GRIFFIN'S HEAD, Lancaster Road

GRIFFIN'S HEAD   #

116 Lancaster Road North / 1 Fish Street

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MINE HOSTS:

1841 - 43                John Worthington
1853                       Richard Sharples

1861                       John Parson

1869 - 71                Robert Charnley
1875                       Eleanor Hudson

1877 - 79                Rowland Marshall    d. 1879

1879                       Eleanor Marshall

1879 - 82                Thomas Hayton

1882 - 84                John Rigg

1884 - 85                John Walker

1885 - 94                John Massey

1894 - 95                Jane Massey

1897 - 99                Walter Mortimer Pegg

1899 - 1900            Roger Milner

1900 - 01                Thomas Burman

1901 - 04                Robert Kirkham

1907                        Samuel Briggs

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This is a very interesting addition. Is it possible that this
house had previously been known as the "Queen's Head Inn"?
The order for the "Bell's Weekly Advertiser" a sporting paper, was written locally, by or on behalf of the editor of the Preston Chronicle, Isaac Wilcockson.

It is, of course, possible, that there is a human error
involved.
Dated:   August 21st 1841
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SELLING  DRINK  DURING  PROHIBITED  HOURS.
George Sharples, landlord of the Griffin Head Inn, Lancaster Road, was summoned for selling drink during prohibited hours. PC Watson said that at 10 minutes to twelve o'clock the previous Sunday he was on duty in Lancaster Road, when he saw the defendant hand out to a man a jug of ale. He told the landlord that he would report him, to which he replied, "You must look over it this time. I am not in the habit of filling drink."
Mr. Edelston appeared for the defendant, and called a man who stated that he received the beer for a sick person. 
The Bench dismissed the case upon payment of costs.
Preston Chronicle   5th February 1870
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Preston Guardian  10th August 1872

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From around 1880

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CENSUS RETURNS

1871

Robert Charnley           48 years              Beerseller                   b. Dutton

Elizabeth Charnley        38                       Wife                           b. Adlington

Mary Charnley              16                       Daughter                   b. Preston

Alice Charnley              13                       Daughter                            do

Lucy Charnley               9                        Daughter                            do

Frederick Charnley        7                        Son                                    do

Edmund Charnley          5                        Son                                     do

Elizabeth Charnley         3                        Daughter                            do

Annie Charnley             2                         Daughter                            do

Gertrude Charnley        11 months            Daughter                           do

1881

Thomas Hayton            32 years              Lic. Vict.                  b. Walton-le-dale

Alice Hayton                 28                      Wife                         b. Preston

Jane Hayton                   5                        Daughter                          do

Mary Hayton                 2                        Daughter                           do

Lillie Hayton                  1                        Daughter                           do

1891

John Massey                62 years              Lic. Vict.                   b. Preston

Jane Massey                65                       Wife                                   do

Sarah Massey              21                       Daughter                            do

1901

Thomas Burman          22 years              Publican                     b. Hull, Yorks.

Matilda Burman          23                        Wife                          b. Fleetwood

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BAY HORSE 18 Pitt Street

BAY HORSE   #

18 Pitt Street

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MINE HOSTS:
1831                         John Worden
1831                         Edward Hogan

1838 - 53.                William Whittingham (Brewer)
1861                         Philip Abbott

1865 - 69                 Christopher Alston

1871                         Robert Clarkson

1874                         John Rhodes

1874 - 89                 Mrs Fanny Houghton

1889 - 94                 Thomas Houghton  - son of Fanny Houghton.

1895 - 97                 Thomas Higginbotham

1897 - 99                 Charles Arthur Greenwood

c. 1899     PULLED DOWN

4th April 1900  An application to build a house across the street in place of this one was refused.

