CATTLE MARKET HOTEL #
53 Brook Street North
originally The Filberts. Dr
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Now renamed: BROOK TAVERN
Now renamed: BROOK TAVERN
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MINE HOSTS:
1867 Henry Jackson
1867 - 82 John Chapman
1883 - 89 John Metcalfe
1889 - 95 Ellen Metcalfe
1901 - 07 Edward Gregory Hothersall
1910 - 21 Charles Robert Halton
1926 - 27 James Mercer
1927 - 32 John Sherry - his cousin, also John, was at the Brookhouse Inn.
1932 - 40 William Lakeland
1944 Mabel Lakeland
1948 William Rowland
1981 - 83 Norman Allen Smith
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An application was made on Wednesday 28th August, 1867,
for a licence for the Cattle Market Hotel, a place built by the
Corporation in connection with the new cattle market. They
had expended a great deal of money on the cattle market and
slaughter houses, and they had also spent a large sum on the
hotel. He thought that if they considered a public house, or
victualling house was required anywhere, this was one. A great
number of people would come to the market, and the house,
being a large one, was capable of providing them with the
requisite accommodation. It was 50 feet square, and was
42 feet in height. There were nine cellars underneath, 15 ft
high. On the ground floor there was a bar, a bar parlour, a
vault, a sitting room, a kitchen, and a pantry, and all these rooms
were 13 feet high.
On the first floor there was a dining room 47 feet by 19 feet wide;
3 bathrooms, water closet, and other conveniences, all 15 feet high.
On the second floor there were 8 bedrooms 10 feet high.
The out-premises comprised Stabling for 32 horses, a shed for
conveyances, and a stand for a number of cows. There was a
brewhouse attached, and there was no public house within 500 yards.
All the facilities were independent of the Cattle Market itself.
An application was made on Wednesday 28th August, 1867,
for a licence for the Cattle Market Hotel, a place built by the
Corporation in connection with the new cattle market. They
had expended a great deal of money on the cattle market and
slaughter houses, and they had also spent a large sum on the
hotel. He thought that if they considered a public house, or
victualling house was required anywhere, this was one. A great
number of people would come to the market, and the house,
being a large one, was capable of providing them with the
requisite accommodation. It was 50 feet square, and was
42 feet in height. There were nine cellars underneath, 15 ft
high. On the ground floor there was a bar, a bar parlour, a
vault, a sitting room, a kitchen, and a pantry, and all these rooms
were 13 feet high.
On the first floor there was a dining room 47 feet by 19 feet wide;
3 bathrooms, water closet, and other conveniences, all 15 feet high.
On the second floor there were 8 bedrooms 10 feet high.
The out-premises comprised Stabling for 32 horses, a shed for
conveyances, and a stand for a number of cows. There was a
brewhouse attached, and there was no public house within 500 yards.
All the facilities were independent of the Cattle Market itself.
Preston Chronicle 31st August 1867
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OPENING OF THE NEW CATTLE MARKET HOTEL
On Monday evening, a dinner was given at this
hotel, by Mr. John Chapman, the tenant, to
celebrate its opening, when about 100 gentlemen
sat down to a repast, provided in first-rate style.
Preston Chronicle 26th October 1867
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| Preston Chronicle 31st August 1867 |
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To Farmers & Pig Breeders
Mr. JOHN CHAPMAN, Cattle Market Hotel, Brook Street, Preston,
has purchased from John Knowles Esq., Lytham, his celebrated BOAR
"GOLIATH." For terms &c., apply at the above hotel.
GOLIATH is a splendid Boar, two years old, winner of many prizes,
and well worthy of attention to breeders.
To Farmers & Pig Breeders
Mr. JOHN CHAPMAN, Cattle Market Hotel, Brook Street, Preston,
has purchased from John Knowles Esq., Lytham, his celebrated BOAR
"GOLIATH." For terms &c., apply at the above hotel.
