BLACK-A-MOOR'S HEAD #
Chadwick's Orchard
Lancaster Street
Lancaster Street
Ormskirk Road (this could be erroneous)
Lancaster Road
175 Lancaster Road South
92 Lancaster Road
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The above changes have occurred because of alterations to the
name of highways over the years.
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The leaded light that the PC brigade find distasteful - hard to believe really!! - personal comment. |
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MINE HOSTS:
On Saturday 1st January 1831, the Preston Chronicle carried an advertisement stating that this "new" inn was TO LET: "THE BLACKMOOR'S HEAD"See below.
1831 -32 Mr. Pemberton
1833 - 34 Mr. Park
1837 Mr. J. Heatley
1838 - 45 Thomas Ashcroft d. 11.7.1845 aged 38 years.
1845 - Mary Ashcroft - wife of Thomas.
1845 - Mary Ashcroft - wife of Thomas.
1850 - 51 Thomas Smith
1853 James Smith - wife, Mary, died 4th December 1856, aged 59 years.
1854 William Smith
1857 - 73 George Smith
1875 Elizabeth Smith
1875 - 83 Daniel Ashcroft (Auctioneer and owner)
1881 David Ashcroft (Daniel still named in Court papers)
Oct 1883 - George Wilson. PNE footballer. Presumably just a manager of the pub?
Feb. 1884 License transferred from Cllr Ashcroft to Charles Smith (Traveller) Preston Chronicle 23.2.1884.
Oct 1883 - George Wilson. PNE footballer. Presumably just a manager of the pub?
Feb. 1884 License transferred from Cllr Ashcroft to Charles Smith (Traveller) Preston Chronicle 23.2.1884.
1884 - 86 Henry Smith
1887 - 88 Mark Bilsborough
1888 - 89 James Sharrock
1889 William Barnes
1890 - 92 James Trainer (Trainer was the goalkeeper in the P.N.E. Old Invincibles Team)
1902 John Cave * See below re: Cave family.
1904 John Chadwick
1907 Edward Watt
1910 F.E. Dickinson
1913 Joe Spencer
1917 Thomas Hall
1926 - 27 George Barton
1927 Herbert Leo Walsh
1927 Herbert Leo Walsh
1928 - 36 Charles Holland
1940 - 46 John Carter
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TO INNKEEPERS AND PUBLICANS
TO BE LET
FOR A TERM OF YEARS
A NEW PUBLIC HOUSE, or INN, in Lancaster Street, Preston, called the
"BLACKMOOR'S HEAD". with the Brewhouse, Stables, Yard, and
extensive conveniences attached.
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The building is quite new, and are most substantially built, the house is 40 foot
wide in front to Lancaster Street, and 60 foot deep, and contains on the ground
floor, two parlours, Bar, and Snug-kitchen, Back Kitchen, Brew-house, &c.
First floor: Dining Room 44 feet long, one large sitting room, two bedrooms and
store room. Second floor: Seven bedrooms and a large Barrack-room, the entrance
to which is unconnected with the house. The Cellars and Vaults are very capacious.
The Yard is 50 feet long by 20 deep, and contains excellent Stabling and Cattle Pens.
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They have been constructed more immediately for the accomodation of Commercial
Travellers, Farmers and Clubs.
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Apply to Mr. William Park, on the premises.
Preston Chronicle 1st January 1831
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On 22nd February 1831 Mr. Pemberton, retail-brewer, Chadwick's Orchard,
was fined in the mitigated penalty of 40s., plus costs, for keeping his house open
after the hours prescribed by the Act.
Preston Chronicle 26th February 1831
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Preston Chronicle 6th August 1831 |
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"NELSON'S VESSELS"
Sail regularly on their appointed days - TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAYS
From the George's Dock Basin, LIVERPOOL, with GOODS only
FOR PRESTON.
