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Friday 17 February 2012

GOLDEN CROSS HOTEL, Shambles

GOLDEN CROSS HOTEL  #
29 Shambles  (1818)
12 Lancaster Road  (1854)
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This hotel was replaced by one of the same name in around 1861, at
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MINE HOSTS:
Of the original Golden Cross -
pre-1807              Edward Sharples   d.
1807                    Mrs. (Edward) Sharples  -  Married Henry Sharples, see notice below, 1807.
1811 - 17            George Brannon (Brennon) - Confined in Lancaster Gaol as a debtor c. 21.6.1817
                                                                        Described as a 'sherrif's officer and victualler'.

                                                                                               Lancaster Gazette  21.6.1817
1817 - 27            Robert Gornall - son, Robert, 14 years, died 8.4.1817.
                                                           Robert Gornall  died 26.5.1842 aged 76 years
1829                   Richard Gornall - wife, Elizabeth, died aged 35, on 9.6.1834 at Broughton Tower.
1835 - 45            James Walmsley
1846 - 47            James Rainford
1847                    Thomas Ellis
1847 - 51            James Smith
1853 - 54            James Johnson
1855 - 61            William Hesmondhalgh (same landlord in the NEW Golden Cross Hotel.
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MARRIAGE:  On Sunday 30th March, 1807, Mr. Henry Sharples, reed maker, to Mrs. Sharples, relict of Mr. Edward
Sharples, of the Golden Cross Tavern, Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  4th April 1807
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Lancaster Gazette  16th February 16th February 1811
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DEATH:  On Thursday last, aged 78 years,
Mrs. Makinson, mother of Mr. George Brannan,
of the Golden Cross public-house, Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  24th August 1811 
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TO  BE  SOLD  BY  AUCTION,
At the house of MR. ROBERT GORNALL, the Golden Cross Inn, within Preston, on Tuesday 15th day of July next, at six o'clock in the evening.
THE FEE SIMPLE and INHERITANCE of and in all that ANCIENT MANSION, situate in Walton-le-Dale, called "BURSCOUGHS" together with the barn, stable, shippon, orchard, garden, etc. etc.
The property of Mr. Thomas Burscough.
Lancaster Gazette   12th July 1817
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TAKE NOTICE, that a Meeting of the Creditors of ROGER TURNER, late of MYERSCOUGH HALL, in the County of Lancaster, FARMER, lately discharged from the Gaol of Lancaster Castle, under and by virtue of the Act of Parliament passed in the fifty-third Year of the Reign of King George the Third, instituted, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England," will be held at the House of ROBERT GORNALL, the sign of the Golden Cross, in PRESTON, Innkeeper, on Saturday the seventh day of NOVEMBER next, at the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of choosing an Assignee or Assignees of the said Insolvent's Estate and Effects.
Carlisle Patriot   24th October 1818
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JAMES WALMSLEY
GOLDEN CROSS INN
Wishes to acquaint the public in general that he has 
purchased, for the purpose of letting to hire, a 
splendid BATH CARRIAGE, and those ladies 
and gentlemen who please to favour him with their 
commands, may depend upon always having
careful drivers and steady horses.
Preston Chronicle  31st December 1841
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Preston Chronicle  28th October 1843
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Preston Chronicle  3rd October 1846
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Preston Chronicle   27th November 1847
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Preston Chronicle  4th December 1847
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
James Walmsley          36 years               Publican
Alice Walmsley            35                          Wife
Richard Walmsley         8                          Son
Isabella Walmsley         5                          Daughter
Sarah Walmsley             9                          Daughter
Mary Addison               28                          F. S.
Alice Beardsworth       15                          F. S.

1851
James Smith                 58 years               Innkeeper                 b. Claughton
Mary Smith                  53                        Wife                                    do
George Smith               28                        Son / Innkeeper                   do
Alice Smith                   18                       Daughter                   b. Scotforth
Ellen Hall                      27                        Servant                     b. St. Michaels
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