OLD HOUSE AT HOME, William Street

OLD HOUSE AT HOME

7 William Street

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 Fred and Clare Coombes outside the Old House at Home in
the early 1940's.
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MINE HOSTS:

1851                      Richard Crompton

1851 - 53              George Cope (Coup)

1861                      Jabez Milston

1869 - 70              William Wilson  d. April 1870 aged 52 years

1870 - 72              Ann Wilson

1872 - 73              Thomas Greenwood

1873 - 74              Frederick Walmsley

1877 - 94              John Berry

1894 - 1907          John Henry Hothersall

1910                     Mrs. Margaret A. Hothersall

1917 - 27              Henry Hothersall

1930 - 36              Arthur Wilkinson

1940                     Thomas Clarkson

1944                     Ernest Lawton 

1945                     Frederick and Clare Coombes

1948                     James P. Coombes

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 Preston Chronicle  14th August 1869

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Preston Chronicle  17th October 1874

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Preston Chronicle  31st October 1874

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Preston Chronicle  27th October 1877

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TRAGEDY OF A TRAMCAR

On the second Tuesday of January 1902, William Young, a former Royal Reservist soldier, who worked as a brewer at the Old House at Home, William Street, left his nearby home to go to town. 

Just after one o'clock, he was seen in Church Street, close to Manchester Road, about to cross the road as a horse-drawn tramcar approached.

The driver of the tramcar, Robert Jones, spotted the man half way between the pavement and the rails, and whistled and shouted in his direction, but instead of turning back, Young made for the metal tracks. He succeeded in passing the first horse, but had no time to get clear of the second before he was knocked down.

The startled horses then began to plunge and, although the driver did his best to stop them, they persisted in pulling the tram, with the result that the wheels and the body of the vehicle passed over Young.

John Wilkins, a local labourer, witnessed the tragedy and hurried to attend to him, but he was dead. There was a deep cut on the side of his head near the temple, and his left arm was almost amputated.

Late the same day, an inquest was held at the Preston Borough Police Court before the coroner John Parker. Two women from Burnley, who had witnessed the incident, were among those to testify. They remarked that the tramcar was travelling at an ordinary pace, but the victim seemed to unaware of it until it was within a yard. They said he had attempted to get out of the way, but was hit by the off-side horse.

It was stated that the injury to his head appeared to have been by a horse hoof, and a wheel had passed over his arm. The tramcar was reported to be travelling at six miles per hour, and the driver confirmed he had applied his brake, but the behaviour of the horses had nullified its effect.

In summing up, the coroner said the deceased evidently thought he could cross safely, and even got past the first horse. In his opinion the driver had done all he could to avoid the accident, and no blame should be attached to him. The jury took little time in returning with a verdict of accidental death, and they exonerated the driver.

Repeated from a Keith Johnson article in -

Lancashire Evening Post   9th April 2014

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CENSUS RETURNS

1851

George Cope                    36 years                Engineer & Beerseller           b. Preston

Mary Cope                       33                         Wife                                             do

Sarah Cope                       12                         Daughter                                      do

1861

Jabez Milston                    32 years                Coach Painter & Beerseller  b. Bedfordshire

Mary Ann Milston             28                          Wife                                   b. Marylebone ?

1871

Ann Wilson                       52 years - widow. Beerseller                             b. Preston

Thomas Wilson                 21                         Son                                               do

Richard Wilson                 19                         Son                                               do

Edward Wilson                 14                         Son                                              do

John Wilson                      12                         Son                                               do

1881

John Berry                       43 years                 Beerseller                            b. Preston

Margaret Berry                45                          Wife                                             do

Margaret Ann Berry         17                          Daughter                                      do

Joseph Berry                    15                          Son                                             do

1891

John Berry                       53 years Widower  Beerseller                           b. Preston

Joseph Berry                   25                           Son                                             do

Margaret Ann Hothersall 27                           Daughter                                      do

John H. Hothersall           28                           Son-in-law                                  do

Henry Hothersall              3                            Grandson                                    do

Margaret E. Hothersall     1                            Grand-daughter                           do

1901

John H. Hothersall          38 years                  Beerseller                            b. Preston

Margaret A. Hothersall   37                           Wife                                             do

Henry Hothersall            13                            Son                                              do

Margaret Hothersall        11                           Daughter                                      do

Lilian Hothersall              4                             Daughter                                      do

William Hothersall          39                            Brother                                        do

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