GOLDEN LION, Ward's End

GOLDEN LION   #

Ward's End

(Known colloquially as 'World's End')
Molyneux Square

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A picture similar to the above appeared in the
Preston Guardian of 16.3.1941, with the caption,
"The building in the picture, the Golden Ball, 
but was previously the "Swan with Two Necks"
(A. WADE.)
The Swan with Two Necks was in the Strait Shambles,
so the above comment was totally wrong. (Pers. comm)

This sketch gives the impression that Ward's End came to an end to the right of
the Golden Lion. It didn't, of course, and many of us will remember walking through Ward's End to the old Ribble Bus Station.
Visitors to the Guild Hall are making a similar journey when they enter that building
from Lancaster Road. The shops on the ground floor are probably standing on the same ground.

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This photograph will help you to get your bearings. The
Golden Lion is just visible on the right hand side(just this side othe girl with a pram)
 looking back towards Lancaster Road, and the Harris Museum.*

MINE HOSTS:

According to some sources, this inn has its origins in about 1654, and as such would be one of, if not the oldest inns in Preston........... Personally, I have grave doubts.

1839                      Robert Beck

1841                      Joseph Parkinson

1841                      John Dodd

1848                      Thomas Bradshaw

1851                      Mary Johnson

1854                      James Blackburn

1857 - 60              Thomas Wilding

1860                      Joseph Sowerby

1860                      Joseph Buck

1861 - 62               James Ford

1862        Transferred from John Ford to John Entwistle  (Preston Chronicle 5.7.1862

1863 - 66              Peter Entwistle. Transferred in 1866 by Peter Entwistle.

1866                      Thomas Morris

1869                      Richard Topham

1871 - 73               Richard Turner

1873 - 84               Thomas Garstang

1884                      John Milner

1885 - 86               Eugene Garstang

1887 - 95              William Newton

1895 - 1905           John Preston Eastham

1907                      Joseph Sheridan

1910 - 13               Thomas Cobham

1914.                     William Nicol - his wife Nancy died 23.11.1919.

1917

1926 - 27               William Cross

1930 - 32               John Barnes

1936                       James Barnes

1938                       Mrs. Higham  - another mention on 23.10.1945.

1940 - 48               Annie Hindle

Mid-50' to 1957/58?    Frank and Bertha Sumner

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Preston Chronicle  4th September 1861

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Preston Chronicle  7th May 1862

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Preston Chronicle  13th June 1863

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ON SALE

One set of HOBBY HORSES complete; one

BAGATELLE TABLE and BALLS complete -

Apply T. MORRIS, Golden Lion,

off Lancaster Road, Preston.

Preston Chronicle  16th June 1866

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CENSUS RETURNS

1841

John Dodd                30 years                   Publican

Nancy Dodd             25                            Wife

John Dodd                 2                              Son

1851

Mary Johnson           58 years                   Publican                     b. Penwortham?

Isabella Johnson        28                           Daughter                     b. Chorley

Mary ? Johnson         22                           Daughter                             do

Mary J. Johnson        16                           Daughter                     b. Bolton

Martha Johnson         14                           Daughter                             do

James Wright             48                           Boots                             b. Penwortham

1861

James Ford               49 years                  Innkeeper                     b. Wigan

Mary Ford                46                           Wife                                     do

James Cartmell        42                            Broker                         b. Wyresdale

Alice Cartmell         43                     Broker's wife                      b. Catterall

William Singleton    16                    Son / Power Loom weaver b. Preston

1871

Richard Turner          52 years                  Innkeeper                    b. Salmesbury

Alice Turner              50                           Wife                            b. Chaigley

Alice Turner              24                           Daughter                      b. Leagram

Thomas Turner          23                           Son                                        do

Ellen Turner               21                           Daughter                                do

John Turner               18                            Son                                       do

Catherine Turner        16                            Daughter                     b. Preston            

Esther Turner             12                            Daughter                              do

Charles Turner             6                            Son                                      do

1881

Thomas Garstang       75 years                  Publican                      b. Longton

Elizabeth Garstang      64                           Wife                           b. Salmesbury

1891

William Newton         62 years                  Lic. Vict.                     b. Howick

1901

 

1911

 

1921

William Cross             40 years             Brewer / Publican               b. Leyland

James Cross                19                        Fitter / Engineer                        do

Ellen Longworth         48  relative?         Cotton Weaver                  b. Cuerden

Mary Longworth        44       do ?                      do                                    do

Mary Longworth         44      do?        

 

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