DROVERS' ARMS, Brook Street

DROVERS' ARMS    #

172  (later  142)  Brook Street

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MINE HOSTS:

1868 - 81           James Gardener (Gardner)

1877                   Mrs. Alice Gardner

1882 - 85           Thomas Jolly

1885 - 86           James Thompson

1886 - 90           John Witherington

1890 - 97           Edward Whiteside

1897 - 1902       Peter Eckersley

1902                   Michael Malley

1904 - 05           Edward Wilson

1907                   Hannah Wilson

1910                   Robert Danson

1913 - 17           Hugh McKearney

1926 - 27           John Fishwick

1932                   Edward Vose       

1936                   Frederick Slater

1940                   Geoffrey Gillett

1944 - 48           Richard Sumner (went to the New Cock Inn)

1952 - 54           James Haddon Henderson Junior  [See J.H.H. Senior here]

1954 - 56           Edward (Ted) and Doreen Green (Doreen was nee Sumner - see above)

                             When they left in 1956, they went to the Midland Hotel, Lancaster.

Late 1950's       Fred and Maggie Blaiklock

late 1970's        Peter and Irene Halton

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JAMES GARDNER, Drovers' Arms, Brook Street, applied

for a licence. It was said that the house was near the New Cattle

Market, where there was a deal of passing to and fro. There was 

sleeping accommodation in the house for drovers and others

attending the market, and plenty of rooms downstairs. It was also

well cellared. There was a large club-room which was so

constructed as to be easily converted, if required, into sleeping

apartments. There was also connected with this house some good

stabling. Mr Gardner was the owner and occupier, and had borne

an irreproachable character for many years. Rated at £20.

Not granted.

Preston Chronicle  29th August 1868

A licence was granted the following year, 1869.

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Taken from the P.N.E. Handbook of the 1898 - 99 Season

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CENSUS RETURNS

1871

James Gardner                 44 years                 Innkeeper                 b. St. Michael's

Alice Gardner                   40                          Wife                         b. Preston

James Gardner                 15                           Son                                 do

Isabella Gardner                8                            Daughter                         do

Jesse Gardner                   6                            Son                                 do

Mary Gardner                   4                            Daughter                         do

Elizabeth Gardner              2                            Daughter                         do

1881

James Gardner                 25 years                 Beerseller                 b. Preston

Elizabeth Gardner             22                          Wife                         b. Balderstone

Elizabeth Ellen Gardner      2                           Daughter                  b. Preston

Alice Gardner                    1 month                 Daughter                          do

1891

Edward Whiteside          54 years                   Publican                    b. Ashton-on-Ribble

Sarah Whiteside             37                             Wife                         b. Ashton-in-Makerfield

John Whiteside                9 months                 Son                           b. Preston

1901

Peter Eckersley              40 years                   Publican                    b. Preston

Jane Eckersley               38                            Wife                                 do

Harriet Eckersley            13                            Daughter                          do

Abraham Eckersley         11                           Son                                  do

Elizabeth Eckersley          6                             Daughter                          do

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