NEW FIGHTING COCKS, Fylde Street

NEW FIGHTING COCKS  #

2 or 3 Fylde Street

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This became the 

"PLUMBERS' ARMS"

The application to change the name was on 27th August 1881.

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MINE HOSTS:

1851 - 54             Thomas Ashburn. 'James Ward' shown in Oakey's Directory 1853.
1861                     Thomas Wareing
1864                     George Gregson

1869                     John Hargreaves    Fined 10 shillings for selling beer out of hours March 1869

1869                     Robert Parker
1871 - 72              James Smith
1876                     Alice Smith    - James Smith may or may not be dead at this time.

1877                     Joseph Ellis
1879                     John Talbot
1879                     John Holliday

1880                     Daniel Matthews

1880                     Edward Francis Dennis
1881                     Mrs. Dickinson    

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THE ASSAULT ON A BAILIFF.
Mr. Watson said that the case in which George Gregson, landlord of the New Fighting Cocks Tavern, was charged with assaulting a bailiff, was proposed to be withdrawn. The bailiff had received some compensation, and, with permission of the Bench, they would not proceed with it. The Bench allowed the case to be withdrawn.
Preston Herald   12th March 1864
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CENSUS RETURNS

1851

Thomas Ashburn               28 years         Beerseller                                      b. Blackburn

Mary Ashburn                   24                    Wife                                      b. Nut Gill?, Yorkshire

John H. Ashburn                 4                      Son                                             b. Preston

Mary A. Ashburn                1                  Daughter                                                do

1861
Thomas Wareing               35 years         Beershop Keeper /                          b. Preston
                                                                   Painter and Plumber
Ellen Wareing                    35                   Wife                                              b. Dolphinholme
Ruth Wareing                     7                    Daughter / Scholar                         b. Preston
William Wareing                 6                    Son / Scholar                                         do
Frances Wareing                4                    Daughter / Scholar                                  do
Joseph Wareing                 2                     Son                                                       do

1871

James Smith                      52 years          Beerhouse keeper                          b. Lymington, Norwich
Alice Smith                       53                    Wife                                             b. Aspull, Lancs.

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