MECHANICS' ARMS
13 (later 26) Fish Street
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Better late than never!! Let's hope there's a better, earlier, image of the
'Mechanics' Arms' somewhere.
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'Mechanics' Arms' somewhere.
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MINE HOSTS:
1836 Bartholomew Eccles (Licence refused) Owned by Mr. T. Monk.
1837 - 39 Bartholomew Eccles - Owned by Mr. Thomas Monk, Surgeon.
1839 - 41 Robert Dyson - Owned by Mr. Arthur Burrow
1841 James Hill
1843 - 48 John Leeming d. 16.5.1848 aged 41 years
1848 - 54 Jane Leeming
1857 James Leeming
1858 - 60 Edward Halliwell
1861 - 75 Thomas Brayshaw
1875 James Newsham
1878 Thomas Prescott
1878 Thomas Prescott
1878 - 81 John Milner (Miller)
1881 - 87 Henry Swarbrick b.1840 in Preston, son of Joseph & Elizabeth [Moulding] Swarbrick
1887 - 88 Thomas Cookson
1888 - 93 Richard Walmsley
1893 - 94 Thomas Lynch
1894 - 97 Edward Crook
1897 Thomas McGuire
1897 - 98 William Kellett
1898 - 1910 Henry Boardman
1913 - 18 George Hollywell
1924 Thomas Turner
1924 Thomas Turner
1932 - 36 George Winnard
1936 - 37 Haslem Entwistle
1936 - 37 Haslem Entwistle
1940 - 48 John Lamb
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Preston Chronicle 3rd December 1859
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Preston Chronicle 19th May 1866
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Preston Chronicle 26th March 1870
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Preston Chronicle 13th January 1872
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| Preston Chronicle 27th July 1839 |
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THUNDERSTORM AT PRESTON
On the 24th inst., The Mechanics' Arms Inn, in Fish
Street, Lancaster Road, occupied by Mr Thomas
Brayshaw, was struck by the electric fluid about
midnight. Part of the stack of chimneys was hurled
into the yard; about three feet square of the slating
of the roof was torn off; the gas piping underneath
was melted, the gas ignited, and the rafters set on
fire. The startled inmates raised the alarm, and the
fire brigade, after an hour's hard work, extinguished
the flames.
Lytham and Kirkham Times 27th August 1873
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Preston Chronicle 17th January 1874
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Preston Chronicle 17th May 1879
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Preston Chronicle 23rd October 1880
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Preston Chronicle 1st December 1883
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Preston Chronicle 4th April 1885
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Preston Chronicle 3rd September 1887
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
Robert Dyson 40 years Publican
Christianna Dyson 40 Wife
Ann Dyson 15 Daughter
Mary Dyson 14 do
Samuel Dyson 10 Son
Maria Dyson 8 Daughter
David Dyson 5 Son
Harriet Dyson 2 Daughter
Thomas Parkinson 26 Lodger / Cotton Spinner
Thomas Kirby 45 Lodger / Wheelwright
1851
1861
Robert Dyson 40 years Publican
Christianna Dyson 40 Wife
Ann Dyson 15 Daughter
Mary Dyson 14 do
Samuel Dyson 10 Son
Maria Dyson 8 Daughter
David Dyson 5 Son
Harriet Dyson 2 Daughter
Thomas Parkinson 26 Lodger / Cotton Spinner
Thomas Kirby 45 Lodger / Wheelwright
1851
1861
Thomas Brayshaw 36 years Innkeeper b. Clapham
Esther Brayshaw 35 Wife b. Overton
1871
Thomas Brayshaw 48 years Innkeeper b. Stainforth, Yorkshire
Alice Brayshaw b. Preston
Thomas Brayshaw do
1881
Henry Swarbrick 40 years Lic. Vict. b. Preston
Alice Swarbrick 37 Wife do
1891
Richard Walmsley 48 years Lic. Vict. b. Preston
Elizabeth Walmsley 49 Wife b. Penrith
Mary Ann Walmsley 18 Daughter b. Chorley
Elizabeth Walmsley 15 Daughter do
1901
Henry Boardman 65 years Publican b. Haydock
Alice Boardman 63 Wife b. Blackburn
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Henry Swarbrick was born in 1840 in Preston, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth [Moulding] Swarbrick. Henry originally worked as a cotton weaver, but was a licensed victualler by 1881.
ReplyDeleteExtract from the Preston Directory
1882 & 1885
Swarbrick Henry - Victualler - “Mechanics’ Arms” 13, Fish Street
1889
Swarbrick Henry - Victualler - “Green Dragon” 44, Lancaster Road
Henry was still at the Green Dragon in 1891. He died in 1892.
Dave Swarbrick [no relation]