tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post6905344479934738255..comments2023-09-19T10:12:11.422+01:00Comments on PRESTON'S INNS, TAVERNS and BEERHOUSES: BEAR'S PAW, 38 Church StreetSteve Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10495128531587063253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-71746569920035215672019-01-03T21:24:19.026+00:002019-01-03T21:24:19.026+00:00My ggg grandfather, James Sharrock1801-1889, shows...My ggg grandfather, James Sharrock1801-1889, shows as landlord until 1859. <br />My ggg grandmother, Grace Sharrock, died here 2nd October 1849 from....cough....chronic liver disease. <br />I have just found a newspaper article showing that they were at the pub in August 1848. <br />Through their time there multiple records show the number as 42 Church Street. <br />Modern records seem to show the number as 40-42. The above shows 38. <br />Of course re-numbering could have occurred and early census records show various nearby Church Street numbers not utilised. I mainly mention this for context on the lackadaisical nature of that age's records. <br />I suspect that James ran the pub even earlier than 1848 because their final child was shown born 2nd June 1844 at 32 Church Street with father James Sharrock's occupation as Victualler and of address 32 Church Street. Number 32 doesn't seem to make much sense because at 1846 & 1851 number 32 is shown as occupied by a surgeon, Francis Booth and the un-numbered 1841 census entry shows Francis's property appearing in the same sequence as at 1851 between Nile Street & North Road properties.<br />So, whilst this doesn't warrant as corroborated, I suspect that James was running the Bear's Paw as early as 1844 giving Grace plenty of time to wreck her liver before her 1849 death. (his previous occupation was a Coal Agent at Bamber Bridge) <br />PaulAdrianLyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18005699260454677892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-55565308208248931632012-07-06T15:06:02.577+01:002012-07-06T15:06:02.577+01:00The Timothy Swarbrick who was landlord in 1866 may...The Timothy Swarbrick who was landlord in 1866 may have been the Timothy born in 1816 in Blackpool who moved to Walton-le-Dale in about 1865. He was a shoemaker by trade, but he was, I believe, the only Timothy Swarbrick in the Preston area in the 1860s.<br /><br />Dave Swarbrick [no relation]Dave Swarbrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764741436433512443noreply@blogger.com