STATION TAVERN, Butler Street

STATION TAVERN   #

9 Butler Street

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Referred to on occasion as "HORROCKS'S ARMS"
See the name of the first landlord. 

MINE HOSTS:

1851 - 53              William Horrocks         -   owned by Thomas Dobson.
1856 - 59              William Walker       died early 1859, aged c.47 years.

1859 - 71              Alice Walker

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 Preston Chronicle - 30th October 1852

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Blackburn Standard  25th July 1855

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Preston Chronicle – 13 February 1858

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Preston Herald – 26th January 1861

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Preston Chronicle  22nd March 1862
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Preston Chronicle – 26th April 1862 

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Preston Chronicle  12th May 1866
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Liverpool Mercury  21st October 1873
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SUDDEN DEATH IN PRESTON

On Friday, an inquest was opened at the Police

Station, Preston, on the body of a labouring man

named Aldridge, who was found dead in bed on the

previous day at the STATION INN beerhouse,

Butler Street, where he was lodging. The inquest

was adjourned to Monday, when the jury returned

a verdict that the deceased was found dead in bed, 

and that death was caused by the rupture of a 

blood vessel.

Lytham and Kirkham Times 27th October 1873

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CENSUS RETURNS

1851

William Horrocks                  53 years                     Lic. Vict.                b. Brough

Mary Horrocks                     42                              Wife                       b. Preston

Agnes Cranshaw                   16                    Daughter / Scholar                  do

Cathrine Cranshaw                14                   Daughter  / Scholar                  do

John Cranshaw                      11                              Son / Scholar                do

1861

Alice Walker                         27 years / widow     Beerhouse Keeper  b. Westmoreland

Ann Whitehead                     47                              Sister                     b. Loughrigg

John Walker                         14                              Step-Son                 b. Preston

Sarah Walker                        11                              Step-Daughter              do

Nathan Walker                      9                                Son                               do

John Walker                          4                                Son                               do

William R. Walker                 1                                Son                               do

Sarah Whitehead                  68                               Mother / Lodger            do    ???

Anne Whitehead                   14                               Servant                b. Burnside

William Beardsworth           31 unmarried              Lodger                 b. Leyland

James Wane                          27  married                    do                     b. Euxton

n.b. A complicated family. Alice's husband, William Walker, had previously been married to her sister, Jane, who died in 1852.  Their maiden name was Whitehead. 

1871

Alice Walker                        38 years                     Beerhouse Keeper  b.Loughrigg, Westmoreland

Sarah Walker                       21                              Step- Daughter                 b. Preston

Nathan Walker                    19                               Step - Son                                 do

John Walker                         15                              Son                                 do

William Walker                     12                              Son                                 do

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