Servant                                       do
Sarah Ellen Derbyshire      40                                  do                                          do
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