For particulars of Freight, apply to JAS. M NELSON, 4 George's Dock Gates,
Liverpool; or to THOMAS ASHCROFT, Blackamoor's Head Inn, Preston.
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The vessels have no connection with other Carriers to Preston; and Shippers
will please direct per "NELSON'S BOATS," to prevent delays and mistakes.
Preston Chronicle 1st March 1845
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Preston Guardian 19th July 1845
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DEATH: On Thursday last, Mary, wife of James Smith, of the Black a Moor's Head Inn, in this town, aged 59. She suffered under a severe indisposition for many years previous to her death; yet the indomitable energy, perseverance, and industry, which characterised her through life, were retained till within a short period of her demise.
Preston Chronicle 6th December 1856
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Preston Chronicle 1st October 1859 |
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"ERA" 13th January 1861
TO BE LET - the large Wooden CIRCUS on
CHADWICK'S ORCHARD, PRESTON,
with Stabling.
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Apply to George Smith,
Black-a-Moor's Head Inn, Preston.
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TO BREEDERS OF PIGS, - The purest and best BLACK BOAR in England is kept at the Black-a-Moor's Head, Preston.
Preston Chronicle 12th November 1864
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Preston Herald 22nd November 1873
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There's something about an image that brings everything to life. Meet Daniel Ashcroft,
b. 1833.
See the next two 'clippings' where he is mentioned.
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Daniel Ashcroft, Hon. Secretary of the "PRESTON & DISTRICT HIDE, SKIN, AND FAT COMPANY LTD" have their FIRST SALE at the Blackamoor's
on the 3.12.1875.
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Preston Herald 20th May 1876
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Preston Chronicle 30th September 1876
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FOR SALE BY AUCTION
Tuesday next, September 18th, Preston.
60 MOUNTAIN PONIES FOR SALE
Specially selected and the best lot that
has been offered.
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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MR. DANIEL ASHCROFT,
Horse and Cattle Salesman, in his Sales Yard at the Black-a-Moor's Head, Lancaster Road.
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60 MOUNTAIN PONIES
Just arrived, per steamer, direct from Iceland, These
ponies are between 12 and 13 hands; all young.
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Also, a lot of Splendid fat ICELAND SHEEP, will
be offered on or about September 26th.
Preston Chronicle 15th September 1877
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Preston Chronicle 14th June 1879
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Preston Chronicle 25th February 1882
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Preston Herald 10th January 1883
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"ERA" 5.3.1887
WANTED, Good Tenor or Baritone Vocalist, to act as Chairman for respectable Harmonic Room.
Must be able to read music.
To good man permanent situation.
Apply, H. SMITH, Proprietor, Black-a-Moor's Head Hotel, Preston
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Manchester Courier 5th July 1893
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Another version:
SEQUEL TO A BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION.
H.A. Taylor, a solicitor's clerk, applied yesterday, at the London Bankruptcy Court, for an order for discharge. It appears that the bankrupt, who formerly resided at Barrow, at 19 years of age became engaged to the petitioning creditor, Miss Elizabeth Head, of the Clack-a-Moor's Inn, Preston. She, in June 1892, brought an action for breach of promise against him, which he settled by giving three promissory notes at three, six, and nine month for £75. This, and the costs formed the only debt.
The Registrar pointed out that for a man to engage himself at the age of 19, when he was an infant, was no promise at all, and yet it was said he had committed a breach of promise. How could he listen to such a suggestion? The only offence he could listen to that he had in giving these promissory notes at the time he was only getting 27 shillings a week contracted a debt without the means of paying the same, and assets not equal to 10 shillings in the pound.
On these grounds the discharge will be suspended for the minimum period of two years.
Bradford Daily Telegraph 1st November 1893
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Preston Herald 28th March 1894
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Preston Herald 7th March 1903
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29th 1903.
BLACK-A-MOOR'S HEAD HOTEL, PRESTON.