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Preston Chronicle   26th March 1831
I have no evidence that Worden was the landlord here other than the evidence in these two pieces from the Preston Chronicle.  The sale notice clearly includes 'several barrels of excellent ale', and Worden's occupation as a currier, lends itself to the name of the beerhouse This linkage wasn't uncommon.
Also, the Bay Horse was the only beerhouse ever in Pitt Street.
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Preston Chronicle   28th May 1831
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NARROW ESCAPE

On Saturday, some men were engaged in shunting a wagon,

containing 6 tons of coal, on to a siding of the railway, in Pitt

Street, when the wagon ran off the rails and fell into the yard

beneath, six feet below the level of the railway. It alighted on

a pig sty, from which Mr Christopher Alston of the Bay Horse

Inn, had emerged only an instant before, and killed a sow and 

five young pigs

Preston Chronicle  1st December 1866

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1883
In November 1883, Riley was hanged.
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CENSUS RETURNS

1841
William Whittingham            25 years              Labourer                           
Betty Whittingham               30                       Wife           
John Whittingham                 7                        Son     
Thomas Whittingham            3                        Son
Mary Whittingham                6 months            Daughter

1851
William Whittingham           40 years               Beerseller                             b. Bolton-le-sands ?
B. Whittingham                   40                       Wife / Housekeeper              b. Walton-le-dale
J. Whittingham                    16                       Son / At home                      b. Preston
T. Whittingham                    13                      Son / Scholar                                do
M.A. Whittingham               10                      Daughter / Scholar                        do
E. Whittingham                    8                        Daughter / Scholar                        do
N. Whittingham                   1 month              Daughter                                       do

1861
Philip Abbott                       34 years              Brewer                                 b. Broughton, Lancs
Mary Abbott                       34                       Wife                                     b. Preston
Ellen Abbott                         5                        Daughter                                       do
Jane Abbott                          3                        Daughter                                      do
Joseph Abbott                      2                        Son                                              do
George Abbott                     1 months            Son                                               do
                             
1871

Robert Clarkson                 27 years               Licensed Victualler               b. St. Michaels

    ?     Clarkson                  27                        Wife                                     b. Milnthorpe

1881

Fanny Houghton                 64 years              Beerseller                              b. Wesham

Mary Houghton                  19                       Daughter                               b. Preston

Thomas Houghton              17                       Son                                               do

1891

Thomas Houghton              28 years              Beerseller                               b. Preston

Agnes Houghton                30                       Wife                                              do

Arthur Houghton                 1                        Son                                               do

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HERMON HOTEL, Aqueduct Street

HERMON HOTEL   #

6 or 7 Elliott Street

14 Aqueduct Street / 7 Elliott Street

later  70 - 72 Aqueduct Street

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MINE HOSTS:

1869 - 71               Thomas Watson

1871 - 72               David Fenton

1872                      James Birtwell

1872                      Richard Moss

1873                      James Tickle  -  d. 27.11.1873

1877 - 78              Charles Lund  -  d. 19.6.1878   (Charles LAMB,  PC 10.3.1877 is erroneous)

1878 - 81              Dorothy Lund

1882 - 86              Reuben Hand   - Wine Licence issued 1882 to R.H.

1886                     John Patten

1887                     Mary Dobson

1888 - 97             Richard Dobson

1897 - 1901         William Swarbrick

1901 - 04             Thomas Jackson

1924                    George D. Clark

1907 - 17             Christopher Nixon (Nickson)

1926 - 27             John Kelly

1930 - 40             John Hardman

1944 - 48             John and Flora Wharton

1953                    Mr. and Mrs Harry and Florrie Gifford (Florrie was daughter of John and Flora Wharton, above).

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Edward Hermon Esq., M.P.

After whom the pub took its name.

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DAVID FENTON

HERMON HOTEL

MOOR PARK

INTENDS TO SUPPLY HIS PATRONS WITH

ARTICLES OF THE BEST QUALITY.

Preston Chronicle  18th March 1971

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STATIONERY AND NEWS BUSINESS FOR SALE

-DAVID FENTON having entered upon the HERMON HOTEL'

Moor Park, wishes to dispose of the above business,

successfully carried on by him for upwards of nine years.

Apply - 126 Lancaster Road, Preston.

Preston Chronicle  18th March 1871

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Fenton only finished working at Hawkin's Mill in

March 1870, so had he had somebody running the

stationery business for him for the previous eight

or nine years?

