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Saturday, 21 November 2020
LONGTON LASS, 79 Saul Street
Monday, 16 November 2020
RED LION BEERHOUSE
RED LION BEERHOUSE #
Back Lane.
Also known as the "Whittle and Steel"
Mine Hosts
1833 John Newsham
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Tuesday, 10 November 2020
BULL and ROYAL HOTEL, Church Street
Bull and Royal Hotel
Church Street, Preston
An evocative image of the Bull and Royal Hotel, dated 1842 - 64
MINE HOSTS
1816 - 29 Thomas Scott (Owned by the Earl of Derby)
1838 - 41 Jane Scott (65 years in 1841)
1842 - 64 Leonard Billington
1864 Christopher Townsend
1868 - 70 James Byrn(e)s
1871 Elizabeth Byrn(e)s
1873 - 81 Joseph Townsend (son of Elizabeth Byrnes)
1881 - 86 Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Clark
1886 - 90 Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Robinson (married Mr. James Robinson)
1890 - 95 Ellen Williams
1897 Ellen Metcalfe (same person as Ellen Williams??)
1898 - 1901 Alexander Robert Malcolm
1902 - 04 Maud Mary Malcolm
1907 H. M. Malcolm - owned by Windham Edward Hale, Mowbreck Hall (See below)
1910 - 13 John Harling
1917 Sarah Harling
1927 - 27 George Henry Stanbridge
1932 Sidney Henry Pettit
1936 Harry S. Pettit (is this the same man as above?)
1940 F.J. Ames
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Preston Herald 2nd July 1864
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Preston Chronicle 25th April 1868
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Windham Edward Hale, of Mowbreck Hall.
In a Quarter Sessions Appeal against a conviction for
failing to abate a nuisance caused by a blocked drain
in Bolton's Court.
QSP/4768/3
23RD FEBRUARY 1906
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CENSUS
1841
Jane Scott 65 years Innkeeper
Isabella Scott 30 Daughter
Jane Scott 30 Daughter
Eliza Scott 30 Daughter
George Scott 12 Son
Thomas Makin 35 Attorney
Sophia Makin 35 Wife of
John Makin 8 Son of
Elizabeth Gettings 30 Female servant
Ann Hogarth 35 do
Ann Walton 20 do
Sarah Fleming 70 do
Catharine Linkin 30 do
Isabella Irwin 24 do
Mary Crossthwaite 25 do
Ann Richmond 20 do
Alice Dawson 60 do
Joseph Parkinson 40 Male Servant
Christopher Sedgwick 20 do
1841 "Tap Room"
Thomas Shackleton 50 years Innkeeper
Elizabeth Rossthwaite 20 ?
1851
Leonard Billington 45 years Hotel keeper b. Preston
Nancy Billington 46 Wife b. Settle
Ellen Billington 19 Daughter b. Preston
Catherine Billington 11 Daughter do
Jane Billington 9 Daughter do
Eliza Billington 7 Daughter do
Leonard Billington 4 Son do
1861
Leonard Billington 55 years Hotel Proprietor and Farmer b. Preston
Catherine Billington 21 Daughter do
Jane Billington 19 do do
Eliza Billington 17 do do
Jane Lindley 36 Waitress b. Handsworth, Yorks
Lucy Dickinson 26 do b. Orkney Islands
Eliza Ellis 23 do b. Sheffield
Elizabeth Bary ? 25 do b. Manchester
Agnes Hurst 30 Cook b. Aighton, Lancs
Margaret Wilson 18 Kitchen Maid b. Preston
Isabella Rawcliffe 20 do b. Urmston
Sarah Noblett 23 Tea Maid b. Bolton
Mary Howard 27 Chamber Maid b. Newton Kilrush, Ire.
Margaret Hurst 28 do b. Aighton, Lancs
Isabella Whitehead 19 do b. Preston
William Bannister 34 Porter b. Lytham
James Fox 16 Waiter b. London
Henry Frederick Fenton 24 Commercial Traveller do
William G. Taylor 61 Gentleman b. Bolton-le-Moors
William Scott 30 Commercial Traveller b. Norfolk
Somerset Molyneus Clarke 30 Captain H.M. 29 Regt. b. Denbigh
Harriette Clarke 25 wife of b. County Galway
William Edward Clarke 3 son of b. Bath
Charles Camden Clarke 4 months son of doElizabeth Pride
Sarah Downey 52 Nurse b. Marlborough, Wilts
Alfred Webster 44 Commercial Traveller b. Statishall, Norfolk
Henry Howey Avery 27 do b. Holborn, Northumberland
Thomas Clementson 23 do b. Bell House, Cumberland
Henry Pride 37 Letter Press Printer b. Preston
Jane Pride 35 Wife of b. Whitwell, Herts.
Walter Pride 11 son of b. Preston
Joseph Pride 9 son of do
Samuel Pride 5 son of do
Maria Pride 1 daughter of do
Elizabeth Pride 39 Sister of Henry Pride b. Liverpool (Formerly servant)
1871
Elizabeth Byrns 50 years Hotel Proprietor b. Lancaster
Joseph Townsend 24 Son do
Fanny Townsend 16 Daughter do
Annie Elizabeth Townsend 12 do do
Charles Henry Townsend 10 Son do
Minnie Townsend 7 Daughter do
1881
Elizabeth A, Clarke 42 years Hotel Proprietor b. St. Ives, Cornwall
1891
Ellen Williams 37 years Licensed Victualler b. Sutton, Hereford
1901
Alexander R. Malcolm 40 years Hotel Proprietor b. Scotland
Maud M. Malcolm 37 Wife b. Abbotts Bromley, Staffs
Alexander G. Malcolm 11 Son b. Preston
Walter A. Malcom 7 Son do
William R. Malcolm 3 Son do