SPECIAL SALE of 50 HORSES, CARRIAGES, 40 Sets of HARNESS, 20 Sets of RUBBER-TYRED WHEELS; STCK of SADDLER and HARNESS MAKER, &c.
R. BENNETT and SON, F.A.I.
Will hold a SPECIAL SALE before the FAIR WEEK as above.
Included in this Sale will be 15 IRISH HORSES and COBS, specially imported for this Sale.
Further Entries can be made at the Repository, Black-a-Moor's Head Hotel.
Lancashire Evening Post 21st December 1903
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GREAT HORSE FAIR WEEK
Fourteenth ANNUAL SALE, BLACK-A-MOOR'S HEAD HOTEL STABLES, Preston
MONDAY, TUESDAY, & WEDNESDAY, January 4th, 5th, & 6th.
R. BENNETT and SON, F.A.I.
Will again conduct this Annual Sale of 300 HORSES.
Entries should be made at once to ensure good position in Catalogues.
Further Entries can now be made at the Repository, Black-a-Moor's Head Hotel; or Stanley Auction Mart, Lancaster Road, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post 21st December 1903
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MONDAY, January 4th, 1904, BLACK-A-MOOR HOTEL REPOSITORY, PRESTON.
Important to Brewers, Farmers, Carriers, Tradesmen and others.
20 HIGH-CLASS SCOTCH CART and VAN HORSES and IN-FOAL MARES.
BENNETT and Son, F.A.I., have again received instructions from Mr. H. Grieg, Melton Place, to Sell by Auction 20 SCOTCH CART HORSES and MARES, aged 5 to 7 years old, 15-2 to 16-2 hands high; a grand lot. All sold sound, wind and eyes, and good workers; on two days trial.
Lancashire Evening Post 2nd January 1904
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BENNETT'S REPOSITORY, BLACK-A-MOOR HOTEL, PRESTON
MONDAY next at One o'clock
WEEKLY SALE of 40 HORSES, COBS, and PONIES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Carts, Lurries, &c. Further Entries can now be made.
BENNETT and SON. F.A.I., Auctioneers.
IMPORTANT UNRESERVED PEDIGREE HACKNEY SALES, by
Mr. W. BAINBRIDGE.
TUESDAY, May 10th, 1904, about
SIXTY HIGH-CLASS PEDIGREE HACKNEYS, the property of Alfred Nuttall, Esq., Billington Stud, Langho, and Messrs. R. and P. Hartley, Balderstone, Blackburn, to be held for the convenience of buyers near Langho Station, at the BILLINGTON STUD.
They comprise 14 BROOD MARES, seven Three-year-olds, eight Two-year-olds, 10 Yearlings, 17 Harness Mares and Geldings, one Stallion.
On View May 5th and 6th. Sale at One o'clock.
Lancashire Evening Post 7th May 1904
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ON SALE, rubber-tyred RALLI CAR; in splendid condition; with rubber mats and lamps; suit horse from 15 to 16 hands. Apply: Osler, Black-a-Moor's Yard, Lancaster Road, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post 11th July 1910
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Thomas Roberts, 19, carter, pleaded guilty to stealing 6s 2d and five packets of cigarettes, the property of Frederick William Dickinson, landlord of the Black-a-Moor's Head Inn, Preston. Mr. Stanley, prosecuted - In sentencing him to three years' detention in a Borstal institution, the Chairman said Roberts had been convicted at Manchester, Bury, and Birmingham. He was of idle and criminal habits, and associated with persons of bad characters.
Lancashire Evening Post 3rd August 1910
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Preston Herald 13th December 1913
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Following a ludicrous claim that the hotel's name was 'racist' this reply was sent to the Lancashire Evening Post. |
THE CAVE FAMILY OF PRESTON: PUBLICANS, POLICE - AND
OTHERS
A number of us have pub licensees, brewers and
maltsters in our Cave family trees, so I was interested to find the website
‘Pubs in Preston - Preston’s Inns, Taverns and Beerhouses - One man’s attempt
to recreate Preston’s 19th-century social life and times’. Its creator, Stephen
Halliwell, has traced the life and times of hundreds of public houses and their
occupants, in the Lancashire town of Preston.
