OCEAN MONARCH #
7 Sidney Street East
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On Thursday 24th August, 1848, the American
ship "Ocean Monarch" left the Mersey with
about 360 people on board. Not long after she left
the channel, she was reportred to be in flames.
By five in the afternno she was reported to be a
mere hulk, burnt to the water's edge, and that as
well as could be calculated, about 100 people had
died in it. At around the Great Orme she had
attempted to turn and return to Liverpool, with a
distress flag flying.
It would seem to be in recognition of this
tragedy that the beerhouse was named.
On Thursday 24th August, 1848, the American
ship "Ocean Monarch" left the Mersey with
about 360 people on board. Not long after she left
the channel, she was reportred to be in flames.
By five in the afternno she was reported to be a
mere hulk, burnt to the water's edge, and that as
well as could be calculated, about 100 people had
died in it. At around the Great Orme she had
attempted to turn and return to Liverpool, with a
distress flag flying.
It would seem to be in recognition of this
tragedy that the beerhouse was named.
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| Almost in the centre of the map is the 'Ocean Monarch' Lots of the features on this map remain to this day, including the convergence of Lancaster Road and North Road (the large purple patch is the 'Church Hotel' and the one on the corner of Acton Street is the 'Commercial Inn' |
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MINE HOSTS:
1849 Robert Ball
1851 - 53 William Cookson
1861 - 71 Mary Cookson
1877 - 79 Thomas Rawlinson
1879 W. Wilkinson
1881 Robert Noblett
1882 - 83 John Seed
1883 Joseph Garth
1883 - 84 Edmund Cooper
1884 - 86 Patrick Murray [possibly with a gap during 1885 when Israel Finch was the landlord]?
1886 Matthew Grime
1886 - 90 Mary Ann Wells
1890 Rebecca Marsden
1891 Robert Marsden
1891 - 95 William Garth
1895 - 97 John Winders
1897 - 98 William Southworth
1898 - 99 Joseph Talbot
1899 - 1900 Jane Turner
29.8.1900 Renewal of licence refused on the grounds that the house was of a disorderly character.
1851 - 53 William Cookson
1861 - 71 Mary Cookson
1877 - 79 Thomas Rawlinson
1879 W. Wilkinson
1881 Robert Noblett
1882 - 83 John Seed
1883 Joseph Garth
1883 - 84 Edmund Cooper
1884 - 86 Patrick Murray [possibly with a gap during 1885 when Israel Finch was the landlord]?
1886 Matthew Grime
1886 - 90 Mary Ann Wells
1890 Rebecca Marsden
1891 Robert Marsden
1891 - 95 William Garth
1895 - 97 John Winders
1897 - 98 William Southworth
1898 - 99 Joseph Talbot
1899 - 1900 Jane Turner
29.8.1900 Renewal of licence refused on the grounds that the house was of a disorderly character.
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This incident happened just ONE year after the disaster to the
ship 'Ocean Monarch' from which the beer-house got its name.
Whether it had a different name prior to that I don't know.
Although it gives the address 'North Road' in the article, it does
refer to this house. North Road is the road to the east of
Sidney Street, in the map above.
Preston Chronicle 9th June 1849
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There was an objection to the transfer of a
licence of the OCEAN MONARCH, Sydney
Street East, on account of five convictions
having been recorded against the house.
William GARTH applied that the licence
may be transferred to him from Rebecca
Marsden.
Garth was already in possession of the house,
and there was no objection on the grounds of
character, but the objection was to the house,
which the Chief Constable described as "disorderly."
The licence was granted at an adjourned
meeting of the Magistrates.
licence of the OCEAN MONARCH, Sydney
Street East, on account of five convictions
having been recorded against the house.
William GARTH applied that the licence
may be transferred to him from Rebecca
Marsden.
Garth was already in possession of the house,
and there was no objection on the grounds of
character, but the objection was to the house,
which the Chief Constable described as "disorderly."
The licence was granted at an adjourned
meeting of the Magistrates.
Preston Chronicle 29th August 1891
It is believed that at the same hearing, the
Chief Constable suggested that the customers
of the Ocean Monarch were running the pub,
rather than the licensee!
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CENSUS RETURNS
1851
William Cookson 50 years Beerseller b. Wharton, Lancs.
Mary Cookson 49 Wife b. Burscough
1861
William Cookson 50 years Beerseller b. Wharton, Lancs.
Mary Cookson 49 Wife b. Burscough
1861
Mary Cookson 59 years Beerseller b. Burscough
Mary Mawdesley 16 Grand-daughter do
1871
Mary Cookson 70 years Beerseller b. Burscough
1881
Robert Noblett 27 years Tailor and Beerseller b. Goosnargh
Ann Noblett 35 Wife b. Clayton Green
Margaret Alice Noblett 9 Daughter b. Blackburn
Elizabeth Jane Noblett 6 Daughter do
Annie Noblett 4 Daughter b. Over Darwen
John Noblett 2 Son b. Preston
Agnes Noblett 1 Daughter do
1891
Robert Marsden 39 years Fruit Dealer b. Preston
Rebecca Marsden 37 Lic. Beerseller b. Blackburn
Thomas Pallitt 16 Son do
Mary E. Pallitt 14 Daughter b. Preston ??
Jane A. Marsden 10 Daughter do ?
James Marsden 6 Son do ?
Robert Marsden 3 Son do ?
John Marsden 1 Son do ?
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My Great Grandfather Francis/Frank Neilson Eglin lived at 6 Sleddon Street (in four rooms) with his family of eight. He was a mill fireman and she was a weaver, according to the 1911 census. It was on your site that I found the Sleddon address. Has it been changed to Seddon Street now? My grandfather, was 11 at the time. He was known to be quite a drinker when he died at age 49, in 1949.
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