Preston Chronicle 26th March 1870

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ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT - THE HERMON HOTEL

To be sold by Auction on 19/10/1871

LOT 1.  ALL that newly-erected and spacious INN

or BEERHOUSE, on the north side of Elliott Street

(off Plungington Road), Preston, called

"THE HERMON HOTEL," and the Brewhouse and

buildings thereto belonging, now in the occupation of

David Fenton. Together with the vacant land at the

back, comprising 401 sq. yards.

This beerhouse was built purposely for an inn, is

exceedingly well built, and commodious, and is fitted

up in a most complete and comfortable style. It has

a vault and bar, bar parlour, sitting room, kitchen, 

back kitchen, and pantry on the ground floor, and

six bedrooms and a water closet, and is well cellared.

Preston Chronicle  7th October 1871

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FOR SALE, PONY and turnout; suitable for fruiterer

or fish hawker. Apply, Nickson, Hermon Hotel, Aqueduct Street.

Lancashire Evening Post. 23rd April 1902

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Grains to be disposed of weekly - Apply,

Hermon Hotel, Aqueduct Street, Preston.

Lancashire Evening Post   26th August 1904

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Taken from PNE Football Records Magazine up to the 1906 - 07 Season.

The advert relates to the year 1907.

Magazine provided by Ian Rigby, the Official PNE Historian

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Taken from the 1909 edition of Preston North End's Record Book.

Supplied by Ian Rigby, the Official PNE Historian.

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CENSUS RETURNS

1881

Dorothy Lund                  36 years              Lic. Vict.                b. Woodplumpton

Eleanor Lund                    7                        Daughter                b. Lea

Herbert Lund                   3 months             Son                        b. Lytham

1891

Richard Dobson              54 years Wid'r    Beerseller                b. Oldham

1901

Thomas Jackson             46 years              Publican                  b. Preston

Margaret Jackson           44                       Wife                                 do

Nancy ? E. Jackson        24                       Daughter                          do

Martha J. Jackson           22                       Daughter                          do

Agnes Jackson                21                       Daughter                          do

1911

Christopher Nickson       40 years              Beerseller               b. Preston

Mary Ellen Nickson        37                       Wife / Assistant                do

Christopher Nickson        3                        Son                                 do

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CANAL FACTORY INN, Moor Lane

CANAL FACTORY INN

Moor Lane

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Precise location of this Inn isn't known.

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MINE HOST

1818          Richard Warwick

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Notes:   In 1818 Richard Warwick was also listed as being at the 

"WINDMILL INN" also on Moor Lane.

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Further to the above, there is a reference in Anthony Hewitson's

"NORTHWARD," to the 'Canal Foundry' in Preston. Could he have

been referring to something connected with that?

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To add some doubt to that theory, the 'Canal Foundry' was in

Barracks Street, off Marsh Lane.  From "Railways Around Preston"

by Gordon Biddle.

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Bear in mind that the 'Sovereign' or 'Royal Sovereign' were

adjacent to the first mill in Preston, on Moor Lane, in Warwick Street.

Note the name of the licensee here - Warwick.

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Notes added 28.9.2012
"Canal Factory" was a mill that was opened in 1799.
&
The old Friarage in Marsh Lane, formerly the House
of Correction, was converted into a cotton mill in 1799.
Could these two be connected?
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Although the address I had was Moor Lane, it is not
impossible for that to be erroneous.
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Certainly 'Canal Factory' sounds as though it was close
to the canal, and the Friary / House of Correction, was
certainly just to the west of the canal.
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SHELLEY ARMS HOTEL, Fishergate

SHELLEY ARMS HOTEL  #

31 Fishergate

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The image is shown courtesy of Trevor Kirkham, Preston Historical Society.

