OLD BRITANNIA TAVERN #
144 Friargate
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| Lancs. Evening Post 2007 See the letter (below) correcting the caption here. |
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| Not a good picture, but it does show where it was situated, almost across from the "Dog and Partridge Inn" |
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MINE HOSTS:
1807 - 18 John Lill - after whom Lill's Court was named. See top photograph.
1825 - 34 John Seed - Mrs. Seed d. 26.7.1826, aged 34 years.
Remarried on 22.4.1834. See below.
1838 James Seed - Wife, Frances 31 yrs, d. 23.6.1838.
1841 Mrs T. Hardman
1841 - 57 George Seed - went to the Windmill Inn on Moor Lane.
1857 - 73 James Isherwood
1874 - 75 Thomas Bennett
1875 - 77 William Calderbank
1881 - 92 Henry Halstead - wide, Ellen, d. 7.3.1884 aged 41 years.
1892 - 97 William Wardley
1897 - 1904 John Bond
1907 William Smith
1910 - 11 Robert Carter
1913 Joseph Mashiter - (Masheter)
1917 - 19 James Leo Worswick d. September 1919
1919 - 33 Mrs. Jane Gertrude Worswick. d. 6. 6. 1933
1936 - 40 Richard Turner
1944 - 48 Tom Standing (Given as 'Standring' in 1948)
1952 - 57 Richard J. Sullivan
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DEATH: On Thursday se'enight, Mrs. Lill,
wife of Mr. Lill of the Britannia Tavern in
Preston.
Lancaster Gazette 19th January 1811
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Preston Chronicle 15th January 1831
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MARRIAGE: On Tuesday last, at the Parish
Church, by the Rev. R. Carus Wilson, A.M. vicar,
Mr. James Seed, of the Britannia Tavern, to
Miss Francis Lowe, both of this town.
Preston Chronicle. 26th April 1834
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Preston Chronicle 13th March 1858
It isn't known whether Thomas Lill was related to
John Lill, who was at the 'Old Britannia'.
I think it fairly safe to assume that he was.
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Preston Chronicle 15th June 1861
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Preston Illustrated Times 18th July 1874
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PRESTON LANDLORD FINED
At the Preston Borough Police Court on Tuesday, Joseph Mashiter, licensee of the Old Britannia public house, Friargate, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on those premises.
Evidence was given by W.O. Yardley to the effect that one evening on visiting the inn, he found a woman worse for drink in the snug. The woman, when he first saw her, was in the act of raising a glass half full of beer to her mouth. On asking her to stand up she lurched towards him.
The landlord, on his attention being called to the condition of the woman said, "Well, she's only had two gills here." The woman, proceeded the officer, had to be assisted out of the house and to the police station.
Mr. Parker, for the defendant said that he did not think he could argue that there had been sufficient supervision by the licensee who had never served this woman, neither did he know she was in the house. He was therefore compelled to plead guilty to a technical offence.
A fine of 20 shillings and costs was imposed.
Preston Herald 18th October 1913
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FOR SALE
South African Grey Parrot, red tail;
warranted good talker. - Old Britannia, Friargate, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post 2nd August 1918
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PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS
PRESTON LANDLADY TO PAY A NOMINAL FINE
At Preston, this morning, Jane Gertrude Worswick, licensee of the Old Britannia Inn, Friargate, Preston, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on her licensed premises.
Mr. Fazackerley said that at 8.20 on Saturday night, August 20th, Detective Sergeants Rowcroft and Garth entered the public house and found, in a room near the bar, a man named Burns, who was obviously drunk, and in front of whom, on a table, was a pint pot containing beer.
Detective Sergeant Rowcroft said that when the licensee was told that she would be reported for permitting drunkenness she said, "I did not permit it; when the man came in I could see he had had enough, and I told my servant not to serve him."
In reply to Mr. Hodgson, defending, Mrs Worswick said that Burns said he was a Sinn Feiner, and he had just come from Belfast, and that he had a revolver and would shoot her. Burns talked as drunken man.
DS Garth gave evidence as to Burn's condition, and PS Gregory and PC Hill spoke as to his condition at the police station.