The search facility revealed two Caves who were
licensees in Preston -
1869-1874
- Samuel Cave (with Thomas Turner), the Fylde Tavern
1893-1894
- John Cave, The Glover Street Tavern
1897
- John Cave, The Wellington Inn
1901
- John Cave, The Exchange Hotel
1902 - John Cave, The Blackamoors Head
From just these two names has emerged an extensive and
very interesting family tree. There appear to have been no other Caves in
Preston at the time – always helpful in following a line – and almost without
exception they stayed in the town.
Firstly, censuses indicated that Samuel and John were
father and son. Samuel Cave was born in Preston in 1801 to Sarah Cave, no
father was named, and he married Mary (maiden name not known). In censuses from
1841-1871 Samuel is described as M.S. (manservant), coachman, servant, and
cabdriver. Census data doesn’t describe either Samuel or John as licensees, but
there is sufficient evidence to indicate that they are the same people. Perhaps
their time in the licensed trade was short and did not coincide with the
census, or maybe they had multiple occupations. In May 1874 the Preston
Guardian reported that Samuel Cave, landlord of the Fylde Tavern, was summoned
for selling drink during prohibited hours, but the case was dismissed.
Samuel and Mary had at least seven children – Samuel
(1833), Ann/e (1835), Isabella (1837), Sarah (1841), William (1844), Richard
(1846) and John (1852). Because of the original link with the licensing trade I
was initially concerned with John, the youngest, but the other siblings have
also proved interesting.
John Cave (1852-1927)
In 1871 John was aged 19 and a footman (out of work).
The Lancashire Record Office website also lists a John Cave who served with the
police from 1871-1873, and information in a later newspaper report confirms
that this was the same person.
On 11 February 1880 at St Peter’s Church, Preston,
John was married to Lucy Watson, the daughter of the late William Mason, a
publican. Lucy was a widow and had a small daughter Eliza Alice. Before her
marriage to John, Lucy had lived with her aunt and uncle who were publicans at
the Fox and Goose Tavern; and the Fox Street Tavern (later the Exchange Hotel).
At the time of his marriage John was a Sanitary Inspector, also referred to as
Inspector of Nuisances, and it appears that he was responsible for what we
would now call weights and measures, or trading standards. Tragically, Lucy
died the following year. Her daughter, Eliza Alice, later married a doctor and
had three daughters. In 1883 John married Alice Foster, daughter of the late
Richard Foster. They appear not to have had any family.
We know a little more about John from local
newspapers. In 1878 the Preston Guardian reported a case where John Cave,
inspector of nuisances, gave evidence in a case of adulterated milk. The case
was proved and the defendant fined 40s. with costs. In 1880 the council minutes
reported that John Cave, inspector of nuisances, had applied for an increase in
salary. This was shortly after his first marriage to Lucy. The application was
‘referred to committee’ and the outcome not known.
At the end of 1892 there was considerable local press
coverage about ‘The Slink Meat Traffic in Preston – Startling Disclosures’ and
‘Reorganisation of the Sanitary Dept.’ Slink meat was a term used to describe
diseased meat which was unfit to eat, and as Sanitary Inspector John Cave was
responsible for monitoring this traffic in the town. Some allegations state
that slink meat was moved out of the area for onward sale, with the Sanitary
Inspectors receiving ‘tips’ from farmers for this service, and that although
S.I. Cave and his colleague had been in post for 20 years the service was
negligent and corrupt, and that Preston had the highest death rate of any town
in England. Probably largely in consequence, it was proposed that John Cave’s
employment be terminated as part of large-scale reorganisation. However other
members of the corporation spoke out in strong defence of the two Sanitary
Inspectors, and a letter from John Cave was submitted. Again, it is not obvious
exactly what the outcome was, but it seems likely that John Cave’s employment
with the Corporation ceased, and that he then became licensee of the pubs
mentioned above.
