BRETONS' ARMS #
Hope Street
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Known variously as:
BRITONS' ARMS (1867 - 70 & 1881);
BRITISH ARMS (1877);
PAGANINI TAVERN (1838 - 1853 with a possible break under another name)
HOPE STREET TAVERN (1872 - 73)
WHITTLE'S ARMS (1879)
WHITTLE'S ARMS (1879)
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MINE HOSTS:
1838 - 41 Charles Cragg
1851 Thomas Westby
1851 Abraham James
1853 John Seed
1861 Susannah and Charles Cragg Jnr.
1867 Charles Cragg
1869 - 70 John McCann
1870 - 71 Michael Gibbon(s) - 16.10.1870, fined 40s + costs for breaching the Sunday Act,
and recorded on his licence. Had already taken another house.
and recorded on his licence. Had already taken another house.
1871 - 73 Patrick Burke
1876 Robert Dickson
1877 Thomas Crane (It's possible that this should read 'Craven' or 'Craney'
1877 John Dunckley
1877 John Dunckley
1879 - 82 James Ashton - owned by Robert Richards 151 Lancaster Road and
William Garth, Friargate, Butcher.
1883 NO APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE.
HOUSE PULLED DOWN.
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WESTBY v WOODS
Thomas Westby, landlord of the Paganini, Beer-shop, sought
to recover 17s from John Woods, for goods sold and delivered.
Westby said that on the 15th April, last, he sold to Woods a quarter
cask of racked ale at 18s. He had been paid 10s.
Woods said he ordered the ale, but when it was brought to the
door of his house, the bung came out and the ale ran away. He
bunged it up again and took it back.
Westby proved that the cask had been overset by a person who
lodged with Woods, and that he had sold it before it left his premises.
Judgement for Westby in the full amount.
Preston Chronicle 1st June 1850
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In a court case in 1857, when Thomas Westby was
forcibly ejected from the Talbot Inn, Chapel Yard, by
the landlord there. The Preston Chronicle described
Westby as 'a ci devant beerseller, and now a fiddler.'
A ci devant was somebody who lost their title during
the French Revolution, and from the rest of the above quote,
it would seem that he also played the violin - and hence the
reason for re-adopting the name for the beer-house.
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forcibly ejected from the Talbot Inn, Chapel Yard, by
the landlord there. The Preston Chronicle described
Westby as 'a ci devant beerseller, and now a fiddler.'
A ci devant was somebody who lost their title during
the French Revolution, and from the rest of the above quote,
it would seem that he also played the violin - and hence the
reason for re-adopting the name for the beer-house.
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Preston Chronicle 15th January 1853 |
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FAREWELL SUPPER
On Monday night, the journeymen hatters of Preston
sat down to a splendid supper provided for them at the
PAGANINI INN, on occasion of their secretary, Mr. E.
Williams, retiring from that office, on account of his
leaving this part of the country. He had held it for
upwards of 20 years.
Preston Chronicle 26th February 1853
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MARRIAGE on 2md June 1860, Charles Cragg to
Miss Susannah Jennings.
Preston Chronicle 9th June 1860
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AUCTION AT THE LAMB AND PACKET
LOT 6 ALL that Beerhouse, messuage, and premises
called the "Britons' Arms" situate in, and number 9
Hope Street, Friargate, with excellent Brewhouse
and cellaring, and late in the occupation of Mr. John
McCann as tenant.
Preston Chronicle 5th February 1870
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Between the 1872 and 1873 Brewster Sessions, an adjoining cottage
consisting of two rooms, was added to the premises to serve as a store.
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In 1870, Patrick McGuire applied for a licence for the Britons' Arms.
It was turned down on the grounds that he had previously run a
public-house "and harboured low-life"
Preston Chronicle 5th February 1870
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Michael Gibbon, landlord of the Britons' Arms beerhouse, Hope Street,
was summoned for selling beer during prohibited hours. PS Carter said
that on the day in question he watched the house of the defendant. At ten
past eleven he saw the landlord leave his own house and go into the brewhouse.
He then saw a hand give some beer to a man through the brewhouse window.
He saw three gills given in the same way.
Fined 40s and costs. The conviction to be recorded on the back of the
defendant's certificate.
Preston Chronicle 29th October 1870
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DEATH: C. 24th May 1867, CHARLES CRAGG, Hope Street, Aged 82 years
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Patrick Burke, landlord of the British Arms, Hope Street, was charged
on suspicion of wishing to supply beer to 10 men and 8 women on
Sunday 7th inst., at 6.30am. Constables Brown and Strick said they
had seen the barmaid with a gallon jug in her hand filled with beer.
She, however, said it was what had been left the night previous, and
was intended for the pigs.
Case adjourned for further evidence to be obtained.
Preston Chronicle 20th July 1872
CENSUS RETURNS
1841
Charles Cragg Snr 55 years Shopkeeper
Catharine Cragg 40 Wife
Margaret Cragg 20 Daughter
Jane Cragg 18 Daughter
Alice Cragg 12 Daughter
John Cragg ? Son
Charles Livesey 9 ?
Jane Livesey 22 ?
1851
1861
Charles Cragg 22 years Provision Dealer
- Boilermaker b. Selby, Yorks ?
Susanna Cragg 26 Provision Dealer's wife b. Preston.
- Beer Seller
Charles Cragg 3 months Son do
Andrew Jennings 12 Susanna's Brother do
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