NEW SHIP, Watery Lane

NEW SHIP  #

Marsh End

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There's a lot that needs sorting out with the 
continuity of the SHIP INN over the years.
All have occupied the same, or closely situated 
sites on Watery Lane -
SHIP INN  -  Marsh End
NEW SHIP INN   -  Water Lane / Old Quay
The present NEW SHIP INN  -   Watery Lane.
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The present 'New Ship Inn,' but its predecessors need a bit of unravelling.

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MINE HOSTS:

1794         Approx. the date when the old Ship Inn was built.

1831                    Mr. Smith

1840 - 47            Richard Smith     d. 27.5.1847

1847 - 56            Elizabeth Smith.  nee Collier m. 22.1.1840

1856 - 57            George Pye  (Had a manager called Matthew Cowherd - was he any relation to Wm Coward  -  see 1862 - 64)

1859                    

1862 - 64            William Coward

1865 - 73            Mrs. Ann Lees   - Preston Chronicle gave the date 1869 (P.C. 21.8.1869).
1876                   John Woodcock -  could this be synonymous with John Wilcock, beneath? PC.25.3.1876 ?

1877                   John Wilcock

1879 - 81           Matthew Sergeant

1882                   John Leeming      -  owned by Matthew Brown & Co.

1883                   Mary Leeming

1883 - 85           John Brown  d. 15.5.1885 aged 58 years.

1885                  Ann Brown

1886 - 87           Peter William Turner

1887 - 91           Richard Fazackerley

1891 - 1901       John Smith

1904                  James S. Hindley

1907                  William Hall

1910 - 13          Oliver Fowler

1917                  A. Hodgkinson
1924                  Stephen McGuire

1932 - 36           James T. Dew. d. 17.3.1938

1940 - 48          Matilda Dew - known affectionately as "Old Mother Dew"! d. 4.4.1974
1962                  Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bamber (see notes from their son, here:-

     May I correct your information on Fred Bamber and the New Ship Inn ... his name was Fred not Frederick, just the old fashioned "Fred" .... when he first moved into the New Ship Inn he was asked to do so by the lovely old Mrs Dew and at time my father was the tenant of the Lamb Hotel which he had run from approx 1953 with my mother and they ran both Greenall Whitley pubs for 6 to 8 weeks whilst the brewery found a new landlord for the Lamb .... he had been the boxing Promoter in Preston, Blackburn and several surrounding towns starting in 1948 with his first official licence )

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EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE OF A BEAN

On Wednesday last, Mr. Smith of the Ship Inn,

Marsh End, gathered from a bank in his garden,

the produce of a single bean, the plant from which

had branched into four stems - 35 pods, containing

86 beans, weighing seven and a half ounces.

Preston Chronicle  23rd July 1831

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Preston Chronicle  22nd October 1831
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DEATH - On 19.4.1835, in his 5th

year, John, eldest son of Mr. Richard

Smith, Marsh End.

Preston Chronicle  25th April 1835

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MARRIAGE - On 18.1.1840 at 

St. Wilfrid's Chapel, Mr. Richard

Smith of the Ship Inn, Marsh End,

to Miss Elizabeth Collier of this town.

Preston Chronicle 25th January 1840

Probably his second marriage. See death of his son, above.

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DEATH - On the 26th July 1842, after

a severe and lingering indisposition,

Ellen, second daughter of Mr. Richard 

Smith, Innkeeper, Marsh End, aged 13 years

Preston Chronicle 13th August 1842

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CURIOUS FACT

On the 24th of last month, a duck belonging

to Mr. Richard Smith, of the Ship Inn, Marsh

End, began to sit on 15 eggs. One of them was

broken, but a few days ago, they were astonished

to find, that from 14 eggs, there were hatched 

seventeen ducklings.

Preston Chronicle 24th June 1843

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Preston Chronicle June 19th 1847

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TO FARMERS, GARDENERS, AND OTHERS

MR. HENRY FARNWORTH

Has received instructions, from the Executors of

the late Mr. Richard Smith, Marsh End, Preston, to

SELL BY AUCTION

Upon the Premises, Marsh End, Preston, on 7/7/1847

THE whole of the FARMING STOCK, IMPLEMENTS

of HUSBANDRY, and GROWING CROPS, &c.

One three year-old Colt; one capital Cob Pony; 

Two breeding Sows; Two Speaning Pigs and Eight

Sucking Pigs; Two Carts with narrow wheels; One

Cart with broad wheels; One wood-carriage; One 

Shandray; One Whitechapel; Horse Geers; Wheel-

barrows; Forks; Spades; and various other Husbandry

Tools and Implements.

