JOHN O'GAUNT, Avenham Lane

JOHN O'GAUNT   #

16 Avenham Lane / 1 Brunswick Street

Later 66 Avenham Lane.

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 Above photograph taken 19th January 1959

Photograph taken 4th December 1959.
Note that the 'Snug' sign has been reversed since the beginning of the year.
Who knows the name of the person who put the glass in wrong way round? 
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MINE HOSTS:

1825 - 29               William Harding  (Hardwick) - Mrs. Hardwick, 26 years, 
                                                                                                    d. 20.12.1825.
                                                            Property owned by Richard Teebay in 1828

1834 - 35                Richard Lambert
1839                       Mr. Bailey

1841 - 54               Thomas Tomlinson   - Private residence  45 Chaddock Street.

1855 - 57               Robert Hitchin

1860 - 66               William Swarbrick and Co.    [Mannex’s 1866 Preston Directory]

1869                       Thomas Fowler
1869                       W. Fowler - Preston Chronicle 21st August 1869

1871                       William Fowler

1871 - 72                James McVey

1873 - 76                Mrs. Bridget Bond

1876 - 90                William Calvert

1890 - 92                Thomas Lynch

1892 - 93                William McKennie   -  PNE Footballer.  Info. from Ian Rigby, Official Historian.
                                                                   Died 17.12.1902 at the 'Buxton Hotel', Chorley.

1893 - 94                John Iddon

1894 - 95                James Newsham Pearson

1895 - 96                Robert Hull - owner. (The Hull Bros. were brewers in Glovers' Court).

1896 - 97                William Banks

1897 - 99                Roger Clitheroe

1899 - 1904            Benjamin Crossthwaite

1905 - 07                Leonard Wearden

1910 - 17               William Parkinson

1924 - 27               Henry Parkinson

1932 - 48               Mary E. Garland  (Given as Mary F. Garland in 1948)

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TO BE SOLD

All that newly-erected Inn or Public

House, known by the sign of the

JOHN O'GAUNT, with the Brew-

house and Back-buildings therein

belonging, subject to payment of

£28 a year, to Mr. Richard Tebay,

now aged 45 years, or thereabouts,

during his life.

Preston Chronicle  15th February 1828

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Preston Chronicle  24th December 1857
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Preston Guardian  2.4.1862
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JOHN O'GAUNT

On Tuesday 9th May, the John o'Gaunt

public house, in Avenham Lane, was sold

by Auction by Mr. J. B. Jones, for £2,400.

Lytham and Kirkham Times  Wednesday 17th May 1876

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JOHN  O'GAUNT  INN,    AVENHAM  LANE

W. CALVERT

In thanking his numerous friends for their

patronage so liberally bestowed upon him

since entering upon the above establishment,

begs to assure them and the public generally 

that he is now prepared to supply them with the

Choicest of Wines and Spirits,

Sparkling Mild or Bitter Ales, Bottled

and Draught Porter, &c.

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A GOOD BAGATELLE TABLE

Preston Chronicle  19th January 1878

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 Preston Guardian  21st September 1878
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 Preston Guardian  26th April 1879
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Preston Guardian  14th January 1882.
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Lancashire Evening Post – 7^th March 1893

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CENSUS RETURNS

1841

Thomas Tomlinson             35 years                     Publican

Elizabeth Tomlinson            35                              Wife

Jane Tomlinson                    6                               Daughter

Grace Tomlinson                 5                                Daughter

Teresa? Tomlinson               4                               Daughter 

John Tomlinson                   2                                Son

Joseph Tomlinson                1                                Son

1851

1861

William Swarbrick             34 years                      Innkeeper                  b. Goosnargh

1871

William Fowler                  50 years                      Innkeeper                  b. Elston

Jane Fowler                      57                                Wife                         b. Brindle

Anna Fowler                     20                                Daughter                   b. Preston

1881

William Calvert                 65 years                      Lic. Vict.                    b. Cockerham

Frances Calvert                63                               Wife                           b. Preston

Thomas Calvert                42                                Boarder                              do

Mary E. Calvert               20                                Boarder                               do

Robert Calvert                 18                                Boarder                               do

1891

Thomas Lynch                 31 years                      Lic. Vict.                     b. Preston

Ellen Lynch                      31                               Wife                                    do

John Lynch                       7                                 Son                                     do

Edith E. Lynch                  3                                 Daughter                             do

Robert Lee                     62                                 Father-in-law                      do

Helen Lee                       59                                 Mother-in-law           b. Ribchester

1901

Benjamin Crossthwairte   46 years                      Lic. Vict.                     b. Preston

Harriet Crossthwaite        40                               Wife                            b. Walton-le-dale

Isabel Crossthwaite          11                               Daughter                     b. Preston

1911
William Parkinson             50 years                     Licensed Victualler      b. Preston
Rachel Parkinson              53                              Wife / Assistant                   do
Alice Parkinson                24                              Daughter / Assistant             do
Elizabeth Parkinson          20                              Daughter / Assistant             do
Lily Parkinson                  12                              Daughter / Scholar               do

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