OLD RED LION, Church Street

OLD RED LION   #

8  Church Street

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See also: 'OLD RED LYON'
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MINE HOSTS:

1688                       J. Rigby

1779 - 86               Samuel Dawson

1786                      William Birchall 

1797                      William Burrows

Pre-1799               William Sailsberry  

1799 - 13              Edward Clough

1815 - 16              John Holland   -  see 'New Red Lion'

1816                      Matthew Nelson

1817 - 24              William Garth

1825 - 27              William Cotton

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Lawrence Rawsthorne, Diaries, June 20th 1687, "Jo Crabtree's and Rigby's."

June 30th 1687, "Ratcliffe's i'th Weend, and Rigbys......"

September 19th 1687, "....and at Mr. Atkinsons and Rigbys, with Mr. Bellingham." 

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Thomas Bellingham, Diaries, September 22nd 1688:  "At Rigby's....."

October 8th 1688, ".......at night took three cans at Rigby's." 

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London General Evening Post  12th August 1779

The passage of time will lead to the same place being referred

to as "The Old" or "The New" something.

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 Manchester Mercury   4th July 1786

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 Manchester Mercury   28th March 1797

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MARRIAGE:  On Thursday 10th October 1805,

at Heversham, Westmoreland, Mr. Clough of the

Red Lion Inn, Preston, to Miss. Dodgson of the

former place.

Lancaster Gazette  12th October 1805

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Lancaster Gazette 1st February 1806

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 Lancaster Gazette  12th July 1806

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Lancaster Gazette  6th June 1807

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Lancaster Gazette  13th June 1807

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Lancaster Gazette  12th September 1807

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On the 13th October 1808, an announcement of

Dividend will be announced in the Bankruptcy case

of R. DEWHURST, Upholsterer, at the

Old Red Lion, Preston.

London Morning Post, 14th September 1808

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Lancaster Gazette  3rd August 1811

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Preston Chronicle  28th November 1812

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Lancaster Gazette  3rd June 1815

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MARRIAGE:  On Saturday last, Mr. Alexander

Murdock, to Miss Nelson, daughter of Mr. Nelson,

Red Lion Inn. Preston.

Lancaster Gazette  20th July 1816

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Preston Chronicle   14th February 1821

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Lancaster Gazette  10th October 1818

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DEATH:  On Tuesday 13th March 1821, in
Walton-le-dale, at a very advanced age,
Mrs. Nancy Sailsberry, relict of the late
Mr. William Sailsberry, formerly of the
Old Red Lion Inn, in this town.
Preston Chronicle   17th March 1821
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April 17th 1820:  A dinner was given by his friends

in Preston, to J. T. CAWTHORNE, Esq., M.P. for

Lancaster, at the Old Red Lion Inn, Preston.

James Pedder, Esq., in the chair; Mr. Jonathan Lodge,

vice-chairman. The same evening the Freemen of

Lancaster, resident in Preston, were regaled at two public houses in honour of the occasion.

In a 'Looking Back' feature:

Lancaster Gazette 27th May 1865

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From the ANGEL INN, Dale Street, Liverpool

The VICE-CHANCELLOR, every Afternoon

at 4 o'clock, through Ormskirk and Tarleton, to

Mr. GARTH'S, the Old Red Lion, in Preston,

in four hours; returns from thence at 6 o'clock

every morning.

Performed by R. Chambers and Co.

Liverpool Mercury 21st November 1823

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Leeds Mercury  8th May 1824

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A document in the possession of Linda Barton, Preston Historical Society, and the

property of Colin Stansfield, of the same Society, mentions the "Red Lion" in

Church Street in 1730.  See "RED LYON"

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