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Wednesday, 1 February 2012

BOROUGH TAVERN, 123a, Fishergate

BOROUGH TAVERN  #
123a, Fishergate
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Formerly the "HOLY LAMB"
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The "Borough Tavern" was above and to the rear of the shop in the
occupation of the Palatine Rubber Company.
TAKEN FROM A LEGAL DOCUMENT
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MINE HOSTS:
1852 - 53          Henry Proctor Watson   (also an Auctioneer - PC. 10.4.1852)
1854                 Mr. Worsley
1862 - 1873     Thomas White
1875 - 1887     William Marshall
1887 - 91         Joseph Fowler   (Towler)
1891                Johanna Fowler
1892 - 94         John Travis
1894 - 1900     Robert Breakell
1906       ?        Mrs. Robert Breakell 
1900 - 13         Charles Arthur Greenwood  d. 9th November 1913
1913 - 17         Alice Greenwood  d. 18th September 1931 at Crown Hotel, Garstang,
                                                                             the residence of her daughter.
1918                 Still open in October. Advertising for a servant.
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Preston Chronicle   21st October 1854
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TO BE LET
With immediate possession
THE BOROUGH TAVERN, 123, Fishergate,
Preston, opposite Cannon Street.
Satisfactory reasons can be given for leaving.
Apply on the premises.
Preston Chronicle  13th June 1857
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A PRESTON BEER-SELLER FINED
Joseph Towler (Fowler) landlord of the Borough Tavern, 
Fishergate, was charged on the 15th August with being drunk 
on his own premises. The police visited the house at 9.20pm on
Tuesday 12th August, and found the defendant sitting in the bar
parlour. He was drunk. The landlady's attention was called to his
condition, and she replied that he was always drunk.
He was fined 5s. with costs.
Preston Chronicle  22nd August 1891
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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
1871
Thomas White                    37 years                           Beerseller                    b. Preston
Mary White                        37                                    Wife                                    do

1881
William Marshall                 53 years                          Beerhouse keeper         b. Preston
Margaret Marshall               53                                  Wife                             b. Lancaster

1891
Joseph Fowler                    38 years                          Publican                        b. Preston
Johana (sic) Fowler            35                                   Wife                              b. Plymouth
Maria Fowler                     11                                    Daughter                      b. Preston

1901
Charles A. Greenwood      41 years                           Beerseller                      b. Preston
Alice Greenwood               39                                   Wife                                        do
Lilian A. Greenwood          12                                   Daughter                                  do
Isabella E. Greenwood       11                                   Daughter                                  do
Thomas Greenwood            8                                    Son                                          do

1911
Charles A. Greenwood      51 years                          Beerhouse Keeper         b. Preston
Alice Greenwood              49                                   Wife / Assistant in business      do
Isabella Elsie Greenwood   21                                  Daughter / Teacher                  do
Thomas Greenwood          18                                  Son / Surveyor's Clerk             do
Jessie Taylor                      23                                  Barmaid                         b. Morecambe
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