GOLIATH is a splendid Boar, two years old, winner of many prizes,
and well worthy of attention to breeders.
Preston Chronicle 9th December 1871
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Council Business
.................As to the Cattle Market Hotel, Brook Street, a house
owned by the Corporation, and fairly let at £147 P.A. The sum
is reasonable considering the newness of the house, and the
fluctuating character of its custom. But there seems to be
something anomolous in the position of the landlord of the hotel,
bear in mind - being not only a Town Councillor, but a member of
the very committee which exercises control over his own and
five other public houses. We think that Corporate tenants
should not be members of the Corporation, and we are decidedly
of the opinion that the occupants of houses should not be members
of committees privileged to regulate them.
Preston Chronicle 4th August 1877
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PRESTON RACE HORSES
At the Ripon Races on Monday, Mr. John Chapman's
"Ben Lomond" ran first, and Mr. Matthew Brown's "Jim Walker"
ran second for the Red Bank Plate of 100 guineas.
Preston Chronicle 10th August 1878
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The Shire horse sale in 1936.
The hotel can be seen in the background.
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CENSUS RETURNS
The hotel can be seen in the background.
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Allen Smith had just become the landlord in 1981, just after this event.
Allen Smith, with a young Barry Smith. These new photographs have been contributed by Barry.
Thanks very much!
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A Yard of ale being drunk under the watchful eye of the landlord.
Dated between 1981 and 1983, would anyone else like to claim being in this photograph?
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A happy chappy, landlord's son, Barry, standing with his icy friend in what was the entrance to the Cattle Market itself. Beyond the cars you can see the retail outlets associated with the cattle market, including Entwistle's gun shop.
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Not many years earlier (late 1960's) the market had it's very own Preston Borough police constables. The very last ones there carried the collar numbers P.C.111 (Watkinson), and P.C. 26 (Harry Pickering). Their office was just to the right of the entrance.
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Lancashire Evening Post 6th May 2011
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1871
John Chapman 54 years Hotel Keeper b. Gamerside, Yorkshire
Mary Chapman 56 Wife b. Preston
1881
John Chapman 63 years Innkeeper / Farmer b. Coverdale, Yorkshire
Mary Chapman 65 Wife b. Preston
1891
Ellen Metcalf 54 years Hotel Proprietor b. Little Crosby
William Metcalf 28 Son b. Nantwich
Thomas Metcalf 19 Son b. Broughton
Jane Cooper 25 Daughter b. Nantwich
Henry Cooper 28 Son-in-law b. Preston
1901
Edward G. Hothersall 52 years Auctioneer b. Broughton
Elizabeth Hothersall 47 Wife b. Grimsargh
Ellen P. Hothersall 22 Daughter b. Broughton
Ada E. Hothersall 21 Daughter do
John Hothersall 19 Son do
Ann Hothersall 18 Daughter do
Gertrude Hothersall 16 Daughter do
Herbert E. Hothersall 7 Son do
Hilda Hothersall 8 Daughter do
Agnes Hothersall 5 Daughter do
1911
Charles Robert Halton 48 years Publican b. Preston
Ellen Halton 48 Wife do
Beulah Halton 16 Daughter / Milliner do
Gladys Helen Halton 14 Daughter do
Zorah Vesper Halton 7 Daughter do
1911
Charles Robert Halton 48 years Publican b. Preston
Ellen Halton 48 Wife do
Beulah Halton 16 Daughter / Milliner do
Gladys Helen Halton 14 Daughter do
Zorah Vesper Halton 7 Daughter do
1921
Charles Robert Halton 59 years Hotel Keeper b. Preston
Ellen Halton 58 Hotel Keeper's wife do
Gladys Helen Halton 24 daughter Bar Work b. Derbyshire
Zorah Vesper Halton 17 daughter do b. Preston
Ada Barnes 22 Servant / Chambermaid b. Accrington
Margaret Ann Coward 30 Servant / Cook b. Cumberland
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