DOG AND RAT, Shepherd Street

DOG AND RAT   #

Shepherd Street.*

Formerly 'LIVERPOOL HOUSE'

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MINE HOSTS:

1857 - 59       John Proctor   

1867                                     - mentioned in Preston Chronicle 19th January 1867,

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ANOTHER LICENSING CASE

John Proctor, landlord of the "DOG AND RAT"

beerhouse, Shepherd Street, late "Liverpool House,"

was charged with having his house open at an unlawful hour.

Preston Chronicle   19th December 1857

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ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY

........................whom they found at the

DOG AND RAT, a beerhouse in the 'Sandhole.'

Preston Chronicle   2nd October 1858

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Nags Head   #

Churchgate (now Church Street)
Believed to have been situated on the opposite side of Church Street,
from Patten House, the home of the Derby family.
It would be adjacent to the stables belonging to Patten House, and
more than likely what the name refers to.

Mine Hosts:

1815                         John Williams

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Extract from a Legal Document dated 5th September 1815

Alexander Gerrard to Charles Ambler. Lease for a year.

All that messuage or burgage and tenement with the appurtenances situate standing and being in Preston aforesaid on the south side of a certain street there called the Church Gate formerly in the possession of Agnes Patten widow deceased afterwards of Rachel Bennett widow deceased and the said Alexander Gerrard his assigns farmers or tenants formerly adjoining on the east end thereof to a messuage or burgage then late or then before the inheritance or in the possession of James Harrison of Preston aforesaid chapman deceased his undertenants or assigns but now on such east side as well as on the south side thereof to a yard passage or foot path leading out of Churchgate now called Church Street into Water Street and on the west side thereof to another messuage or burgage and premises formerly the inheritance or in the possession of Hammerton Astley Esquire deceased with the Backside Brewhouse Backbuildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging all which said premises mentioned and intended to be hereby bargained and sold are at present in the tenure holding or occupation of John Williams and occupied by him as an Inn or Public House and known by the sign of the ‘Naggs Head’
Information provided by Trevor Kirkham, Preston Historical Society......many thanks.

HORROCKS' ARMS, Bedford Street

HORROCKS' ARMS   #

108 Bedford Street

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MINE HOSTS:

1849 - 51              James Worden  -  owned by Richard Duckett, Auctioneer.

1852 - 53              Robert Riley
1856 - 58              William Farrington   -  owned by Richard Duckett in 1858.

1861                      Ralph Porter

1862                     Edward Woods

1869 - 71              Agnes Shorrock

1875                     Miss Mary Shorrock and Hugh Thistlethwaite

1877 - 86              Henry Moss

1886                     Ellen Moss

1886 - 88             Jonathon Swarbrick

1888                     Joseph Nixon

1888 - 89             William Singleton Ashburner

1889                     John Billington

1889                     William Bradshaw

1890 - 91              John Duckworth

1891                     James Osbaldeston 

1891 - 92             James Robinson

1892 - 94             Joseph Atkinson

1894 - 97             James Forshaw

1897                    John Robinson

1897                    Lawrence Whittaker

1898                    Thomas Simpson

1898 - 1900         John Winkley

1900                    William Henry Sharples

1901                    Joseph Shaw

1901                    Thomas Francis Eccleston

1901 - 04             Frederick Jones Turner
1905                    William Garling

1907                    Henry Orme

1909 - 10            Thomas Brown   Owned by Albion (Burton on Trent) Brewery.

1913                    Herbert Danson  - Believed to be Herbert (Chippy) Danson, former P.N.E. player.
                                                                                              27 years old in 1911. Born in Preston.

1917 - 20            Shadrack Durham

1926      NO MENTION

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 Lancaster Gazette   4th June 1853
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Preston Guardian  31st August 1861

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Preston Guardian  7th September 1861

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TO BE LET

"HORROCKS' ARMS" beerhouse,

with Stable and other outbuildings, 

in Bedford Street,

Apply at 45 Avenham Road.