In the 1901 census John aged 45, was ‘living on own
means’ with Alice, 40, at Lauderdale Street. By 1911 John and Alice, were aged
54 and 50, had been married for 27 years, and John was hotel manager at the
Boreatton Arms Hotel, Baschurch, Staffs. John died aged 75 in 1927, having returned
to Preston, and left the not inconsiderable sum of £3,749.4s.1d. to his widow
Alice.
The Daughters:
Sarah Cave (m. Thomas Turner)
Sarah, b. 1841 is listed as a cotton weaver at home
with her parents in 1861 census. In July 1861 at St John’s Church Preston,
Sarah married Thomas Turner (b.1837, son of Richard Turner). In 1861, prior to
his marriage, Thomas was a policeman but by 1871 Thomas was a beer house keeper
– another link to the licensed trade. Presumably he was the joint landlord of
the Fylde Tavern with Samuel Cave in 1869-1874. By 1881 he had become a corn
dealer, then a farmer. Sarah and Thomas stayed in and around Preston and had 11
children of whom 8 were surviving in 1911. Two of their sons were butchers.
Sarah and Thomas both lived into their 80s.
Ann(e) was born c. 1835 and married John Hunt in 1846.
They had two sons, James (b. 1864) and Richard (b. 1869), and four daughters –
Mary, Sarah Ann, Ruth, and Elizabeth Ellen. This was a family mainly employed
in the local cotton industry – John was a cotton yarn dresser, Ann a cotton
weaver, and their daughters all followed them as weavers. James aged 17 was an
apprentice coach builder.
Isabella Cave (m. Hugh Ashcroft)
Isabella Cave (b. 1837) was a cotton weaver in 1861,
at home with parents. In 1871, after a little bit of detective work, I found
her in the guise of Bella Ashcroft (nee ‘Kay’) living in Mount Street, Preston
at an address between parents Samuel and Mary, and brother William. Neither
Isabella nor her husband Hugh, a farmer’s son, were literate – they signed the
marriage register with a cross - and so the name had apparently become
corrupted. It is curious that neither her brother or father, who were present
at their ceremony, noticed the mistake, and father Samuel’s name was also
mis-spelt. By 1881 Isabella and Hugh had two daughters and two sons, in 1901
Isabella, now widowed, was a lodging house keeper.
Samuel Cave (Jnr.) (1833-1912) and his son William
Henry Morgan Cave (1862-1942)
Returning to the Cave brothers, Samuel (Jnr.) is
unusual in this family as he was ‘the one who moved away’ from Preston. He
married Mary Morgan in July 1857 at Trinity Church Paddington. They had two
sons, as well as other children. Samuel was a bank messenger. By 1901 he was
widowed and had returned to Preston to live with his younger brother Richard.
Samuel and Mary’s eldest son, William Henry Morgan
Cave (b. 1862), is the one who can be said to ‘have made good’. In 1881 he was
clerk to an accountant, his brother Frederick (b. 1865) being clerk to an
agent. In 1885 William married Elizabeth Randall in Peckham, daughter of a toy
merchant. In 1891 and 1901 William H.M. and Elizabeth were in Deptford and in
1911 in Brockley, SE London, with their son Henry Randall Cave (bc 1884) and
two daughters, Grace (bc 1891) and Mary (bc 1896). As the oldest grandchild of
the Preston Cave clan, William was fortunate to inherit money from his father
Samuel (Jnr.) in 1912 (£634.1s.6d) and from his (childless) uncle Richard who
left him £1,976.8s.6d in 1929. William H.M. was a stocks and shares dealer at
the Stock Exchange and he died in September 1942 in Haywards Heath, leaving
£22,461.4s.1d to his eldest son, Henry Randall Cave, who was a member of the
Stock Exchange. Henry Randall Cave had served in the Great War from August 1914
to March 1918, when he was discharged because of wounds following service
overseas, and awarded the Silver War badge. From 1916, this was given to men of
serviceable age who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness
and was worn with civilian dress to prevent accusations of cowardice.
