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Wednesday, 15 July 2020

ODDFELLOWS' ARMS, Park Road

ODDFELLOWS' ARMS    #
88  (later 112)  Park Road
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MINE HOSTS:
1838     See advert below.
1839                      William Seward    - owned by Seth Walmsley
1845                      Ann Lawrenson    - owner Seth Walmsley.
1853                      Robert Smith
1859                         ?    Lund
1861                      Mary Annlington  (Darlington?) -  see Census data.
1869                      J. Gaskell
1871                      Thomas Gaskell
1877 - 79              John Gaskell
1879                     James Brown
1881                      John Sumner
1882                      Richard Tommony
1882                      John Duckworth
1883 - 84              John Coupe
1884                      Thomas Bretherton
1884 - 85              John Knowles
1885 - 86              Robert Blezzard
1886                      William Saul
1886 - 89               John Belger   -  . Believed to be the first former P.N.E. player to run a public      house. Many more were to follow.  Information from Ian Rigby, official P.N.E. Historian.
1889 - 90              James W. Parkinson
1890                      James Cottam
1890                      William Mounsey
1890                      John Mounsey
1890 - 91               William Henry Fielding
1891                      Thomas Smith
1892                      David Whittle
1892                      Thomas Hayes
1893                      Samuel Bowler
1894 - 95              Richard Caunce
1895                      James Howarth
1895 - 97              William Kellett
1897                      John Henry Jones
1897                      William Robert Jackson
1898                      Mary Clitheroe
1898                      Richard Hunter
1898                      William Kellett
1899                      George Cookson -  owned by the Wingfield Silverwell Brewery Co Ltd.
1900                      George Smith
1900                      William Henry Swindells
1901                      Albert and Elizabeth Banham
1904                      John Harrison
1907  ?                  Thomas and Agnes Wilson
1907                      Mary Grace Atkinson  -  owned by the Manchester Brewery Co. Ltd.
1910 - 11              Ralph Coupe
1913 - 24              John Hall
1926 - 27              Bertha A. Sharples
1932                     Walter Lynch
1933                     Mr and Mrs Moulding
1936 - 44             George David Russell
1948                     George E. Walker
1960                     Dobbs  ?
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TO BE LET
With Immediate Possession
All that well-accustomed BEERSHOP known by
the sign of the "Oddfellows' Arms" situate near
the Park Church, Park Road, Preston, together
with the Stabling, Brewhouse, excellent cellaring,
and other conveniences thereto belonging.
The above premises are well calculated for
carrying on an extensive business.
For further particulars enquire on the premises.
Preston Chronicle  1st December 1838
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Preston Chronicle  23rd February 1861
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COMFORTABLE LODGINGS for two respectable men.
Oddfellows' Arms, 112 Park Road, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post   28th March 1901
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GOOD Beer and Wine House to be let.
Apply:  Oddfellows' Arms, 112, Park Road, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post  20th July 1901
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ODDFELLOWS' ARMS, Park Road.
To be Let:  Licensed for Billiards.
Apply on Premises.
Lancashire Evening Post   12th February 1902
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The Oddfellows' Arms, Park Road, owned by the Manchester Brewery Co., Ltd., tenanted by Mary Grace Atkinson, Inspector Clayton spoke of the house as being fairly clean throughout and in good repair. There were no convictions, but since 1900 there had been nine transfers. This house had more transfers than any other house in the town.
According to the landlord, the house did business to the extent of four barrels, six dozen pint bottles, and twelve dozen half-pint bottles of beer.
Mr. Blackhurst, for the landlord: 'The present tenant had certainly improved the house considerably, and that the fact that there had been so many transfers since 1900 was one of the weakest objections to the licence so far put forward at the Sessions."
Lancashire Evening Post   14th February 1907
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To Be Let, Large Shop and Workroom, 47 Meadow Street,
available for tailor or any other business requiring plenty of room.
Apply:  J. Wilson, Oddfellows' Arms, Park Road, Preston.
Lancashire Evening Post   25th June 1909
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Preston Herald   8th March 1913
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Lancashire Evening Post  1st February 1938
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CENSUS RETURNS
1861
Mary Annlington                    64 years                  Beerseller                  b. Galgate
 (Darlington?)

1871   
Thomas Gaskell                     40 years                  Beerhouse keeper      b. Bailey
Margaret Gaskell                   42                           Wife                          b. Blackburn
William Gaskell                      18                           Son                           b. Preston
Thomas Gaskell                     15                           Son                                     do
Mary Gaskell                          8                            Daughter                             do
Edward Gaskell                      4                            Son                                     do
Edward Benson                     68                 Boarder / Retired Joiner       b. London, Middlesex

1881 
John Sumner                          35 years                  Beerseller                  b. Preston
Alice Sumner                         35                            Wife                                 do

1891
William H. Fielding                38 years                   Beerseller                  b. Todmorden
Martha Fielding                     23                            Wife                          b. Salford
Arthur Fielding                       2                              Son                                   do
Florence Fielding                   1 month                    Daughter                   b. Preston

1901
Albert Banham                     28 years                    House Painter            b. Manchester
Elizabeth Banham                 29                             Wife                                     do
Edith Banham                        3                              Daughter                              do

1911
Ralph Coupe                       30 years                    Publican / Beerseller  b. Accrington
Ann Coupe                         27                             Wife                          b. Longton 
Dorothy Ann Coupe           11 months                  Daughter                   b. Preston
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