WHITTLE AND STEEL, Back Lane

WHITTLE AND STEEL  #

Back Lane

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MINE HOST:

1836           see article, below.

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STEALING MONEY

On Monday last, William Parkinson, (alias Yates),

was charged at the Town Hall with having stolen

£21 10s, the property of his mistress, who resides

at Ratcliffe Bridge near Manchester. 

Information of the theft having reached the police

station here, a search was made for him, and he was

found at the Whittle and Steel beershop (a house of

ill-fame), in Back Lane, with £9 in his possession, 

nearly all in silver and copper.

He was sent, in the charge of Constable Holt to

Manchester. where he was committed to the 

Salford Session.

Preston Chronicle  30th January 1836

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COMMITMENTS

On Tuesday, Ellen Porter and Mary Ann Holden,

two women of the town, who had been found at the

Whittle and Steel, a house of ill-fame, were committed 

for three months to the House of Corection.

Preston Chronicle 4th June 1836

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TO BE LET BY PRIVATE TREATY

With immediate possession.

ALL that DWELLING-HOUSE, situate in Back Lane,

Preston, for some time occupied as a retail BEER-HOUSE,

and for which it is well-adapted. It is known by the sign of

the WHITTLE and STEEL, and adjoins the smithy of

Messrs. Nuttle.

Apply to Mr. RIGBY, at the Virgins Inn; or 

Mr. RISHTON, Solicitor, 12 Cannon Street.

Preston Chronicle  18th June 1836

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