William Cave (1844-1933)
William Cave was the second son of Samuel Cave Snr.
and Mary. William married Alice Miller in Preston in April 1870, and their
children were all born in Preston – James Miller (1871), Mary Ann (1872),
Samuel R. (1875) and Edith Isabella (1877). In 1881 and 1891 William was listed
as a police sergeant and police inspector, but his earlier and more exciting
career was discovered from the Lancashire Daily Post. In April 1930 on the
occasion of his Diamond Wedding anniversary, and three years later, his
obituary in 1933, his early life was described as “an adventurous lifetime of
65 years in which he – left school at 9; ran away to sea at 14; joined the Army
at 15; was in a mutiny at 16; fought the Maoris at 17, and joined the police
force at 24”. The newspaper reports:
Willie Cave had been an errand boy, a
grocer’s assistant, and a plumber before he made up his mind to run away to sea
at 14. So he went to Liverpool, and after wandering about the docks for a day
and a night, fell in with a recruiting party. The recruiting sergeant bought
him over for a shilling, kept him in bed a week to ‘stretch’ him, and then
giving his age as 18 enlisted him in the 65th Foot, the Royal Bengal Tigers.
After 12 months in Ireland they were sent out to New Zealand to assist in
quelling the Maori rebellion. The troop ship took four months to reach
Auckland, and during the voyage the soldiers mutinied, owning to a shortage of
fresh water. Mr Cave spent six years in New Zealand fighting the Maoris, and he
took part in the battle of Rangariri on 20 November 1863... where between 300
and 400 British soldiers were killed ... At 24 Mr Cave left the Army and joined
the Preston borough police force ... rose to the rank of inspector, and retired
after 26 years’ service.
Since then Mr & Mrs Cave have jogged
along comfortably. For the past 22 years they have acted as caretakers ... in
Lune-street, Preston, and there they live in a cosy little kitchen right in the
heart of the town, yet tucked away from the noise and bustle of modern traffic.
William Cave’s 1933 obituary begins “Old Billy Cave
has not lived to see the spring. The doyen of Preston police inspectors died
this morning ... but a month ago he posed for a photograph with the five oldest
police pensioners in the town”.
In 1893 William Cave was named in a case where an
‘absent’ landlord was accused of harbouring an officer on duty, although
William Cave, an officer with nearly 25 years’ service, was allegedly searching
the premises for suspected intruders. The landlord was convicted and fined £5
but it is not clear, from the lengthy and wordy reports, how this affected P.I.
Cave. Later reports imply that he continued to serve in the police force.
Richard Cave (c. 1846-1929)
Richard married Susannah Fielding in 1879. Susannah
was from Dolphinholme, Lancs., and they may have met when Richard worked in
Salford as a servant to the Dean of Manchester, as it is recorded in the 1871
census that Susannah’s sister Nancy was also a servant there. Prior to this in
1861 Richard, aged 14, had been a footman. By 1881 he was a prison warden and
appears to have followed this occupation until he appears as a pensioner,
retired warden, in 1911. Richard and Susannah had no children but I view them
as a kind couple - in 1901 they shared their home with Richard’s widowed
brother Samuel, who had returned from London, and also Susannah’s sister Nancy
who had not married. In 1887 Samuel Cave Snr., Richard’s father, had died at
their home where he too may have been living after his wife died in 1880.
Having started to look for links with pubs in this
family, they have proved to be of much broader interest – and there is more to
find. For anyone with local knowledge of Preston, it would be easy – and
fascinating – to trace where this Cave family lived and worked, often moving
short distances around a small number of streets, and would provide a great
family history trail.
