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Friday 24 February 2012

LIVERPOOL HOUSE, Shepherd Street

LIVERPOOL HOUSE
Shepherd Street
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Became the "DOG AND RAT"
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MINE HOSTS:
1839 - 41             James Hope  -  owned by Thomas Lythgoe
1849 - 50             Samuel Leighton
1851 - 69             John Proctor
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James Hope, beer-shop keeper, of Shepherd Street, was proceeded against, on two informations, for having, on the 31st January, sold one glass of whiskey, and a quarter of a pint of foreign wine.
Mr. F. Armstrong appeared on the part of the Crown, and Mr. J. Armstrong for the defendant.
The evidence being gone through, the Mayor pronounced the decision of the Bench for a conviction in the penalty of £12.10s in each case.
The magistrates at the same time intimated that they would recommend a still further remission of the penalty.
Preston Chronicle  18th May 1839
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The area around Shepherd Street was known in
1853 as "The Sandhole."
...............Mary Ann Hodgson and Elizabeth Fazackerley,
two denizens of the "sandhole."
Preston Chronicle 12th March 1853
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In a report about a 'highway robbery' was the following:
"...............at a house of ill-fame, in that
beautiful neighbourhood, the Sandhole."
Preston Chronicle  12th November 1842
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.............in Bolton's Court, Shepherd Street,and the clump
 of buildings known as the "Sandhole."
Preston Chronicle  22nd May 1852
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.............but instead of going to the Theatre,
most of them repaired to the public-houses
and brothels in the "Sandhole."
Preston Chronicle 16th February 1856
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James Proctor, the keepr of the LIVERPOOL ARMS,
Shepherd Street, was charged with committing an aggravated 
assault on his wife, Alice.

Mr. Gibbons (Chief Superintendent) told the Court that, 
"I know nothing good of this man. He is one of the worst
men I ever met with. He is an utterly worthless being - 
always in the company of prostitutes and such like
characters. "

The prisoner begged for mercy, and promised to leave
the town. He was gaoled for 6 months with hard labour -
a decision that seemed to appall the man.
Preston Chronicle 19th September 1857
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2 comments:

  1. What do we know about the 'sandhole' was it just a very rough area ?

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  2. I don't know an awful lot about it, although it was an area that was commonly referred to as such. It was certainly a rough area. Several low-class beer-houses and many brothels. Some were even both!!

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