Preston Chronicle  30th July 1864

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Preston Guardian  6th April 1878

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CENSUS RETURNS

1861

Ralph Porter                 49 years                     Beerseller                         b. Inskip

Ellen Porter                  50                               Wife                                b. Claughton

1871

Agnes Shorrock           48 years                     Beerseller                         b. Gt. Eccleston

1881

Henry Moss                 53 years                     Beerseller                         b. Penwortham

Ellen Moss                   54                              Wife / Landlady                b. Preston

William Moss               19                               Son                                          do

Mary J. Moss              16                               Daughter                                   do

John Thomas Moss      13                               Son                                          do

Robert Moss                11                              Son                                           do

Ellen Moss                    9                               Daughter                                    do

1891

John Duckworth           44 years                    Lic. Vict.                          b. Preston

Mary Duckworth          40                             Wife                                         do

John Duckworth           15                      Son  /  Musician                             do

Edward Duckworth      11                              Son                                         do

Alice Duckworth           8                               Daughter                                  do

James Duckworth         5                                Son                                b. Fleetwood

Frederick Duckworth    1                                Son                               b. Liverpool

1901

Joseph Shaw               31 years                    Beerhouse Keeper            b. Preston

Alice Shaw                  30                             Wife                                         do

Sarah Elizabeth Shaw   12                             Daughter                                  do

Richard Shaw               3                              Son                                          do

Joseph Shaw                10 months                Son                                           do

Susannah Shaw            9                               Daughter                                  do

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CROSS KEYS, Adelphi Street

CROSS KEYS   #

132 Adelphi Street
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MINE HOSTS:

1839                  Mr. Hall  - Preston Chronicle 25.5.1839

1840 - 42          Henry Seed

1846 - 54          Thomas ? Arnett (Timothy Arnett in 1851 Barratt's Directory & Oakey's 1853)

1856                  James Walmsley

1856                  John Walmsley - Change-over date: December 1856

1859 - 64          Richard Eglin

1864 - 67          John Whitehead  -  went to the 'New Legs of Man' Fishergate.

1867 - 71          Thomas Isherwood

1871 - 78          James Whiteside

1878 - 79          John Waggett  (Haggett)

1879 - 81          Mary Ann Waggett  (Haggett)

1882 - 88          Robert Aspden

1888 - 91          Sarah Aspden

1892 - 93          William Rose  --This was William Crispin Rose, ex-PNE & England goalkeeper.

1893                  William Buck Arnett

1893                  Thomas Henry Carter

1894                  William Buck Arnett

1895 - 97           Thomas Calvert

1898                  James Cartmell

1898                  William Clitheroe

1899                  Arthur Hillier

1900                  Thomas Gill

1900                  John Henry Banks

1901                  John Thomas Rothwell

1901                  Elizabeth Pennington

1904 - 04           John Chapman

1905                  Joseph Chapman - not sure where this fits in?

1904 - 10           John Iddon.  1909 owned by Bentley's Yorkshire Brewery.

1911                  Thomas Jackson  - d. 11.4.1911 aged 56 years.

1913                  Walter Noblett

1917                  Abram Bentley

1924                  Richard H. Dickinson

1926 - 27           Edmund J. Smail

1932                  Everard Smail

1932 - 44           James Haddon Henderson  Senior

1948                  Robert Hedley

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 Preston Chronicle  25th July 1840

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Leeds Mercury  12th September 1840

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Preston Chronicle  25th November 1843

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Preston Chronicle 26th September 1846

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Preston Chronicle  10th February 1849

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Preston Chronicle  6th August 1853

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 Preston Chronicle  2nd April 1859

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R. EGLIN (late of the Bridge Inn, Penwortham)

begs to announce that he has now REMOVED to

See

THE CROSS KEYS INN, ADELPHI STREET.

Where he intends to continue to supply the BEST LIQUORS, 

and where he hopes to be re-visited by many of his former

friends, to whom he would now express his thanks for

past favours.

THE BEST WINES AND SPIRITS

FIRST-RATE ALE AND PORTER

NB. The Vaults are open every morning (Sunday

Excepted) at five am., at which time HOT COFFEE 

may be had.

