THREE TUNS, High Street

THREE TUNS   #

54 High Street

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Apparently it later became known as the "COACH AND HORSES" but

I have no information relating to it.

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MINE HOST:

1796                  Mrs Naylor  Expenses of £119 6s. 7d., incurred here in the lead up to the

                                              elections of 1796.  DDK/1683/73.

1808                  William Thompson    d. 16th February 1808   See below.

1818                  Robert Preston

1831 - 34          John Fowler

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Robert Preston took over at the new 'Three Tuns,' but it's

not clear when.

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DEATH  On Tuesday last (16th),

Mr. William Thompson, of the "Three

Tuns" public-house, in Preston. 

Lancaster Gazette  20th February 1808 

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DEATH:  On Monday last, Mrs. Preston,

wife of Mr. Robert Preston, of Preston,

Innkeeper.

Lancaster Gazette  11th April 1818

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Preston Chronicle   14th May 1831

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See Lot 4
Preston Chronicle 25th October 1834

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More recently I have found that the first licensee at the
'New' Three Tuns, Robert Preston, died in 1834, so
possibly he was there slightly earlier than suggested.

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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION

By order of the surviving Trustees

under the Will of Robert Preston,

deceased.

At the house of Mr. John FOWLER, the Coach and Horses,

in Preston, by Mr. T. Threlfall, on 30th October.

LOT 4    All those two dwellinghouses, situate at the 

top of High Street, Preston, formerly used as an INN 

or PUBLIC HOUSE, known by the name of the 

OLD THREE TUNS.

Preston Chronicle 11th October 1834

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There's a lot to sort out with regards to the 

chronology of both the Old and the New Three Tuns,

in High Street and North Road respectively.

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