The Growing Crops are 2 meadows of excellent Hay Grass;

a large quantity of forward potatoes, in lots; Turnips, 

and other produce.

Also, one stack of well-got HAY.

Preston Chronicle  3rd July 1847

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PYE  v  EVANS

George Pye, landlord of the Ship Inn, sued the 

skipper of a recently launched Schooner, for

£2. 7s. 4d., the price of 188 pints of ale, given

as "an allowance" to the men who assisted in

the launch. Various witnesses gave evidence 

that there were between 80 and 100 men in the

Ship Inn on the occasion, and the judge, who

queried why it took so many men to launch 

one Schooner, was finally persuaded to accept 

the evidence of so many witnesses giving 

similar evidence.

Verdict for the plaintiff.

Preston Chronicle  5th December 1857

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THE SHIP INN, ASHTON

TO BE LET

WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION

THE "SHIP INN," at the Marsh End, Ashton-

upon-Ribble, lately in the occupation of Mrs. 

Elizabeth Smith. The house has been recently

enlarged, and possesses every convenience for

carrying on an extensive and lucrative business.

The owner will, if required,let along with the 

house, the good plot of Garden Ground adjoining

the dwelling-house, and containing about one 

statute acre of land.

For further partculars apply to Mr. W. Bond,

Marsh End, the owner.

Preston Chronicle  16th February 1856

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Preston Chronicle  11th June 1859

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SHIP INN, MARSH END, PRESTON

Mr. HENRY P. WATSON respectfully announces that he

is instructed by Mr. George Pye, to SELL BY AUCTION,

at the Ship Inn, Marsh End, on Monday 27th February

(in consequence of the premises being about to be 

converted into private dwelling-houses), the entire

STOCK-IN-TRADE of an INN-KEEPER, including

Furniture of a varied description, beat-iron Boiler, 

Prime Hops, Capital Ale, good load, half-load, and 

quarter-barrels, &c., &c.

For full particulars see posters.

Preston Chronicle  18th February 1860

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Preston Chronicle  8th April 1871
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Preston Chronicle  4th October 1879
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Blackburn Standard  2nd September 1893
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Preston Herald  11th May 1962
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Matilda Dew (better known to regulars at the New Ship as 
'Old Mother Dew' was laid to rest in the graveyard of St. James's Church in Brindle, along with her husband, James.
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Many readers must have affectionate recollections of
'Old Mother Dew'. Email me via the contact page with
any stories you wouldn't mind repeating on this site.
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CENSUS RETURNS

1841
Richard Smith                  35 years                 Publican
Elizabeth Smith                30          
Mary Ann Smith              14
Ellen Smith                      12
Elizabeth Smith                 8
Richard  Smith                  5
John Smith                        3 months

1851

1861

1871
Ann Lees                       56 years                  Lic. Vict.                b. Whitegift? Yorks.
Margaret Poole              29                           Sister-in-law          b. Lea

1881
Matthew Sergeant          43 years                  Lic. Vict.               b. Penwortham
Maria Sergeant               44                           Wife                     b. Lowmoor, Lancs.

1891
John Smith                    58 years                  Publican                  b. Balderstone
Alice Smith                   45                           Wife                       b. Blackburn
Ann Smith                     20                            Daughter               b. Ramsgrave
Christopher Smith          16                           Son                       b. Blackburn
Catherine Smith             15                           Daughter                          do
Beatrice Smith               10                           Daughter                          do
Ellen Smith                     8                            Daughter                          do

1901

John Smith                    67 years                  Publican                  b. Mellor

Alice Smith                   54                           Wife                        b. Blackburn

Ann Smith                    30                            Daughter                          do

Christopher Smith         26                           Son                                  do

Katherine Smith            24                           Daughter                          do

Beatrice Smith              20                           Daughter                          do

Ellen Smith                   18                           Daughter                          do

 

1911

Oliver Fowler                39 years                Publican                   b. Brindle

Margret Fowler             37                     Wife / Assistant            b. Barrow-in-Furness

Beatrice Fowler             13                       Daughter                    b. Chorley

It is probable that Margaret may not be the mother of Beatrice.  They'd only been married for less than two years, and in 1901 Oliver was living with his brother in Withnell. There's no trace of Beatrice in the name of Fowler.

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