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Sunday, 13 January 2013

OLD COCK INN, Old Cock Yard

OLD COCK INN  #
13  (later 17)  Old Cock Yard
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Old Cock Yard still exists in 2020,
opposite the Miller Arcade.
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MINE HOSTS:
1807                     William Birchall   -   d. 24.2.1816 after he'd left here.
1812                     Matthew Garth   - See also 'Tap Room' at the Bull.
1818 - 20              Margaret Garth - formerly Thompson of the Bull Inn Tap Room. Was 
                                                             she  'Peggy Rigby' at one time?
1825                     Thomas Wardle
1828                     William Savage
1829                     William Park
1829                     John Leeming
1836                     Thomas Wilson d. 16.6.1838 aged 61 years. Wife died on 2.10.1836 - see below.
1837                     Mr. Rushworth
1840 - 42             Margaret Stewart  (Misses Stewart)
1847                    John Mayor
1847 - 48             Margaret Stewart
1851 - 54             John Spibey   d. 25.7.1854, aged 35 years at the North Union Railway Hotel.
1857 - 59             Henry Proctor Watson - auctioneer
1859 - 60             Thomas Lloyd Jones
1860 - 68             Samuel Walmsley
1868 - 85             David Fitchie
1886 - 88             James Wignall
1888 - 91             William Walmsley
1891 - 95             George Blackwell
1895 - 1907         James Fryer
1910                     Alice Redford
1911                     Henry Phillipson
1913                     Alfred James Newton
1917 - 24             Henry Phillipson (Philipson)
1926                     Agnes Brindle
1932  NO MENTION.
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MARRIAGE: On Sunday 16th December, 1810,
Mr. Matthew Garth, Book-keeper, to Mrs. Thompson
of the Bull Inn Tap Room, Preston.
Lancaster Gazette   Saturday 22nd December 1810 
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DEATH:  On Saturday last, at an advanced age,
Mr. William Birchall, formerly an innkeeper,
in Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  2nd March 1816 
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PUBLIC  HOUSE
TO  BE  LET
And entered on immediately.
ALL that well-accustomed HOUSE, situate in the
Old Cock Yard, known by the sign of the "OLD COCK,"
now in the occupation of Mr. WILLIAM SAVAGE.
The Stock, &c., may be taken at a valuation.
For particulars apply to William Savage.
Preston Chronicle  7th June 1828
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DEATH - On 1.10.1836, aged 55,
Betty, wife of Thomas Wilson,
lately of the Old Cock Inn.
Preston Chronicle 8th October 1836
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Preston Chronicle  8th April 1837
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Preston Chronicle   20th May 1837
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Preston Chronicle  24th December 1840
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Preston Chronicle  22nd October 1842
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Preston Chronicle  28th October 1843
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DEATH:
Preston Chronicle  11th May 1844
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Preston Chronicle   24th January 1846
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Preston Chronicle  20th February 1847
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Preston Chronicle  18th September 1847
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Preston Chronicle  29th April 1848
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Manchester Courier  29th April 1848
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Preston Chronicle  6th May 1848
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Preston Chronicle  18th January 1851
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MARRIAGE:  On Tuesday last, at the Parish Church, Preston, Mr. John Spibey, innkeeper, to Jane, fifth daughter of Mr. John Stewart, of this town, formerly of Dolphinholme.
Preston Chronicle  19th July 1851
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Preston Chronicle   6th September 1851
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Although it mentions the "New Cock Inn" it should read the
"Old Cock Inn"
Preston Chronicle  6th November 1852
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Preston Chronicle  27th May 1854
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Preston Chronicle   February 1859
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TO  BE  LET With Immediate Possession.
    THE OLD COCK INN,  OLD COCK YARD, Preston
Preston Chronicle  29th October 1859
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THOMAS LLOYD JONES begs to announce
to his numerous friends that he has succeeded
Mr. HENRY PROCTOR WATSON as the 
proprietor of the OLD COCK INN, Old Cock
Yard, and he intends to keep a prime glass of
ALE, and to sell only genuine and proof SPIRITS,
and the choicest WINES
The house has been newly refitted in every department.
Preston Chronicle  31st December 1859
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TO BE LET, with immediate possession,
all that well-accustomed INN, known by
the name of the "OLD COCK INN,"
Preston. The house is in beautiful 
condition.
Preston Chronicle  1st December 1860
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Cerf
Preston Chronicle 15th December 1860
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Preston Chronicle  22nd December 1860
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A FIRST-RATE GLASS OF ALE, WINE,
or SPIRITS, may always be relied on at
S.WALMSLEY'S, OLD COCK INN.
A good CLUB ROOM TO BE LET
Preston Chronicle  26th January 1861
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Preston Chronicle  16th February 1861
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DEATH
On the 22nd inst., Ellen, daughter of Mr. Samuel Walmsley,   Old Cock Inn, aged 4 years 5 months.
Preston Chronicle  25th January 1862
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Preston Herald  19th December 1863
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Preston Herald  8th October 1864
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Preston Herald  20th August 1864
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Preston Herald  19th November 1864
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DEATH
On the 12th inst., Sarah, daughter of Mr. Samuel Walmsley, Old Cock Inn, Preston, aged 2 years 6 months.
Preston Herald  15th July 1865
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Preston Chronicle  21st December 1867
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Preston Chronicle  4th January 1868
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Preston Chronicle   16th May 1868
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Preston Chronicle  30th October 1869
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Preston Chronicle  19th March 1870
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Preston Herald   5th June 1872
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Preston Chronicle  4th September 1880
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Preston Herald  12th April 1882
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Preston Herald  15th April 1882
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Preston Herald  24th February 1883
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DEATH
BARTON: on May 28th, at the residence of her son-in-law,
Old Cock Inn, Preston, Annais Barton, aged 75 years.
Preston Herald  2nd June 1883
The son-in-law would be David Fitchie.
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Preston Herald  16th June 1883
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Preston Herald  25th August 1883
The Old Cock Inn sold for £860, the White Lion for £1,708, and the Market Hotel for £1,150.
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Preston Herald  17th September 1884
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Preston Herald  14th May 1887
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Lancashire Evening Post  7th October 1887
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Lancashire Evening Post  19th September 1890
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Lancashire Evening Post  20th July 1891
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Lancashire Evening Post  15th March 1893
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Lancashire Evening Post  15th February 1894
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Preston Herald  21st January 1903
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Lancashire Evening Post  9th February 1906
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Preston Herald  17th February 1906
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Lancashire Daily Post  1st July 1910
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Preston Herald  3rd June 1911
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Preston Herald  8th November 1913
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Preston Herald  6th March 1915
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War-time Special Measures
Preston Herald  26th August 1916
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Lancashire Evening Post  14th February 1926
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Lancashire Evening Post  13th May 1926
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
Margaret Stewart                     45 years                    Publican 
Ann Stewart                             35
Mary Stewart                           30
Ellen Stewart                            20
Harriet Stewart                         14          

