DOG AND RAT, Shepherd Street

DOG AND RAT   #

Shepherd Street.*

Formerly 'LIVERPOOL HOUSE'

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MINE HOSTS:

1857 - 59       John Proctor   

1867                                     - mentioned in Preston Chronicle 19th January 1867,

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ANOTHER LICENSING CASE

John Proctor, landlord of the "DOG AND RAT"

beerhouse, Shepherd Street, late "Liverpool House,"

was charged with having his house open at an unlawful hour.

Preston Chronicle   19th December 1857

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ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY

........................whom they found at the

DOG AND RAT, a beerhouse in the 'Sandhole.'

Preston Chronicle   2nd October 1858

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Nags Head   #

Churchgate (now Church Street)
Believed to have been situated on the opposite side of Church Street,
from Patten House, the home of the Derby family.
It would be adjacent to the stables belonging to Patten House, and
more than likely what the name refers to.

Mine Hosts:

1815                         John Williams

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Extract from a Legal Document dated 5th September 1815

Alexander Gerrard to Charles Ambler. Lease for a year.

All that messuage or burgage and tenement with the appurtenances situate standing and being in Preston aforesaid on the south side of a certain street there called the Church Gate formerly in the possession of Agnes Patten widow deceased afterwards of Rachel Bennett widow deceased and the said Alexander Gerrard his assigns farmers or tenants formerly adjoining on the east end thereof to a messuage or burgage then late or then before the inheritance or in the possession of James Harrison of Preston aforesaid chapman deceased his undertenants or assigns but now on such east side as well as on the south side thereof to a yard passage or foot path leading out of Churchgate now called Church Street into Water Street and on the west side thereof to another messuage or burgage and premises formerly the inheritance or in the possession of Hammerton Astley Esquire deceased with the Backside Brewhouse Backbuildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging all which said premises mentioned and intended to be hereby bargained and sold are at present in the tenure holding or occupation of John Williams and occupied by him as an Inn or Public House and known by the sign of the ‘Naggs Head’
Information provided by Trevor Kirkham, Preston Historical Society......many thanks.

HORROCKS' ARMS, Bedford Street

HORROCKS' ARMS   #

108 Bedford Street

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MINE HOSTS:

1849 - 51              James Worden  -  owned by Richard Duckett, Auctioneer.

1852 - 53              Robert Riley
1856 - 58              William Farrington   -  owned by Richard Duckett in 1858.

1861                      Ralph Porter

1862                     Edward Woods

1869 - 71              Agnes Shorrock

1875                     Miss Mary Shorrock and Hugh Thistlethwaite

1877 - 86              Henry Moss

1886                     Ellen Moss

1886 - 88             Jonathon Swarbrick

1888                     Joseph Nixon

1888 - 89             William Singleton Ashburner

1889                     John Billington

1889                     William Bradshaw

1890 - 91              John Duckworth

1891                     James Osbaldeston 

1891 - 92             James Robinson

1892 - 94             Joseph Atkinson

1894 - 97             James Forshaw

1897                    John Robinson

1897                    Lawrence Whittaker

1898                    Thomas Simpson

1898 - 1900         John Winkley

1900                    William Henry Sharples

1901                    Joseph Shaw

1901                    Thomas Francis Eccleston

1901 - 04             Frederick Jones Turner
1905                    William Garling

1907                    Henry Orme

1909 - 10            Thomas Brown   Owned by Albion (Burton on Trent) Brewery.

1913                    Herbert Danson  - Believed to be Herbert (Chippy) Danson, former P.N.E. player.
                                                                                              27 years old in 1911. Born in Preston.

1917 - 20            Shadrack Durham

1926      NO MENTION

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 Lancaster Gazette   4th June 1853
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Preston Guardian  31st August 1861

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Preston Guardian  7th September 1861

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TO BE LET

"HORROCKS' ARMS" beerhouse,

with Stable and other outbuildings, 

in Bedford Street,

Apply at 45 Avenham Road.

