JOLLY SAILOR, Stanley Street

JOLLY SAILORS  #

25 Stanley Street

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I think that this pub became the 

"PRINCE CONSORT"

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MINE HOST:

1838 - 51    James Isherwood

1853           Jane Isherwood              

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Property owned by a Mr. Pickup.

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OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES:  On Thursday, at the Town Hall, James Howarth, one of the Special Constables for the town, was charged with fraudulently obtaining 2s 6d from Mr. Isherwood, a beer-shop keeper, residing in New Preston.
It appeared in evidence that the prisoner a few days ago, went to the house of Isherwood, and said that he was filling liquor after time, and that he should report the case to the magistrates. Next morning, however, he called again, and said that if he (Isherwood) should give 5s to the officers, Rigby and Worthington, no further notice would be taken of the matter.
After some negotiation, 2s 6d was given, but on Rigby calling at Isherwood's a short time after, the latter mentioned the subject to him, and it was at once ascertained that Isherwood had been defrauded. The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
Preston Chronicle   16th June 1838 
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MOUTRE CASE

A man named James Isherwood was charged with

having in his possession a quantity of moutre. The

prisoner kept a beer-shop in Cellar Street.

In consequence of information received, PC. Walmsley

went to his house and in a hat box, upstairs, he found

20 bobbins of Turkey red-weft, belonging to Richard

Preston, Derby Street.

The prisoner was remanded, to give time to produce

evidence as to how he obtained the weft.

Preston Chronicle 10th March 1849

The following week he was fined £20 or 

one month in prison in default.

I think that the reporter mis-heard Stanley Street

for Cellar Street - a not unusual error in 19th century newspapers

(AND COME TO THINK OF IT, SOME MODERN ONES AS WELL!!)

A more likely explanation would be the mishearing of Cellar for Sailor?!

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Preston Guardian  24th November 1849
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In a court case  when ISHERWOOD had had

something stolen, the paper carried the following:

"It appears that the prisoner, who was

a denizen of Isherwood's abode of

enlightenment, through absolute want,

had taken the articles and pawned them,"

She, (Abigail Hartley) was given 2 months

imprisonment, with hard labour.

Preston Chronicle 9th February 1850

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CENSUS RETURN

1841

James Isherwood              50 years                      Beershop Keeper

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