NEW HOLLINS INN
29 Paradise Street
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| Although there's a question mark on the New Hollins Inn, I am 100% confident that it's marked in the right position. (see advert from 18.6.1887) Leeming Street and King Street are both now Manchester Road. Paradise Street was superceded by Avenham Lane. |
MINE HOSTS:
1841 John Sumner
1850 - 61 Turner Turner
1871 Ann Wood
1877 William Graham
1877 - 84 John Coates
1884 - 98 William Robinson
1898 Christina Robinson
1898 Robert Marsden
1899 William Yates
1899 - 1904 William Hulme
1906 Christopher Britland - Owned by him as well.
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| Preston Chronicle 13th July 1878 |
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| Preston Chronicle 25th January 1879 |
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| Preston Chronicle 18th June 1887 NB. Lot 4 in this Auction advertisement relates to No. 2 Paradise Street, possibly the childhood home of the gentleman who has commented below. The advertisement also confirms beyond doubt that the position of the New Hollins was as indicated above. Other than the corner where St. Saviour's Church was, there was only one other corner of Leeming Street and Paradise Street. The opposite corners were in King Street. |
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CENSUS RETURNS
1861
Turner Turner 65 years Beerseller b. Tockholes
Mary Turner 55 Wife b. Slaidburn
1871
Ann Wood 50 years - widow Beerseller b. Penwortham
1881
John Coates 45 years Beerseller b. Preston
Jane Coates 44 Wife do
Mary Coates 14 Daughter do
Margaret Coates 12 Daughter do
Elizabeth Coates 11 Daughter do
Ellen Coates 9 Daughter do
Jane Coates 6 Daughter do
William Simon Coates 5 Son do
John Coates 2 Son do
1891
William Robinson 35 years Beerseller b. Preston
Mary Robinson 31 Wife do
James Robinson 12 Son do
Thomas Robinson 11 Son do
William Robinson 7 Son do
Mary Robinson 5 Daughter do
1901
William Hulme 35 years widower Innkeeper b. Preston
Ellen Hulme 65 widow Mother b. Stalmine
Ellen Hulme 65 widow Mother b. Stalmine
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At last!!! I used to live at 2 Paradise St, which is slightly obliquely across the road from the pub in your sketch. I have been trying to get the name of the pub for a couple of years but this is the first confirmation that a pub ever existed there, it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere in the trade lists of pubs/inns/beerhouses. It was certainly active up until I moved from the area around 1950. Any further information/confirmation would be gratefully received.
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Keith Simmonds
Hello Stephen,
ReplyDeleteI'm particularly interested in this pub, New Hollins Inn. Could you please send me any links or further information you find about it? Also, do you have any idea when it might have closed down?
Regards
Keith Simmonds
Hello Keith
ReplyDeleteMy records for the New Hollins come to an end in 1904, which was a common occurrence, when a change in the law meant that it was difficult/impossible for many houses to remain open. I know this doesn't tie in with your memories, which makes me wonder whether it re-opened later, under a different name (which I think probably ties in with your comments a few weeks ago that the name 'New Hollins' didn't ring bells with you.
The position of it is correct, even from a process of elimination point of view:
St. Saviour's was on one corner, the Weavers' Arms on another, and a dwellinghouse/shop on the third corner.
Regards
Steve H
Hi Steve, yes, it's exactly the position that I remember it as. I just wish I could recall its name if it was different - so annoying! From fading memory, I *think* there was a shop on the third corner, but it obviously wasn't one we used very often, if at all. We did use one a shop or two further along from it. Some sort of general store which sold just about everything, and, again from fading memory, was run by an Alice Bagwell.
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Keith
Hello again Stephen,
ReplyDeleteThanks for adding the news clippings, they certainly make your previous 99.9% into 100% certainty! Interesting to see that my old house at #2 Paradise St originally had a bakehouse below it. I presume this was in a cellar which I don't remember at all. Perhaps it was permanently locked or bricked up. I just remember the place as a normal 2 floor house, though perhaps, in my young days, I was kept well away from it.
Regards
Keith