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MINE HOSTS:

1824 - 25             William Dobson

1828 - 29              John Green

1831 - 32              John Porter

1833                      Benjamin Raby  -  moved from the Joiners' Arms in Lord Street.

1836 - 39              Mr. Sutcliffe

1838 - 42              Mrs. Anne Hodgkinson (Hodkinson)

1850 - 54              Charles Utley

1854 - 61              George Parker  d. 28.8.1861 aged 59 years. An Auctioneer as well as he was, for 26 years, one of the Sheriff's Officers for the County.   Came from the Mitre Inn, a few doors away towards the town centre.

1861 - 62              Mary Irvin

1862 - 64              Sarah Agnes Parker

1864 - 73              Thomas Heaps

1875 - 85              William Kenyon

1887 - 99              James Bowling      d. 22.4.1899  Aged 69 years

1901 - 13              Lawrence Fish

1917 - 19             John P. Kim

1920   Demolished at around this time, and Woolworths was built on its footprint.

NB. In the Preston Guardian 23.8.1879, there was a notice of a transfer of the licence for the Shelley Arms, from Mary Hannah Hardman to Helena Mary Barnett. Were they manageresses, or was there another explanation?

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A LETTER FROM LADY SHELLEY

Lady Shelley wrote from 35 Belgrave Square, London, to James Teebay asking him to organise a celebration of her son’s birthday for her Lancashire tenants at the Shelley Arms in Preston. Preferably this was to be on 4 June, the happiest day of her life, the 23^rd anniversary of her marriage. [LRO. DDPR 130/19]. The letter is undated but the context makes it 1830. We have no evidence of a reply. The Shelley Arms and Commercial Hotel was situated on Fishergate and was demolished in 1934 when Woolworth’s store was built on the site.    Contribution from: Trevor Kirkham, Preston Historical Society.

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Westmoreland Gazette   3rd July 1824

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Lancaster Guardian   23rd September 1826

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Berkshire Chronicle  3rd February 1827

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Preston Chronicle  24th March 1832

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Preston Chronicle   28th May 1836

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Preston Chronicle   20th May 1837

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Preston Chronicle  27th May 1837

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Preston Chronicle  10th June 1837

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Preston Chronicle   21st September 1839

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Manchester Courier  6th May 1843
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Preston Chronicle   16th December 1843 

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Preston Chronicle   16th December 1843

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Preston Chronicle   26th January 1850

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Preston Chronicle   5th October 1850

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Preston Chronicle  12th October 1850

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Preston Chronicle  9th November 1850

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Preston Chronicle  16th November 1850

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Preston Chronicle  21st May 1853

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Preston Chronicle  11th June 1853
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Lancaster Gazette  23rd September 1854
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Preston Chronicle  7th October 1854
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 Preston Chronicle  7th October 1854
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 Preston Chronicle   26th May 1860

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Author unknown,

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PRESTON CHRONICLE 29th AUGUST 1863.  The licence

of the Shelley's Arms Hotel was suspended following

complaints made about the "Dancing Rooms" at these

premises.

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Preston Chronicle 11th June 1864

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Thanks to Heather Crook for the photograph. See enlargement of wording, below.

This is the gravestone of Thomas Heaps' father, also Thomas. 

Both were veterinary surgeons, and in the 1851 Census, both

were listed as 'druggists' at 149, Friargate, Preston

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TRANSCRIPT OF THE PLAQUE:

Presented to Mrs Sarah Agnes Parker,/ on her retirement into private life,

as a memento of the high esteem/ of a numerous body of friends/ & as a token

of approval of the manner/ in which she has catered for the comfort of/

COMMERCIAL & OTHER GENTLEMEN/ for a period of 27 years/ PRESTON, MAY 1864.

Courtesy of a relative of Sarah Parker - Nick Shippobotham of South Wales.

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 Lancaster Gazette  11th March 1865

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Preston Chronicle  29th April 1865

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An example of a Sheriff's Court Case, held in the "Shelley's Arms"
RIMMER v RIMMER The Shooting of a Coursing Greyhound "Tramp".
Preston Chronicle 26th October 1867

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Another item, courtesy of Trevor Kirkham,
Preston Historical Society.