Preston Chronicle  19th November 1859

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 Preston Chronicle  26th October 1861

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SELLING DURING PROHIBITED HOURS: A 10/- plus costs fine was inflicted on John Whitehead, who keeps the Cross Keys Inn, Adelphi Street, for selling during prohibited hours on Sunday, the 10th inst.

Preston Herald  16th December 1865

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 Preston Chronicle  5th August 1876

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 Preston Chronicle  13th June 1891

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 Lancashire Evening Post  17th February 1893

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 Lancashire Evening Post  18th October 1901

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 Lancashire Evening Post  10th June 1908

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 Lancashire Evening Post  22nd December 1908

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 Preston Herald  6th February 1909

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Preston Herald  20th June 1914

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 Lancashire Evening Post  24th February 1920

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Lancashire Evening Post  22nd June 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  29th June 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  4th July 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  15th July 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  18th July 1935

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 Lancashire Evening Post  29th July 1935

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Lancashire Evening Post  27th September 1935

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Lancashire Evening Post  23rd November 1935

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CENSUS RETURNS

1851

Timothy Arnett            33 years                  Victualler                 b. Preston

Elizabeth Arnett           39                           Wife                       b. Didsley  ?

Michala Arnett            16                   Daughter / Dressmaker    b. Ramsbottom

Hannah Arnett            14                   Daughter / School            b. Preston

Mary Ann Arnett        10                   Daughter / School                     do

William Buck Arnett    6                        Son / School                         do

Elizabeth Arnett          3                     Daughter / School                     do

1861

Richard Eglin              50 years                  Lic. Vict.                  b. Bolton

Elizabeth Eglin            38                           Wife                         b. Stockport

Selinor ? Eglin             22                           Daughter                  b. Bury

1871

Thomas Isherwood     46 years                 Innkeeper                 b. Bolton

Ellen Isherwood          42                          Wife                         b. Bentham, Yorks.

Ellen Alice Isherwood   15                        Daughter                   b. Chorley

Thomas Isherwood       11                        Son                           b. Preston

1881

Margaret Haggett        56 years                Lic. Vict.                  b. Preston

Eliz O'Keeffe               25                         Servant                     b. Portsmouth

1891

Sarah A. Aspden        42 years                 Publican                    b. Alton ?

William R. Aspden      13                          Son                          b. Liverpool

Thomas E. Aspden      10                         Son                                    do

Edgar Aspden               8                         Son                           b. Preston

Ada F. Aspden             6                          Daughter                          do

1901

John Thomas Rothwell  49 years              Innkeeper                   b. Littleborough

Isabella Rothwell           48                       Wife                                      do

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BRITANNIA INN, 53 Adelphi Street

BRITANNIA INN / HOTEL     #

53  Adelphi Street and

115 (later 88) Victoria Street.

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The "Britannia" can just be seen to the left of the arch legs.
The "York Castle" is directly above the chair, right, and the
"Victoria " is to the right of the right leg of the arch.
The image is taken from Preston Digital Archives Flickr 
account, visit here
That site says the image is taken looking towards the town centre.
I disagree; I think it's taken looking away from the town centre, and towards Plungington Road.
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MINE HOSTS:

1838     In the Lancaster Gazette 1.9.1838, John Mercer applied for a licence 'for his own  

                                                              property'.  Granted.

1851 - 52            John Mercer   - Owned by John Mercer.

