VICTORIA AND ROYAL HOTEL #
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VICTORIA AND STATION HOTEL
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VICTORIA AND RAILWAY HOTEL
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VICTORIA AND RAILWAY HOTEL
78 & 79 Fishergate
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formerly the "VICTORIA HOTEL"
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MINE HOSTS:
1838 - 40 Charles Francis Worthington (came from the Royal Hotel, Church Street)
Middle name given as 'Frederick' on occasion.
1841 - 77 Edward Croft
1878 - 81 Leonard and Ellen Billington
1881 - 88 Miss Ellen Billington
1888 - 91 Harry Thornton Isherwood
1891 - 92 Frederick Isherwood
1892 - 96 Zacharias Knowles - In 1896 the property was bought by Harding & Co. Livery Stables,
the sale taking place week commencing 5th October 1896.
1896 - 1907 Mary Jane Knowles (Mrs)
1910 - 13 Melinda J. Baines
1917 Elizabeth Sharples
1921 Jane Herling - this lady is shown as being the licensee at the "Butchers and Commercial"
1924 John Arthur Watson
1927 - 30 H. Bilsborough (Manager) J.A. Watson (Proprietor)
1936 A. Pellisier
1937 - 45 Hugh Catterall (Cattrall)
1945 ? John V. Woodhead
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Preston Chronicle 14th July 1838
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Preston Chronicle 3rd November 1838
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| Preston Chronicle 1st December 1838 |
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Preston Chronicle 18th July 1840
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| Preston Chronicle 26th September 1840 |
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Blackburn Standard February 1842
Lancaster Gazette 19th February 1842
The Era 20th February 1842
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Preston Chronicle 28th July 1855
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Preston Chronicle 16th February 1856
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Preston Chronicle 7th February 1857
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| Preston Chronicle 20th October 1877 |
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Preston Chronicle 13th April 1878
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DOUGHTY'S VOICE LOZENGES
From: Mdlle CHRISTINE NILLSON, Prima Donna,
Italian Opera, Covent Garden.
August 2nd 1869
"I find your lozenges most excellent
for the voice." Christine Nillson
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The following is a copy of a telegram received September 20th 1869,
from Mr. Gawith, Chemist, Liverpool, to Mile Doughty, London.
'Forward by first passenger train, to
Mdlle Christine Nillson, Victoria Hotel,
Preston, TWO largest boxes (11s. each)
Voice Lozenges. Charge to me."
THE ERA 3rd December 1887
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Reginald Baines
[Son of Melinda J. Baines, who was at the "Victoria and Station" 1910 - 13]
Eldest son of Mrs Baines of “The De Tabley Arms”, Ribchester, late of “The Victoria and Station”, Fishergate, Preston.
Private 13099, 7th Bn (“Preston Pals”) Loyal North Lancs
Killed on Friday 17 November 1916
Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 11A
Other details: Death notice by Mrs Baines LDP 2 December 1916. Pg article 16 December 1916: L/Cpl David Taylor wrote to Mrs Baines, “(He) fell after a successful advance, killed in a dugout with one of the officers.
You have the deepest sympathy of all that remains of the Preston Pals.” LDP PG CWGC
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Taken from a January 1927 Preston North End Match Day programme.
Supplied by Ian Rigby, Official PNE Historian.
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I'm not sure when this dates from, although I have a note
(under 'Mine Hosts' that J.A. Watson was the proprietor
in 1927.
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Hull Daily Mail 14th February 1921
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Western Daily Press Bristol 27th May 1930
