SHEDS, The. , Aqueduct Street

THE SHEDS   #

79 / 80 Aqueduct Street

32  (later 38)  Greenbank Street

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Apologies for this crude drawing. I'll try and
smarten it it up sometime.

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MINE HOSTS:

1854 - 56               Thomas Kew    d. 11.10.1861 aged 38 years.      Property owned by W. Brown

1860 - 70               Fanny Wallis  (given as Wells in the Preston Chronicle 13.8.1870)

1870 - 73               Thomas Crane

1876 - 81               John Livesey

1881                      Thomas Ashburner

1882 - 83               William Ashburner

1884 - 1911           George Thompson Berry

1913 - 17               John S. Berry
1925                      Bernard Gillett

1930 - 32               John Nightingale Lilley - owned by Richard Dawson

1936  NO MENTION.

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OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES

John Cunningham, an ex-sergeant of the police

force, was charged with obtaining 1 shilling in

money under false pretences, from Thomas 

Crane, Sheds Inn, Aqueduct Street, on the 

3rd of June.

The case was remanded till Saturday, in order

to make further enquiries.

Preston Chronicle 21st September 1872

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Preston Guardian  12th January 1878

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THRASHING THE WRONG MAN AT PRESTON.

 Judge Coventry and a jury were occupied a long time yesterday at Preston County Court in hearing an action brought by George Crane, a plate-layer, under the following circumstances.

At about 7.30 on the morning of December 3rd, a man went into the "Sheds Inn", Aqueduct Street, Preston, and there insulted the landlord's daughter and assaulted the servant. The landlord, George Berry, under the belief that Crane was the offender, gave him a thrashing, which laid him up for a week.

Berry failed to satisfy the jury that Crane was the man, and he had to pay 3 guineas damages and costs.

Northern Daily Telegraph  8th February 1893

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SINGULAR QUESTION OF IDENTITY

Before his Honour Judge Coventry and a jury,

at Preston County Court, George Crane, a plate-

layer on the Greenbank Railway, claimed five

guineas damages against George Berry, landlord

of The Sheds Inn, Aqueduct Street, for assault.

Crane said that on the morning of Saturday 3rd

December 1892, the defendat attacked him, 

knocked him down, and kicked him several times.

For the defence, it was said that Crane had gone

into the defendant's public house, and insulted 

two young women. This, the plaintiff emphatically

denied, suggesting it was probably a case of

mistaken identity. The two girls were called and

said they were positive that he was the man in 

question.

The Jury considered the evidence of identification

was insufficient, and awarded the plaintiff  just three 

 guineas.

Preston Chronicle  11th February 1893

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SHEDS HOTEL, to be Let immediately; Free house -

Apply: Watering Trough Inn, Fylde Road, between 11 and 12.

Lancashire Evening Post   1st January 1916

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CENSUS RETURNS

1861

Fanny Wallis                    33 years - widow.            Innkeeper                b. Coppull

Jane Wallis                        6                                    Daughter                  b. Blackburn

Eliza Wallis                      13                                    Step-daughter                    do

1871

Thomas Crane                 44 years                           Innkeeper                b. Churchtown

Margaret Crane               44                                    Wife                        b. Preston

1881

Thomas Ashburner           26 years                          Publican                   b. Barrow

Elizabeth Ashburner         26                                    Wife                        b. Shrewsbury

1891

George Thompson Berry  42 years                          Lic. Vict.                  b. Kirby Lonsdale

Mary Ann Berry               46                                   Wife                        b. Preston

John Stazaker Berry         15                                    Son                                  do

Elizabeth Thompson Berry 13                                  Daughter                           do

Mary Ann Berry               10                                   Daughter                           do

1901

George T. Berry               54 years                          Publican                   b. Kirby Lonsdale

Elizabeth T. Berry            23                                    Daughter                  b. Preston

Mary A. Berry                 20                                    Daughter                          do

1911

George Thompson Berry  62 years widower            Publican                b. Kirby Lonsdale

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