1853                   Richard Latus

1855 - 57           John Mercer 

1860 - 61           Thomas Kew   d. 12.10.1861 aged 38 years

1861 -                Mrs. Kew

1863 - 74           John Gee

1876 - 79           Hugh Thistleton  -  the Executors of, to

1879 - 80           Ann Thistleton

1880 - 81           William Dodgson

1882 - 85           Robert Almond

1886 - 88           John Matthews

1888 - 90           Thomas Hopes

1890 - 95           Samuel Salthouse

1896                  Thomas Simpson

1897                  James Rigby

1897 - 98          George Hollywell

1898                  Charles Dallas Child

1898 - 1910      John Livesey

1913 - 17          Thomas Woods

1924.                 Thomas Bamber

1926 - 27          Eliza Bamber

1932                 William Smith

1936 - 40          Thomas Traynor

1944                  Allan Brown 

1948                  Albert Boardman

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 Lancaster Gazette  14th January 1860

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 Preston Chronicle  2nd June 1860

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 Lancaster Gazette  4th August 1860

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Preston Chronicle  6th October 1861

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 Preston Chronicle  12th October 1861

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 Manchester Courier  19th October 1861

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 Preston Chronicle  14th November 1863

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 Preston Chronicle  10th December 1864

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Preston Herald  4th November 1871

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 Liverpool Mercury  28th December 1878

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To Brewers, Publicans, and others - ON SALE, by Private Treaty,

the large, well-built, and well-accustomed PUBLIC HOUSE,  the

Britannia Inn, Adelphi Street.

The house is very commodious, has extensive cellarage, several

parlours, good bedrooms, and club room. The yard is large, and

contains a good roomy Brewhouse, and two-stalled Stable.

Further particulars apply J. MERCER, Chemist,

121 Adelphi Street.

Preston Chronicle  10th January 1880

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Preston Chronicle  31st January 1880

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 Preston Chronicle  26th June 1880

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To be LET, or Sold, with early entry, the BRITANNIA INN, Adelphi Street. Apply to the owner, J. Mercer, 121, Adelphi Street.

Preston Herald  15th March 1882

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 Preston Chronicle  15th July 1882

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Preston Chronicle  2nd December 1882

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 Preston Chronicle  29th March 1884

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In 1888 the pub was sold to Cardwell's Brewery, Tithebarn Street,

Preston, for the sum of £2,240.

On 1st June 1897, the Trustees of the Will of Henry Cardwell (Deceased)

sold the Brewery and the pubs to Mr. Alfred Bertwistle of Appleby - a

brewer in Westmoreland.

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 Preston Herald  24th March 1888

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 Preston Herald  21st April 1888

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Lancashire Evening Post  2nd August 1889

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 Lancashire Evening Post  6th March 1902

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Lancashire Evening Post  6th October 1902

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 Lancashire Evening Post  22nd June 1909

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TO LET, Britannia Inn, Adelphi Street, Preston, free to brew, - Apply 1 Theatre Passage, Preston.

Lancashire Evening Post  24th March 1933

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CENSUS RETURNS

1861

Thomas Kew              37 years                       Innkeeper                       b. Skerton

Ann Kew                    41                                Wife                               b. Clapham, Yorks?

Elizabeth Kew                                                 Daughter                        b. Lancaster

Ann Kew                                                        Daughter                        b. Preston

John Kew                                                       Son                                         do

1871

John Gee                    41 years                       Licensed Victualler          b. Salford

Mary Gee                   35                                Wife                               b. Preston

Margaret A. Gee         12                               Daughter                                  do

John J. Gee                  9                                 Son                                         do

Elizabeth M. Gee         8                                 Daughter                                  do

William E. Gee             6                                 Son                                         do

Samuel M. Gee            2                                 Son                                         do

1881

William Dodgson        50 years                       Licensed Victualler          b. Preston

Margaret Dodgson     50                                Wife                                        do

William Dodgson        19                                Son                                 b. Salford

Letitia Dodgson          17                                Daughter                                  do

Albert Dodgson           9                                 Son                                 b. Manchester

1891

Samuel Salthouse       41 years                       Innkeeper                        b. Greenhalgh

Margaret Salthouse    47                                Wife                                b. Preston

Margaret A. Wilson    17                               Daughter                          b. Burnley

Thomas Salthouse       16                               Son                                 b. Preston

John Salthouse            11                               Son                                 b. Fleetwood

1901

John Livesey              50 years  Widower       Publican                          b. Preston

Elizabeth Ellen Livesey  16                             Daughter                                 do

Mary Livesey                13                             Daughter                                 do

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