HORSE AND FARRIER #
17 Kilshaw Street
Melling Street - back entrance.
23 Lady Street
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| This photogrpah comes courtesy of Meanderman (Harry) - from his Flickr Collection. The building immediately to the left of the Horse and Farrier, on the far side of North Road, and the corner of Sedgwick Street, is the Lord Nelson Inn.* |
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| Stephen Scragg was the landlord from 1907 until at least 1940, and the pub was widely known purely as "SCRAGGS" |
MINE HOSTS:
1851 James Heys
1853 Alice Heyes
1853 Alice Heyes
1860 Enoch Dickinson d. 15.7.1860
1860 - 61 Catherine Dickinson
1869 - 71 James Clayton
1871 Joseph Crook
1877 - 88 Thomas Coup OR Coupe
1888 Charles Robert Halton
1889 - 91 John Catterall
1891 James Holden
1891 Mary Hothersall
1891 - 93 John Catterall
1893 - 1901 James Wilding
1901 - 03 Edwin Rose
1903 - 04 George Swann
1907 - 36 Stephen Scragg - NB: I have received information from Stephen Scragg's great great
grand-daughter that Stephen Middleton Scragg died here in 1936.
It is likely that the pub was run by his son, Albert, or his son-in-
law, John Wharton, ran it after his death. Further enquiries are on
my to-do-list.
1936 - 48 Albert Scragg
grand-daughter that Stephen Middleton Scragg died here in 1936.
It is likely that the pub was run by his son, Albert, or his son-in-
law, John Wharton, ran it after his death. Further enquiries are on
my to-do-list.
1936 - 48 Albert Scragg
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INQUEST
The inquest over the body of ENOCH DICKINSON, landlord
of the Horse and Farrier, Kilshaw Street, whose suicide we
referred to in the supplement:-
Catherine Dickinson, wife of the deceased, said that her
husband was 47 years of age, and that the week before Whitsun
he went to keep the Horse and Farrier beer-house, and nearly
ever since which time he had been low-spirited, and fancied he
had been a wicked man. About three weeks ago she found a rope
with a noose in it, in his coat pocket. She took it from him and
locked it up. She said his lowness of spirits was not on account
of drinking, and that she had found cords in his pockets on
previous occasions. She had been afraid for some time that he
would destroy himself, and had kept a close watch on him.
On Sunday night last, the deceased went to bed with her at
12 o'clock. About 3.45am next morning she missed him, but had
not heard him get up. She searched for him, and found him in
the brew-house. He was hanging by his neck from a beam.
The police witness understood that the deceased had received
notice to leave from Messrs. Horrockses, Miller & Co., in
whose employ he had been for about 20 years, when he took
the beer-house, and he became very low-spirited after that.
The jury returned a verdict that he had hanged himself,
whilst in a state of insanity.
Preston Chronicle 21st July 1860
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Preston Guardian 21st October 1893
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Preston Guardian 11th November 1871
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Preston Guardian 18th November 1871
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Preston Guardian 30th May 1874
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| Preston Chronicle 11th May 1889 |
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Preston Guardian 28th October 1893
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CENSUS RETURNS
1861
Catherine Dickinson 49 years Beerseller b. ?
Jane Dickinson 21 Daughter b. Preston
George Thomas Dickinson 12 Son do
1871
Joseph Crook 27 years Beerseller b. Brindle
Alice Crook 28 Wife b. Chipping
Annie Crook 7 Daughter do
Margaret Crook 3 Daughter b. Standish
1881
Thomas Coupe 59 years Beerhouse Keeper b. Walton-le-dale
Catherine Coupe 59 Wife b. Preston
1891
James Holden 26 years Innkeeper b. Preston
Margaret A. Holden 25 Wife b. Bamber Bridge
Edith Holden 4 Daughter b. Preston
Bertha Holden 3 Daughter do
Annie Holden 1 Daughter do
John W. Holden 32 Lodger do
1901
John Wilding 62 years Beerseller b. Preston
Jane Wilding 42 Wife do
1911
Stephen Scragg 58 years Innkeeper b. Oxford
Alice Scragg 58 Wife b. Preston
Edith Scragg 28 Daughter / Cotton Weaver do
Albert Scragg 25 Son / Cotton Spinner do
Flora Scragg 20 Daughter / Cotton Weaver do
1911
Stephen Scragg 58 years Innkeeper b. Oxford
Alice Scragg 58 Wife b. Preston
Edith Scragg 28 Daughter / Cotton Weaver do
Albert Scragg 25 Son / Cotton Spinner do
Flora Scragg 20 Daughter / Cotton Weaver do
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Wow! Really pleased to find this! I have long looked for a photo of the Horse and Farrier! Stephen Middleton Scragg was my great great grandfather! He died at the pub in 1936 so a little earlier than your notes say. I think possibly his son Albert or my great grandfather John Wharton (Stephen's son in law) may have taken over after his death. My grandmother, Florence Wharton, lived there for a time but not sure exactly when.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your update. I would love to know any further information. How do you know he started there in 1907? I have him there on the 1911 census but on the previous four census he was a cotton spinner so started life as a landlord quite late! He was 83 when he died in 1936! I think possibly John Wharton my great grandfather may have taken over but he later ran the Herman Hotel/Inn on Aqueduct Street and was there in the mid 1940s when my dad and his brothers were born.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for all of this wonderful and historic information. It is over 50 years since I regularly trawled the area. The Meadows Arms; The Fleece Inn; The Stone Cottage; before wandering over to Lancaster Road and The Black A' Moor. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the Horse and Farrier has licences to sell beer, but not spirits?
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