Mr. Hodgson submitted that there was no evidence that the man had obtained drink in the house, or that the pint pot was his vessel. Twice that night Mrs. Worswick had refused drink to Burns. In the landlady's opinion, Burns was not drunk, but knowing his quarrelsome nature she thought he had had enough.
Mrs. Worswick said a man asked Burns to have a drink, and she said, "No, he has had enough; he had better go home." She then went to attend to another room, and thought the man had gone before Detective Rowcroft came in. She did not know whose the pint pot was when the police were in the house, but it was subsequently claimed by a man named Stephenson.
Frederick Halliwell, insurance agent, said he heard the landlady's refusal. After that Burns went into the room in which the police found him, and no drink went into that room after Burns entered.
Thomas Cookson and Isabel Cookson, brother and sister of the licensee, spoke to Burns walking steadily into the house. Both heard Mrs Worswick refuse to allow him to have a drink, and Burns was not served with anything.
William Stephenson, Kilshaw Street, Preston, labourer, said the pint pot mentioned in the case was his.
The Bench decided to impose a penalty, but owing to the good character of Mrs. Worswick, made it the nominal sum of 20 shillings.
Lancashire Evening Post 2nd September 1921
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REFUSED DRINK,
BUTTED LANDLORD THREE TIMES
When the landlord of a Preston public house refused to serve him with drink, a 21 year old seaman butted him in the face three times, said Mr. P. Shaw, prosecuting, at Preston today.
Leo Speariett, of Crowle Street, Preston, was fined 10 shillings for being drunk and disorderly, £5 for assaulting a police officer, and £5 for assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Richard Sullivan, licensee of the Old Britannia, Friargate, after pleading guilty to all three offences, and was ordered to pay £3 3s 0d costs.
Speariett pushed his way behind the bar, and Mr. Sullivan struck him on the head with a small mallet in an attempt to keep him out. It was then that Mr. Sullivan was butted, and suffered a cut above the eye which temporarily blinded him.
HELMET KNOCKED OFF
After the police were called, Speariett struggled with PC. Foster. The constable's helmet was knocked off and Speariett's foot touched his face. He also felt his leg being bitten.
Speariett said he was unable to remember anything about the incident.
Speariett's wife, who asked permission to speak, said the landlord struck him as he was leaving the hotel, and Speariett only struck beck in self-defence.
Lancashire Evening Post 13th March 1956
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
George Seed 50 years Publican
Martha Howard 19 Female Servant
1851
George Seed 62 years Innkeeper b. Preston
Susanna Seed (nee Howard) 32 Wife b. Burnley
George Seed 21 Son b. Preston
Susanna Seed 5 Daughter do
Mary Lillie Seed 2 Daughter do
Easter Ann Seed 2 months Daughter do
1861
James Isherwood 38 years Innkeeper b. Scotland
Sarah Isherwood 52 Wife do
1871
James Isherwood 45 years Lic. Vict. b. Scotland
Sarah Isherwood 49 Sister do
Mary Isherwood 52 Sister do
Elizabeth Seed 20 Domestic Servant b. Preston
1881
Henry Halstead 41 years Lic. Vict. b. Colne
Ellen Halstead 37 Wife b. Preston
William Halstead 21 Son / Brewer do
Alice Halstead 12 Daughter do
John Halstead 10 Son do
James Halstead 7 Son do
1891
Henry Halstead 51 years Lic. Vict. b. Colne
Alice Halstead 53 Wife b. Preston
John Halstead 20 Son do
James Halstead 17 Son do
1901
John Bond 43 years Publican b. Preston
Ann Bond 42 Wife do
George Bond 20 Son do
Thomas Bond 16 Son do
1911
Robert Carter 60 years Publican b. Preston
Susannah Carter 62 Wife b. Claughton
Edmund Carter 34 Son / Labourer / Licensed Vict. b. Preston
Mary Carter 28 Daughter do
Robert Carter 24 Son / Flagger & Slater do
Joseph Carter 23 Son / Cabinet Maker do
William Carter 20 Son / Plumber do
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