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.
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Lancaster Gazette. 4 October 1890 - Some Past Licensed Victuallers of Lancaster since 1800
Royal Oak, Market place, closed for a time after Mr Sly left it. _ James Noon, 1826, Jane Noon died January 24th 1851, aged 89. William Braithwaite, Edward Braithwaite, Joseph Sly, Sergeant Black, re-opened by Richard Burton, Thomas Smith.
1809, James Noon, Royal Oak
1825, Jane Noon, Royal Oak Inn (and posting), Market street
1828-29 Pigots, Jane Moon, Royal Oak, Market place
Jane Noon died January 24th 1851, aged 89.
1851, Joseph Sly, Royal Oak, 124 Market place
In 1851 at Royal Oak Hotel, Market Street, Lancaster, Lancashire
Joseph Sly, Hotel keeper, aged 36 and born in London, Middlesex
Elizabeth Sly, Wife, aged 34 and born in Derbyshire
Joseph Sly, Son, aged 9 and born in Lancaster, Lancashire
William Sly, Son, aged 3 and born in Lancaster, Lancashire
Rachel Thompson, Servant, Book keeper, aged 23 and born in Milnthorpe, Westmorland
John Thompson, Visitor, aged 14 and born in Milnthorpe, Westmorland
Ann Raby, House servant Female 38 Middleton, Lancashire
Ann Threlfall, House servant, aged 28 and born in Westmorland
Elizabeth Whitehead, House servant, aged 24 and born in Long Preston, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Johnson, House servant, aged 18 and born in Lancashire
Jane Williamson, House servant, aged 21 and born in Milnthorpe, Westmorland
Betsy Stubbs, House servant, aged 26 and born in Lancaster, Lancashire
Miles Braithwaite, House servant, aged 31 and born in Lancaster, Lancashire
William F Rattray, Visitor, Commercial cotton trade, aged 25 and born in Greystoke, Cumberland
George Charles Hope, Visitor, Commercial cotton trade, aged 22 and born in Dalston, Cumberland
Anthony Brown, Visitor, Commercial traveller, aged 42 and born in Hungerford, Buckinghamshire
Joseph Sly continues at the Kings Arms.