OLD HOUSE AT HOME
7 William Street
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Fred and Clare Coombes outside the Old House at Home in
the early 1940's.
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the early 1940's.
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MINE HOSTS:
1851 Richard Crompton
1851 - 53 George Cope (Coup)
1861 Jabez Milston
1869 - 70 William Wilson d. April 1870 aged 52 years
1870 - 72 Ann Wilson
1872 - 73 Thomas Greenwood
1873 - 74 Frederick Walmsley
1877 - 94 John Berry
1894 - 1907 John Henry Hothersall
1910 Mrs. Margaret A. Hothersall
1917 - 27 Henry Hothersall
1930 - 36 Arthur Wilkinson
1940 Thomas Clarkson
1944 Ernest Lawton
1945 Frederick and Clare Coombes
1948 James P. Coombes
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Preston Chronicle 14th August 1869
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Preston Chronicle 17th October 1874
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Preston Chronicle 31st October 1874
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Preston Chronicle 27th October 1877
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TRAGEDY OF A TRAMCAR
On the second Tuesday of January 1902, William Young, a former Royal Reservist soldier, who worked as a brewer at the Old House at Home, William Street, left his nearby home to go to town.
Just after one o'clock, he was seen in Church Street, close to Manchester Road, about to cross the road as a horse-drawn tramcar approached.
The driver of the tramcar, Robert Jones, spotted the man half way between the pavement and the rails, and whistled and shouted in his direction, but instead of turning back, Young made for the metal tracks. He succeeded in passing the first horse, but had no time to get clear of the second before he was knocked down.
The startled horses then began to plunge and, although the driver did his best to stop them, they persisted in pulling the tram, with the result that the wheels and the body of the vehicle passed over Young.
John Wilkins, a local labourer, witnessed the tragedy and hurried to attend to him, but he was dead. There was a deep cut on the side of his head near the temple, and his left arm was almost amputated.
Late the same day, an inquest was held at the Preston Borough Police Court before the coroner John Parker. Two women from Burnley, who had witnessed the incident, were among those to testify. They remarked that the tramcar was travelling at an ordinary pace, but the victim seemed to unaware of it until it was within a yard. They said he had attempted to get out of the way, but was hit by the off-side horse.
It was stated that the injury to his head appeared to have been by a horse hoof, and a wheel had passed over his arm. The tramcar was reported to be travelling at six miles per hour, and the driver confirmed he had applied his brake, but the behaviour of the horses had nullified its effect.
In summing up, the coroner said the deceased evidently thought he could cross safely, and even got past the first horse. In his opinion the driver had done all he could to avoid the accident, and no blame should be attached to him. The jury took little time in returning with a verdict of accidental death, and they exonerated the driver.
Repeated from a Keith Johnson article in -
Lancashire Evening Post 9th April 2014
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CENSUS RETURNS
1851
George Cope 36 years Engineer & Beerseller b. Preston
Mary Cope 33 Wife do
Sarah Cope 12 Daughter do
1861
Jabez Milston 32 years Coach Painter & Beerseller b. Bedfordshire
Mary Ann Milston 28 Wife b. Marylebone ?
1871
Ann Wilson 52 years - widow. Beerseller b. Preston
Thomas Wilson 21 Son do
Richard Wilson 19 Son do
Edward Wilson 14 Son do
John Wilson 12 Son do
1881
John Berry 43 years Beerseller b. Preston
Margaret Berry 45 Wife do
Margaret Ann Berry 17 Daughter do
Joseph Berry 15 Son do
1891
John Berry 53 years Widower Beerseller b. Preston
Joseph Berry 25 Son do
Margaret Ann Hothersall 27 Daughter do
John H. Hothersall 28 Son-in-law do
Henry Hothersall 3 Grandson do
Margaret E. Hothersall 1 Grand-daughter do
1901
John H. Hothersall 38 years Beerseller b. Preston
Margaret A. Hothersall 37 Wife do
Henry Hothersall 13 Son do
Margaret Hothersall 11 Daughter do
Lilian Hothersall 4 Daughter do
William Hothersall 39 Brother do
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