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Saturday 20 January 2024

JOHN O'GAUNT, Avenham Lane

JOHN O'GAUNT   #
16 Avenham Lane / 1 Brunswick Street
Later 66 Avenham Lane.
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 Above photograph taken 19th January 1959
Photograph taken 4th December 1959.
Note that the 'Snug' sign has been reversed since the beginning of the year.
Who knows the name of the person who put the glass in wrong way round? 
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MINE HOSTS:
1825 - 29               William Harding  (Hardwick) - Mrs. Hardwick, 26 years, 
                                                                                                    d. 20.12.1825.
                                                            Property owned by Richard Teebay in 1828
1834 - 35                Richard Lambert
1839                       Mr. Bailey
1841 - 54               Thomas Tomlinson   - Private residence  45 Chaddock Street.
1855 - 57               Robert Hitchin
1860 - 66               William Swarbrick and Co.    [Mannex’s 1866 Preston Directory]
1869                       Thomas Fowler
1869                       W. Fowler - Preston Chronicle 21st August 1869
1871                       William Fowler
1871 - 72                James McVey
1873 - 76                Mrs. Bridget Bond
1876 - 90                William Calvert
1890 - 92                Thomas Lynch
1892 - 93                William McKennie   -  PNE Footballer.  Info. from Ian Rigby, Official Historian.
                                                                   Died 17.12.1902 at the 'Buxton Hotel', Chorley.
1893 - 94                John Iddon
1894 - 95                James Newsham Pearson
1895 - 96                Robert Hull - owner. (The Hull Bros. were brewers in Glovers' Court).
1896 - 97                William Banks
1897 - 99                Roger Clitheroe
1899 - 1904            Benjamin Crossthwaite
1905 - 07                Leonard Wearden
1910 - 17               William Parkinson
1924 - 27               Henry Parkinson
1932 - 48               Mary E. Garland  (Given as Mary F. Garland in 1948)
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TO BE SOLD
All that newly-erected Inn or Public
House, known by the sign of the
JOHN O'GAUNT, with the Brew-
house and Back-buildings therein
belonging, subject to payment of
£28 a year, to Mr. Richard Tebay,
now aged 45 years, or thereabouts,
during his life.
Preston Chronicle  15th February 1828
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Preston Chronicle  24th December 1857
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continued..................................................................................... 
Preston Guardian  2.4.1862
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JOHN O'GAUNT
On Tuesday 9th May, the John o'Gaunt
public house, in Avenham Lane, was sold
by Auction by Mr. J. B. Jones, for £2,400.
Lytham and Kirkham Times  Wednesday 17th May 1876
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JOHN  O'GAUNT  INN,    AVENHAM  LANE
W. CALVERT
In thanking his numerous friends for their
patronage so liberally bestowed upon him
since entering upon the above establishment,
begs to assure them and the public generally 
that he is now prepared to supply them with the

Choicest of Wines and Spirits,
Sparkling Mild or Bitter Ales, Bottled
and Draught Porter, &c.
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A GOOD BAGATELLE TABLE
Preston Chronicle  19th January 1878
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 Preston Guardian  21st September 1878
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 Preston Guardian  26th April 1879
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Preston Guardian  14th January 1882.
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Lancashire Evening Post – 7th March 1893

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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
Thomas Tomlinson             35 years                     Publican
Elizabeth Tomlinson            35                              Wife
Jane Tomlinson                    6                               Daughter
Grace Tomlinson                 5                                Daughter
Teresa? Tomlinson               4                               Daughter 
John Tomlinson                   2                                Son
Joseph Tomlinson                1                                Son

1851

1861
William Swarbrick             34 years                      Innkeeper                  b. Goosnargh

1871
William Fowler                  50 years                      Innkeeper                  b. Elston
Jane Fowler                      57                                Wife                         b. Brindle
Anna Fowler                     20                                Daughter                   b. Preston

1881
William Calvert                 65 years                      Lic. Vict.                    b. Cockerham
Frances Calvert                63                               Wife                           b. Preston
Thomas Calvert                42                                Boarder                              do
Mary E. Calvert               20                                Boarder                               do
Robert Calvert                 18                                Boarder                               do

1891
Thomas Lynch                 31 years                      Lic. Vict.                     b. Preston
Ellen Lynch                      31                               Wife                                    do
John Lynch                       7                                 Son                                     do
Edith E. Lynch                  3                                 Daughter                             do
Robert Lee                     62                                 Father-in-law                      do
Helen Lee                       59                                 Mother-in-law           b. Ribchester

1901
Benjamin Crossthwairte   46 years                      Lic. Vict.                     b. Preston
Harriet Crossthwaite        40                               Wife                            b. Walton-le-dale
Isabel Crossthwaite          11                               Daughter                     b. Preston

1911
William Parkinson             50 years                     Licensed Victualler      b. Preston
Rachel Parkinson              53                              Wife / Assistant                   do
Alice Parkinson                24                              Daughter / Assistant             do
Elizabeth Parkinson          20                              Daughter / Assistant             do
Lily Parkinson                  12                              Daughter / Scholar               do
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