There are still a number of Caves listed in Preston
today and I wonder if they are descendants? I would like to know if anyone else
has followed this interesting line, which I have been able to trace in the area
for over a hundred years. Nearly all of the information in this study is
sourced through mainstream genealogy websites; from the Cave FHS Table NZ, and
the excellent Lancashire Online Parish Clerk website. I am especially grateful
to Steve Halliwell of ‘Pubs in Preston blogspot’ for his help and interest.
Wendy Wright
'from the Cave Family History Society Newsletter, April 2013'
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
Thomas Ashcroft 35 years Publican
Mary Ashcroft 30 Wife
Thomas Ashcroft 9 Son
Daniel Ashcroft 7 Son
Joseph Ashcroft 4 Son
Anne Ashcroft 2 Daughter
Agnes Jolly 15 Servant
Betsy Seed 15 Servant
Elizabeth Ingleby 70 Independent
Benjamin Burslem 40 Butcher
Bridget Burslem 30
1851
Thomas Smith 39 years Innkeeper b. Clayton
Esther Smith 38 Wife do
Ann Rawcliffe 41 Servant do
Michael Smith 50 Hostler b. Fulwood
1861
George Smith 38 years Inn and Livery b. Claughton
Stables Keeper
Betsy Smith 38 Wife b. Bonds
James Smith 65 Father b. Claughton
Jane Sawyer 22 House Servant b. Bonds
Joseph Hall ?? 24 Son??? b. Cottam
Jane Sawyer 22 House Servant b. Bonds
Joseph Hall ?? 24 Son??? b. Cottam
1871
1881
David Ashcroft 47 years Publican and b. Preston
Auctioneer
Mary A. Ashcroft 33 Wife (2nd?) b. Wray
Mary Ashcroft 25 Daughter b. Preston
Thomas Ashcroft 21 Son do
Jane A. Ashcroft 18 Daughter do
Elizabeth E. Ashcroft 16 Daughter b. Haighton
Daniel Ashcroft 13 Son b. Preston
Annie Ashcroft 8 Daughter b. Haighton
Alfred Ashcroft 7 Son do
1891
James Trainer 28 years Manager b. Wrexham
Alice Trainer 27 Wife b. Bedford
James Trainer 4 Son b. Bolton
Beattie Trainer 2 Daughter b. Preston
Maud Trainer 10 months Daughter do
Alice Swarbrick 29 Barmaid b. Lancaster
Mary Stirzaker 25 General Servant b. Garstang
Ellen Manning 17 Servant / Nurse b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1901
Daniel Ashcroft 31 years Lic. Victualler b. Preston
Margaret E. Ashcroft 31 Wife b. Longridge
Daniel E. Ashcroft 2 months Son b. Preston
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ReplyDeleteWell researched and very insightful, thank you. The Ashcrofts are my descendants and it is nice to find out the history concerning the Black-A-Moor head which still survives to this day near me, in Preston.
Kind Regards,
Grant Taylor.
Many thanks, Grant. I'll be launching the site officially in about a week.
DeleteIf you can contibute any snippets of information about your family or any of the inns, taverns, or beerhouses on the site, it will always be appreciated.
Are you aware of the Ashcrofts being at other premises in Preston?
Kind regards, Steve H.
Interesting read
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Hiya l was looking up the history of the blackamoor head hotel. We are researching our family tree. We know that my mothers aunty ( and l presume uncle) ran the blackamoor in Preston all we know is that my mother was born in 1926 and used to go and stay with them every year she must have been a teenager so it must have been about 1937 or thereabouts. We only know that she had a cousin who lived there called Amy be grateful if you could help thanks
ReplyDeleteThere is a gap in my knowledge from 1936 to 1940.
DeleteIf you write to me on srh.steve@aol.co.uk and give me some names to go on, I'll see what I can find that will help you. I'm happy to do so.
Steve H