Preston Chronicle  30th July 1864

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Preston Guardian  6th April 1878

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CENSUS RETURNS

1861

Ralph Porter                 49 years                     Beerseller                         b. Inskip

Ellen Porter                  50                               Wife                                b. Claughton

1871

Agnes Shorrock           48 years                     Beerseller                         b. Gt. Eccleston

1881

Henry Moss                 53 years                     Beerseller                         b. Penwortham

Ellen Moss                   54                              Wife / Landlady                b. Preston

William Moss               19                               Son                                          do

Mary J. Moss              16                               Daughter                                   do

John Thomas Moss      13                               Son                                          do

Robert Moss                11                              Son                                           do

Ellen Moss                    9                               Daughter                                    do

1891

John Duckworth           44 years                    Lic. Vict.                          b. Preston

Mary Duckworth          40                             Wife                                         do

John Duckworth           15                      Son  /  Musician                             do

Edward Duckworth      11                              Son                                         do

Alice Duckworth           8                               Daughter                                  do

James Duckworth         5                                Son                                b. Fleetwood

Frederick Duckworth    1                                Son                               b. Liverpool

1901

Joseph Shaw               31 years                    Beerhouse Keeper            b. Preston

Alice Shaw                  30                             Wife                                         do

Sarah Elizabeth Shaw   12                             Daughter                                  do

Richard Shaw               3                              Son                                          do

Joseph Shaw                10 months                Son                                           do

Susannah Shaw            9                               Daughter                                  do

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CROSS KEYS, Adelphi Street

CROSS KEYS   #

132 Adelphi Street
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MINE HOSTS:

1839                  Mr. Hall  - Preston Chronicle 25.5.1839

1840 - 42          Henry Seed

1846 - 54          Thomas ? Arnett (Timothy Arnett in 1851 Barratt's Directory & Oakey's 1853)

1856                  James Walmsley

1856                  John Walmsley - Change-over date: December 1856

1859 - 64          Richard Eglin

1864 - 67          John Whitehead  -  went to the 'New Legs of Man' Fishergate.

1867 - 71          Thomas Isherwood

1871 - 78          James Whiteside

1878 - 79          John Waggett  (Haggett)

1879 - 81          Mary Ann Waggett  (Haggett)

1882 - 88          Robert Aspden

1888 - 91          Sarah Aspden

1892 - 93          William Rose  --This was William Crispin Rose, ex-PNE & England goalkeeper.

1893                  William Buck Arnett

1893                  Thomas Henry Carter

1894                  William Buck Arnett

1895 - 97           Thomas Calvert

1898                  James Cartmell

1898                  William Clitheroe

1899                  Arthur Hillier

1900                  Thomas Gill

1900                  John Henry Banks

1901                  John Thomas Rothwell

1901                  Elizabeth Pennington

1904 - 04           John Chapman

1905                  Joseph Chapman - not sure where this fits in?

1904 - 10           John Iddon.  1909 owned by Bentley's Yorkshire Brewery.

1911                  Thomas Jackson  - d. 11.4.1911 aged 56 years.

1913                  Walter Noblett

1917 - 21           Abram (Abraham) Bentley

1924                  Richard H. Dickinson

1926 - 27           Edmund J. Smail

1932                  Everard Smail

1932 - 44           James Haddon Henderson  Senior

1948                  Robert Hedley

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 Preston Chronicle  25th July 1840

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Leeds Mercury  12th September 1840

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Preston Chronicle  25th November 1843

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Preston Chronicle 26th September 1846

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Preston Chronicle  10th February 1849

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Preston Chronicle  6th August 1853

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 Preston Chronicle  2nd April 1859

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R. EGLIN (late of the Bridge Inn, Penwortham)

begs to announce that he has now REMOVED to

See

THE CROSS KEYS INN, ADELPHI STREET.

Where he intends to continue to supply the BEST LIQUORS, 

and where he hopes to be re-visited by many of his former

friends, to whom he would now express his thanks for

past favours.

THE BEST WINES AND SPIRITS

FIRST-RATE ALE AND PORTER

NB. The Vaults are open every morning (Sunday

Excepted) at five am., at which time HOT COFFEE 

may be had.

Preston Chronicle  19th November 1859

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 Preston Chronicle  26th October 1861

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SELLING DURING PROHIBITED HOURS: A 10/- plus costs fine was inflicted on John Whitehead, who keeps the Cross Keys Inn, Adelphi Street, for selling during prohibited hours on Sunday, the 10th inst.

