Lancaster pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Lancaster, Lancashire.
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Only three hotels are named in the 1809 directory, viz. the Kings Arms, John Pritt; the Commercial, John Wilson; and the Royal Oak, James Noon.
In 1818 we have the Bear and Staff, Rippon's and New Inn, Market street, Richard Mason, in addition ;
while under the list of taverns and public houses there are no less than sixty, making with hotels a total of sixty five.
Here is a list of taverns and inns, the second name - where two are mentioned - indicating the occurrence in the 1825 list :
Bay Horse, China lane, Matthew Gardner
Bird in Hand, Skerton, John Longfield : same in 1825
Black Bull, Skerton, Jonathan Tiffin ; Richard Myerscough
Black Cat, St Leonardgate, Mary Barber ; William Gardner
Black Horse, Common garden street, A Starkie : same in 1825
Blue Anchor, Quay, George Warbrick : same in 1825
Blue Anchor, Market street , Leonard Miller : same in 1825
Boars Head, St Nicholas gate , George Satterthwaite : same in 1825
Boot and Shoe, Market street, W Newton : same in 1825
Bridge Inn, New Bridge, Cheapside, Robert Atkinson : same in 1825
Bulls Head, Cheapside, Robert Cartmell
Carpenters Arms, Bridge lane, Agnes Bee ; Robert Baxter
Carpenters Arms, Skerton, Richard Wadeson : same in 1825
Coach and Horses, China lane, John Nixon ; Chris Hinde
Corporation Arms, Penny street, Jane Mansergh : same in 1825
Cross Keys, Market street, Thomas Gardner : same in 1825
Crown Hotel, Quay, W Mecoid : Margaret Mecoid
Dolphin, Chapel street, Agnes Russell : same in 1825
Fleece, Penny street, Robert Tatham ; Matt Gardner
George and Dragon, Market place, Ann Sergeant : same in 1825
Golden Ball, Market street, James Foster : Miles Chambers
Golden Fleece, China lane, John Tomlinson
Golden Lion, Moor lane, _ Hamilton : Mary Hamilton
Green Dragon, Cheapside, Thomas Camm ; Anthony Winder
Hole in the Wall, China lane, Joseph Scott ; John Schofield
Horse and Farrier, Church street, Dorothy Carr : Robert Bainbridge
Kings Head, Chapel street, James Hulme : same in 1825
Millstone, Skerton, William Carter : same in 1825
Mitre Tavern, Church street, Isaac Jackson : same in 1825
Nags Head, Church street, James Chew : William Pilling
Old Sir Simon, Market street, Henry King : Henry Calvert
Plasterers Arms, Wood street, J Woodhouse : Thomas Bracken
Plough, Moor lane, Jane Cleminson : same in 1825
Prince William Henry, Penny street, J Gardner : Francis Gardner
Queens Head, Church street, _ Newton : John Mattinson
Red Cross, Skerton, Thomas Clough : Thomas Wilson
Red Cross, Church street, Mary Chadwick ; not listed in 1825
Red Lion, Church street, John Holden ; not listed in 1825
Rope and Anchor, Skerton, E Jackson ; not listed in 1825
Rose and Crown, Shambles, H Hoggarth: William Pratt
Sawyers Arms, Dam side street, T Hodgson : Thomas Hodgson
Shakespear, St Leonard gate, J Gregson, : Thomas Gregson
Ship, Dam side street, Ellen Goth : same in 1825
Shovel, Penny street, James Riley ; not listed in 1825 - actually it is the Malt Shovel
Spink Bull, China lane, John Atkinson : William Greenall
Spread Eagle, Cheapside, John Jackson ; not listed in 1825
St Georges Tavern, Quay, John Brown : John Singleton
Stone Masons Arms, Church street, J Croudson
Sun Tavern, Church street, John Bagot : same in 1825
Three Tuns, China lane, Richard Thompson : same in 1825
Volunteer, China lane, Robert Boden : same in 1825
Wellington Tavern, Spring garden street, John Bowskill : Brian Cornthwaite
Wheat Sheaf, Shambles, William Hodgson : same in 1825
Wheat Sheaf, Penny street, Henry Garnett : same in 1825
White Cross, Penny street, Thomas Booth : same in 1825
White Hart, Church street, Richard Bullock : Betty Tatham
White Horse, Church street, James Tatham : Miles Hawthornthwaite
White Lion, St Leonard gate, Richard Leak : same in 1825
White Lion, Penny street, _ Southern : Jane Powell
The Black Bull, Church street, kept by John Kitchen in 1825, is not in the 1818 list, neither is Blue Anchor, Skerton kept by Richard Warbrick in 1825
The Bulls Head, Cheapside is not in the 1825 list
Neither is the Fox and Goose, Queen street kept by Thomas Camm in 1825 in the 1818 list.