1851
John Spibey                              30 years - widower  Lic. Vict.              b. Standish

1861
Samuel Walmsley                     35 years                   Innkeeper             b. Preston
Mary Walmsley                        41                            Wife                     b. Burscough ?
Mary A. Walmsley                   13                            Daughter               b. Preston
James Walmsley                       10                            Son                               do
Frederick Walmsley                   5                             Son                               do
Ellen Walmsley                          3                             Daughter                        do
Catherine Walmsley                   1                             Daughter                        do

1871
David Fitchie                           44 years                    Lic. Vict.              b. Preston
Margaret Fitchie                      40                             Wife                     b. Hoghton

1881
William Walmsley                     43 years                   Lic. Vict.              b. Preston
Elizabeth Walmsley                   42                            Wife                    b. Blackpool
Jane Alice Walmsley                 11                            Daughter              b. Mill Brook
Lizzie Walmsley                         9                             Daughter              b. Chorley
Violet Walmsley                        7                             Daughter              b. Preston
Nanny Walmsley                       5                             Daughter                       do

1891
William Walmsley                     43 years                   Lic. Vict.             b. Preston
Elizabeth Walmsley                   42                    Wife / Housekeeper    b. Blackpool
Jane Alice Walmsley                 11                            Daughter            b. Millbrook
Lizzie Walmsley                         9                             Daughter            b. Chorley
Violet Walmsley                        7                              Daughter            b. Preston
Nanny Walmsley                       5                              Daughter                     do
Mary Birket                             30             General Domestic Servant  b. Stockport

1901
James Fryer                             36 years                   Lic. Vict.              b. Preston
Jane Fryer                                35                            Wife                    b. Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire
Edward P. Fryer                        1                             Son                     b. Preston
William Fryer                           57                             Father**            b. Preston
Jane Jones                               19                 Niece / General Servant   b. Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire

1911
Henry Philipson                      36 years                     Publican               b. Preston 
Emily Philipson                      31                                Wife                            do
Cedric S. H. Philipson              4                                Son                              do         

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