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 Leeds Mercury  14th June 1871

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Preston Chronicle  19th December 1874

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 Manchester Courier  7th May 1877

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 Lancaster Gazette   21st May 1879

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 Manchester Courier  5th June 1880

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 Manchester Courier  19th September 1885

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Manchester Courier  23rd June 1886

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 Manchester Courier  24th August 1894

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The 'Eagle and Child' referred to was in Leyland, not the one in Preston where he was brought up.  Just a coincidence.

Preston Herald  26th April 1899

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Lancashire Evening Post  3rd May 1899

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 Lancashire Evening Post  6th June 1905

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 Lancashire Evening Post  13th April 1918

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 Lancashire Evening Post  7th September 1918

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Lancashire Evening Post  16th September 1918

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 Lancashire Evening Post  22nd April 1918

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 Lancashire Evening Post  20th September 1918

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Lancashire Evening Post  24th October 1918

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Lancashire Evening Post  22nd August 1919

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CENSUS RETURNS

1841

Anne Hodkinson               40 years                       Publican

John Hodkinson                22                                Son

Jane Hodkinson                20                                Daughter

Ellen Hodkinson                15                               Daughter

Elizabeth Hodkinson          14                               Daughter

1851

Charles Utley                    34 years - widower.     Innkeeper         b. West Scrafton, Yorks.

Charles Utley                     4                                 Son                             b. Preston

1861

George Parker                  51 years                       Innkeeper                   b. Much Hoole

                                                                     Sheriff's Officer, etc.

Sarah Parker                    46                                Wife                           b. Lancaster

Maria Parker                    22                                Daughter                    b. Preston

Fanny Beanland                24                                Daughter                            do

                                                                   An Innkeeper's wife.

Sarah Agnes Beanland       3                    Grand-daughter          b. Lower Boyton? Lancs

Fanny Beanland                 2                          Grand-daughter                      do

Maria Beanland              3 months              Grand-daughter          b. Preston

1871

Thomas Heaps                 35 years                        Hotel Keeper             b. Preston

Maria Jane Heaps           32                                   Wife                                   do  (Daughter of George and Sarah Parker - see 1861).

Sarah Margaret Heaps      8                                  Daughter                             do

1881

William Kenyon                31 years                     Hotel Proprietor         b. Preston

Margaret Kenyon             28                                Wife                           b. Liverpool

1891

James Bowling                  60 years                       Hotel Proprietor         b. Leyland

Sarah Bowling                  54      d. 11.4.1894       Sister                          b. Walton-le-dale

                                                     Aged 58 yrs

1901

Lawrence Fish                  34 years                       Hotel Proprietor         b. Manchester

Minnie Fish                       33                                Wife                          b. Cambridgeshire

Raymond Fish                    7                                 Son                           b. Fifeshire

Muriel Fish                         6                                 Daughter                            do

Kathleen Fish                     4                                 Daughter                            do

Harold Fish                        1                                  Son                          b. Blackpool

1911

Lawrence Fish                  44 years                       Hotel Proprietor        b. Longsight, Manchester

Minnie Fish                       43                   Wife / Assisting in business     b. Coats, Cambridge

Raymond Fish                   17                    Son / Agricultural Student     b. Elie, Fife

Muriel Osborne Fish          16                               Daughter                         do

Kathlene Mans Fish           14                               Daughter                         do

Harold Sam Fish               11                                Son                          b. Blackpool

Kate Wallace                    49                                Visitor                      b. Coats, Cambridge

Mary Capper                    38                               Servant / Barmaid     b. Wolverhampton

Beatrice Deamley              25                               Servant / Barmaid     b. Manchester

Nellie Slevin                      26                          Servant / Chambermaid  b. Millom

Catherine Conroy              27                             General Servant          b. Harrington, Lancs

Marie McKernan              51                               Servant / Cook         b. Co Cavan, Ireland

Sarah Elizabeth Bennett     37                              Servant / Waitress     b. Bulwell, Notts

Janet Cannon                    32                       Servant / Kitchen Maid     b. Kendal, Westmoreland

William Thompson            22                               Servant / Porter        b. Preston

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