SOUTHGATE TAVERN, Southgate

SOUTHGATE TAVERN   #

1  or  31  Southgate

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Was once referred to as the 

"DRUM AND MONKEY"

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MINE HOSTS:

1853 - 55                Henry Dickinson

1861                       George Johnson

1869 - 72                Richard Robinson
1872                        Margaret Robinson   - widow.

1875                        Ralph Walsh

1875 - 78                Ralph Dewhurst

1878 - 81                George Talbot

1882 - 84                John Yates

1884 - 1907            Margaret Yates

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Preston Chronicle  21st April 1855
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Preston Chronicle  20th August 1870
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Preston Chronicle  17th June 1871
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In a case in 1876 under the Licensing Act (breaches of),

the licensee was Ralph Dewhurst, and the beerhouse was 

referred to as the "DRUM AND MONKEY," or

"SOUTHGATE TAVERN."

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Lancaster Gazette  14th December 1872
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SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE AT PRESTON

A few days ago, Mrs. Margaret Robinson, keeper

of the Southgate Tavern, Preston, gave birth to a child 

at the house of a friend, and when a medical man was

called in the child was dead, and he thought the skull

was fractured. 

This being  rumoured abroad, the Coroner ordered an

exhumation of the body, as it had been buried at the cemetery,

but Mr. Marshall, M.D., on examining it, said that the

child had never breathed, and at an inquest held on

Wednesday last, the jury returned a verdict of "Stillborn."

Lytham and Kirkham Times 18th December 1872

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Preston Chronicle  20th November 1875
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Preston Chronicle  29th January 1876
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Preston Chronicle  19th December 1891
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CENSUS RETURNS

1861

George Johnson                        63 years                    Beerseller                   b. Ingleton

Rebecca Johnson                      60                             Wife                           b. Quernmore

Christopher Johnson                  29                             Son                            b. Walton-le-dale

Ann Johnson                              18                             Daughter                                   do

1871

Richard Robinson                     43 years                      Beerseller                  b. Eaves

Margaret Robinson                   37                               Wife                          b. Ireland

Jane Robinson                          15                               Daughter                   b. Preston

Richard Robinson                     12                               Son                                   do

Ellen Robinson                           1                                Daughter                           do

1881

George Talbot                         35 years                       Beerseller                  b. Preston

Elizabeth Talbot                       37                                Wife                                   do

Ruth Talbot                              13                                Daughter                            do

Mary Ellen Talbot                    10                                Daughter                             do

Elizabeth Talbot                         4                                Daughter                             do

1891

Margaret Yates                       51 years                        Beerhouse Keeper    b. Farrington

1901

Margaret Yates                       61 years                        Lic. Vict.                  b. Farrington

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