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Sunday, 27 July 2025

TRAVELLERS' INN, Moor Lane

TRAVELLERS' (REST) INN   #
30 Moor Lane
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MINE HOSTS:
1838                        Diana Grimshaw
1841          See sale notice.
1842 - 43                 John Gerard (Gerrard)
1845                        Henry Longworth   -  owned by Hollinshead Blundell.
1849 - 53                Thomas Wilkinson  - owned by Richard Benson Blundell & Hollinshead Blundell.
1856                        Briggs Standen 
1859                        William Maudsley - referred to as the "Travellers' Rest"
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Preston Chronicle  22nd May 1841
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FOR SALE BY AUCTION
On 17th November 1845
LOT 24.    ALL that PUBLIC-HOUSE, or BEERSHOP,
west-side of Moor Lane, known by the sign of the
"TRAVELLERS' INN" with Stable, Yard, Brewhouse,
and outbuildings, in the occupation of Henry Longworth.
Preston Chronicle 15th November 1845
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Preston Chronicle – 6th September 1856 
CENSUS RETURN
1841
John Gerrard                        25 years                       Shop keeper
Jane Gerrard                        20                                Wife
Ellin Gerrard                        11 months                     Daughter
 
1851
Thomas Wilkinson              28 years                       Retail brewer                   b. Blackburn
Ann Wilkinson                    30     wife                    Housekeeper                    b. Preston
Mary Ann Brown                17  niece                     Servant                             b. Cheltenham
Samuel Brown                    15  nephew                  Appr. Joiner                     b. Worcester
John Mason                        32                                 Servant                            b. Preston 
 
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