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
Edward Croft 25 years Innkeeper
Mary Croft 24 Wife
1851
Edward Croft 34 years Innkeeper b. Preston
M. Croft 33 Wife do
J. Croft 3 Son do
J, Croft 2 Daughter do
R. Moore 30 male Visitor / Attorney b. Kirkham
E.M. Phipps 39 female Visitor b. Wiltshire
S.A. Herbert 33 m. Visitor / Curate of Gateshead b. Colchester
A.J.B. Herbert 22 f Visitor / wife of S.A.H. b. Dublin
E. Harrison 25 f Servant b. ?
E. Withnell 48 f Servant b. Whittle
R. Charnock 18 f Servant b. Ormskirk
M. Harrison 17 f Servant b. Clifton
E. Bulman 18 f Servant b. Cumberland
C. Shea 19 f Servant b. Preston
M.E. Dilworth 29 f Servant do
E. Wilson 15 f Servant b. Penrith
W. Lucas 17 m Servant b. Preston
R. Varley 23 m Servant b. Yorkshire
H. Dalton 19 f Servant b. Whittingham
A. Harrison 20 f Servant b. Clifton
E. Dunn 23 f Servant b. Scotland
M.M. Nelson 21 f Servant b. Chorley
A. Parkinson 29 f Servant b. Lancashire
M. Bailey 18 f Servant b. Goosnargh
1861
Edward Croft 44 years Hotel Keeper b. Preston
Mary Croft 44 Wife do
Edward Croft 19 Son do
Joseph Croft 13 Son do
Jane Croft 18 Daughter do
1871
Edward Croft & family living at Ribbleton Lodge
Visitors:.
John Barrow Allen 26 years Assistant master at Rossall School b. Somerset
Charles Cansen 56 Line Engraver b. Yorkshire
Montague Joseph Feldrew 54 Lt. Colonel 3rd Royal Lancs Militia b. Blackburn
Bessie King 22 b. Gloucestershire
Harriett Simmons 25 Ladies maid b. Chepstow
Abraham Gough 36 Gentlemen b. Staffordshire
Staff:
Catherine Chetwin 27 Servant / Housekeeper b. Perthshire
Agnes Alston 25 Barmaid b. Bolton
Elizabeth Cotterall 33 Cook / Domestic Servant b. Shropshire
Ann Ryding 38 Waitress b. Longton, Lancs.
Fanny Cherry 25 Waitress b. Westmoreland
Mary Kemp 25 Housemaid b. Liverpool
Ann Pickavance 20 Housemaid do
Mary Ann Byrnes 26 Kitchenmaid b. Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Edward Wilding 24 Boots b. Preston
Samuel Pickup 20 Boots b. Newton, Lancs.
1881
Leonard Billington 75 years Lic. Vict. (Retired) b. Preston
Ellen Billington 49 Daughter do
Jane Billington 39 Daughter do
Eliza Billington 37 Daughter do
1891
Frederick Isherwood 53 years Lic. Vict. b. Huddersfield
Ellen Isherwood 52 Wife do
Ellen B. Isherwood 29 Daughter-in-law b. Manchester
Hilda Jsherwood 2 Grand-daughter b. Acton, Middlesex
1901
Mary Knowles 53 years Innkeeper b. Burnley
Edith Knowles 33 Daughter do
Leo Harry Clarke 18 Nephew / Telephone Clerk do
William Walton 64 Living on own means b. London, Middlesex
Annie M. Saunders 34 Cook do
Catherine A. Mowat 28 Waitress b. Scotland
Jessie B. Wafur ? 25 Chambermaid b. Somerset
Sarah Tomlinson 20 Kitchen maid b. Wigan
Catherine Dwenny 34 Laundry Maid b. Ireland
Richard Jones 19 Boots b. Bolton
Edith S. Coombs 24 Pantry Maid b. Dorset
1911
Melina Baines 39 widow Hotel Proprietor b. Wheelton, Lancs.
Arthur James Witton 45 Servant / Hotel Clerk b. Blackburn
Arthur Witton 18 Servant / Hotel Hall Porter do
Lorissa Fox 52 widow Servant / Hotel Cook b. Liverpool
Mary Josephine Macdonald 29 Chambermaid b. Ireland
Roseann Bridgett Brooks 21 Pantrymaid do
Susannah hee 26 Waitress Coffee Room b. Enniskillen, Ireland
Richard Foster 60 widower Visitor / Commercial Traveller b. Sheerness
Ernest Frederick Gladsell 36 Visitor / Accountant b. Luton
Thomas Baines 11 Son / Student b.Blackburn
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I have in front of me a menu dated 29/12/28 for the Victoria & Station Hotel and the signatures of the eight who enjoyed it - all "Old Heversham Boys Meeting at Preston". Obviously a reunion of Old Boys of Heversham School. It belonged to my late father-in-law who was at the school 14 years earlier (and then survived the Great War - obviously all the others did too). If anyone would like a scan, please let me know.
ReplyDeleteChris - Worcestershire