Preston Herald  16th December 1865

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 Preston Chronicle  5th August 1876

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 Preston Chronicle  13th June 1891

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 Lancashire Evening Post  17th February 1893

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 Lancashire Evening Post  18th October 1901

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 Lancashire Evening Post  10th June 1908

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 Lancashire Evening Post  22nd December 1908

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 Preston Herald  6th February 1909

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Preston Herald  20th June 1914

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 Lancashire Evening Post  24th February 1920

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Lancashire Evening Post  22nd June 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  29th June 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  4th July 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  15th July 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  18th July 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  29th July 1935

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Lancashire Evening Post  27th September 1935

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Lancashire Evening Post  23rd November 1935

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CENSUS RETURNS

1851

Timothy Arnett            33 years                  Victualler                 b. Preston

Elizabeth Arnett           39                           Wife                       b. Didsley  ?

Michala Arnett            16                   Daughter / Dressmaker    b. Ramsbottom

Hannah Arnett            14                   Daughter / School            b. Preston

Mary Ann Arnett        10                   Daughter / School                     do

William Buck Arnett    6                        Son / School                         do

Elizabeth Arnett          3                     Daughter / School                     do

1861

Richard Eglin              50 years                  Lic. Vict.                  b. Bolton

Elizabeth Eglin            38                           Wife                         b. Stockport

Selinor ? Eglin             22                           Daughter                  b. Bury

1871

Thomas Isherwood     46 years                 Innkeeper                 b. Bolton

Ellen Isherwood          42                          Wife                         b. Bentham, Yorks.

Ellen Alice Isherwood   15                        Daughter                   b. Chorley

Thomas Isherwood       11                        Son                           b. Preston

1881

Margaret Haggett        56 years                Lic. Vict.                  b. Preston

Eliz O'Keeffe               25                         Servant                     b. Portsmouth

1891

Sarah A. Aspden        42 years                 Publican                    b. Alton ?

William R. Aspden      13                          Son                          b. Liverpool

Thomas E. Aspden      10                         Son                                    do

Edgar Aspden               8                         Son                           b. Preston

Ada F. Aspden             6                          Daughter                          do

1901

John Thomas Rothwell  49 years              Innkeeper                   b. Littleborough

Isabella Rothwell           48                       Wife                                      do

 

1911

Thomas Jackson          56 years                Publican                    b. Crawshawbooth

Margaret Jackson        54                           Wife                         b. Preston

Nancy Ellen Brown     34                  Daughter  /  Waitress               do

Charles Cuthbert Brown  35              Son-in-law  /  Barman     b. Manchester

Elizabeth Stewart Brown 37     Charles' sister / Dom. Servant          do

John Knowles                  45                    Cotton Spinner           b. Preston

 

1921

Abraham Bentley           60 years            Publican                     b. Bradford

Mary  Bentley                57                 Wife  /  House duties      b. Preston

Annie Bentley                26             Daughter /         do                      do 

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BRIDGE INN,1 Maudland Road

BRIDGE INN  #

1 Maudland Road
also 13 Maudland Road

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NB.  According to the Licensing Court Records, this inn was known as the "Little Bridge Inn" at one point. Note the similar comment about the Bowling Green Inn on Ribbleside, and the Regatta Inn at the bottom of Fishergate Hill..

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MINE HOSTS:

1828 - 29               Margaret Taylor  (At this time their was a Retail Brewer listed in Bolton Street by this name. No mention of the Bridge Inn though.

1834                      James Margisson    Owned by Mr. Corrie.

1836                      Thomas Hornby (Licence refused). Owned by Mr. T.Walmsley.

1838 - 43               Henry Dobson     Owned by Mr. R. Walmsley (1838).                                                                           Married Miss Martha Sharp of Moon's Mill on 12.7.1842.

1843 - 66               John Noble

1866 - 77               Sarah and Mary Ann Noble

1881 - 91               Mary Ann Noble

1891 - 94               Thomas Richard Aspinall  wife d. 5.2.1894 aged 32 years.

1894                      Thomas Hardacre

1895 - 96               Richard Fazackerley

1897 - 99               Elizabeth Wilcock

1899 - 1901           Joseph Hodgkinson

1902 - 05              Alfred Joseph Latus

1907                      William Barnes

1908 - 17               Robert Paul Day Mason

1919 - 24               James Coonan - owner and licensee  d. 18.9.1924

1924 - 27               Catherine Coonan

1932      NO MENTION

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ON SALE

A JOINER'S BENCH, a BAGATELLE BOARD,

and three high-backed FORMS.

Apply at the Bridge Inn, Maudland Bank.