Last century landlords.
It is from a old books that I find that the Sun Inn, in 1775 was held by Stanley Turner, formerly of the Grapes Inn, the New Inn in 1784, by _ Capstick, the Ship Inn 1787, by William Preston
The Ellershaws kept the White Lion in 1793, Mr Ellershaw dying in August of that year.
John Matthews, who died April 1790 was landlord of the Anchor Inn, and a Mr Parkinson, who died in April 1796, held the Crooked Billet.
Mrs Bowskell, late of the Sun Inn, died in Secember 1799, and a Mr T White of the latter place died June 18th 1802
A Mr Hargreaves was landlord of the Grapes Inn in 1795. He died in November of the same year.
In 1732, John Marshall, was landlord of the Kings Arms, and up until April 1781, Mr Reynolds.
H Whiteside landlord of the Cross Keys, 1798 ; John Young of the Black Bull, died December 1802.
A Mrs Ripley kept the Three Tuns in 1801, and in the month of August, she married a Mr Pugh.
In 1801, Mr Coulthwaite, buried in St Marys Church yard is named as landlord of the Kings Arms, about September of that year.
In 1803, John Gosling kept the Masons Arms.
In 1798 George Parkinson of the Queen Charlotte died (December), and the landlord of the Old Sir Simon, Market street, and Anchor Inns, Quay, in 1760, were Thomas Cryer and John Matthews.
Mr Hargreaves held the Grapes up to November 1795, and in 1801 (Novembe), I Armitstead was at the White Swan, and Mrs Bland at the George and Dragon.
In 1802, the Mitre was held by a Mrs Slater.
The Lecturer, Mr Bond, then said, I will now give you a list of names of public houses and beer houses that have been closed in my time, at least as far as my memory and knowledge server me.
In Market street : The Boot & Shoe, Royal Oak, Golden Ball Old Sir Simon, the Queens and Shovel and Broom.
In Church street : Horse and Farrier, Queens Head, Bee Hive, Blazing Tub, and Crooked Billet.
In Cheapside, Green Dragon, and Bulls Head.
In Penny street : Wild Boar, William the 4th, Foresters Arms, the Victoria, Roe Buck, Railway Tavern, and the Shovel.
In China lane, The Three Tuns, Stag Horn, and a beer house kept by Mrs Woodhouse.
In Wood street : Plasterers Arms, Three Legs of Man, and the Durham Ox.
In Chapel street : The Dolphin, and Prince Albert.
In Rosemary lane : The Red Flag, near to it at the bottom of North road, the Grey Horse.
In Damside street : Sawyers Arms, and Craven Heifer.
In Pitt street : The Masons Arms,
In James street : The Warpers Arms
In Parliament street : The Bridge Inn
In Germany street : The Daltons Arms
In Bridge lane and St Georges Quay : The Three Mariners, the Vanguard, Hatters Arms, Pilot Boat, Custom House Tavern, and the Ship.
In Marton street : The Martons Arms, Hoyles Brewery, Moor lane, a brewery in Bryer street, and a house in Spring Garden street (kept by James Tatham), all sold beer.
There are forty houses less for sale of liquor than 55 years ago. The Daltons Arms was closed by the magistrates. The rest were closed because the owners of them were of the opinion they could use the premises for more profitable objects.
Forty five years ago the population was only 12,613, and the number of licensed houses was 117. It should now be 234 houses, but in reality there are just 77.