Preston Chronicle  8th October 1859

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Preston Chronicle  30th December 1865

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 Preston Chronicle  27th July 1872

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 Preston Chronicle  22nd December 1877

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 Preston Herald  18th March 1885

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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT

MR. DEWHURST will offer for Sale by Auction

in lots, early in April next,

The VALUABLE PROPERTY, consisting of the BRIDGE INN, 

Maudland Road, Preston, and the adjoining HOUSES and SHOPS,

No's 10, 11, and 12 Maudland Road, No's 24 and 25 Cold Bath

Street, and No's 1 and 2, Bolton Street.

Further particulars in future advertisements.

W.A. & R ASCROFT, Solicitors

35 Winckley Square, Preston

Preston Chronicle  14th March 1891

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 Preston Chronicle  28th March 1891

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 Preston Herald  26th July 1893

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 Preston Herald  7th February 1894

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 Lancashire Evening Post  27th January 1902

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 Lancashire Evening Post  9th December 1902

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 Preston Herald  19th August 1905

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 Lancashire Evening Post  22nd August 1905

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TO BE LET, the Free Fully-licensed PUBLIC HOUSE, known as the "BRIDGE INN, " Maudlands.

Apply, Jos. Smith, Ltd., Southgate Mills, Preston.

Lancashire Evening Post  24th October 1905

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 Preston Herald  24th October 1908

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 Lancashire Evening Post  28th October 1910

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Lancashire Evening Post – 22nd July 1919

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 Lancashire Evening Post  18th November 1919

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 Lancashire Evening Post  25th August 1932

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CENSUS RETURNS

1841

Henry Dobson                25 years                   Publican

Margaret Dobson           60                            Mother

1851

John Noble                     54 years                   Maltster &                           b. Penwortham

Mary Noble                    54                            Wife                                    b. Warton

Sarah Noble                   25                             Daughter / Barmaid             b. Preston

Mary Ann Noble            18                             Daughter / Barmaid                      do

William Noble                18                              Son                                             do

Mary Askew                  17                              Servant                                       do

William Shorrock           45                              Carter                                         do

William Noblett              40                              Brother-in-law                    b. Warton

1861

Sarah Noble                   39 years                   Barmaid / Daughter              b. Preston

Sarah Eccles                   18                            Servant / Barmaid                186o

1871

Sarah Noble                   45 years                  Head / Unmarried                 b. Preston

Margery Singleton           17                           Innkeeper         

James Noblett                 70                           Visitor / Retired farmer         b. Salwick

Jane Billington                 28                           Domestic Servant                 b. Plumpton

See notes below for further information re: Margery Singleton

1881

Mary Ann Noble            52 years                   Innkeeper                            b. Preston

Mary A. Eccles              30                            Servant                                        do

1891

Mary Ann Noble            65 years                   Lic. Vict.                            b. Preston

Mary Agnes Singleton    20                            Niece / barmaid                          do

1901

Joseph Hodgkinson        32 years                   Publican                              b. Preston

Elizabeth Hodgkinson     31                            Wife                                            do

Agnes Hodgkinson          3                             Daughter                            b. Lancaster

Jane Halliwell                 55  widow                Mother-in-law                    b. Preston

1911

Robert Paul Day Mason  48 years                 Publican                             b. Leeds, Yorks.

Beatrice Mason               39                          Wife                                          do

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Margery Singleton was born 23 September 1853 [from the family Bible in possession of Hilary May-Hill of Cardiff]. Margery married Joseph Cole at St. Walburga, Preston on 27 April 1880 and died 10 July 1919 at Birmingham. Buried Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham. Her mother was Agnes Noble, a daughter of George Noble.

The Cole family came originally from Wythburn, near Keswick. Margery could have known a lot of people in the area and her brother-in-law Richard Cole was tenant of the farm ‘’Hollin Brow’’ which was later demolished by Manchester Corporation for the Thirlemere reservoir scheme.

The April 1871 Census gives for Preston St. Peter's Ward No 13 Maudland Road [The Bridge Inn]

Sarah Noble, Head, unmarried, age 45, Innkeeper. Family were brewers in Preston, possibly on Back Lane, now Market St West.

Margery Singleton, unmarried, age 17, Innkeeper. [matches birth 23September 1853].

James Noblett, visitor, widower, age 70, Retired farmer, born Salwick,

Jane Billington, unmarried age 28, domestic servant, born Plumpton.

Details supplied by Trevor Kirkham.

For contact regarding these notes, email Steve Halliwell see CONTACT tab

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