Navigation, 2 Elm street, Water Street, Manchester, Lancashire

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My great-great-grandfather was Joseph Kinch who was the landlord of the Navigation Inn, 2 Elm Street, Manchester in the 1870s. I might even have a picture of him somewhere.
He had 2 sons, Alfred and Frederick. Frederick William Kinch was my G-Grandfather, and in 1881 he is a barman at the Collyhurst; he moved to Cheshire to take on the Farmers Arms in the village of Huxley which was actually under his wife Sarah's name. That pub was recently demolished (sadly) but has been rebuilt to a very high standard.
Alfred and his wife Emma went on to run a confectionary shop in Harpurhey, Manchester *

In 1871 at Elm Street, St Matthew, Manchester
Joseph Kinch, Publican aged 43 and born in Sambourn, Essex
Mary A Kinch, Wife aged 44 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Alfred T Kinch, Son aged 10 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Frederick W Kinch, Son, aged 8 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Rachel A Chorlton, General servant aged 16 and born in Manchester, Lancashire

J Kinch, Navigation Inn, Elm street

Joseph Kinch dies December 9th, 1880 aged 52; late of the Navigation Inn, Elm street
Both kindly provided by Don Needham

In 1881 at 2 Elm Street, Manchester,
William Bentley, Publican aged 34 and born in Edgworth, Lancashire
Emily Bentley, Wife aged 33 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Andrew Bentley, Son aged 11 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Thomas William Bentley, Son aged 9 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Mary Ellen Bentley, Daughter aged 4 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
John Royle Bentley, Son aged 1 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Ellen Jones, domestic servant aged 17 and born in Manchester, Lancashire

In 1891 at Navigation Inn, Elm Street, Manchester
William Bentley, Publican aged 46 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Emily Bentley, Wife aged 45 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Thomas W Bentley, Son, Assistant publican aged 19 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
John R Bentley, Son aged 11 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
William Bentley, Son aged 7 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Emma Bentley, Daughter aged 5 and born in Manchester, Lancashire

In 1901 at 2 Elm Street, Manchester, Lancashire
Emma Bentley, Licensed victualler, Widow aged 54 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
John R Bentley, Son, Barman aged 21 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
William Bentley, Son, Barman aged 16 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Emma Bentley, Daughter aged 15 and born in Manchester, Lancashire

Manchester Evening News. 11 May 1905
Bentley - In affectionate remembrance of my dear father, William Bentley (late of Navigation Inn, Elm street, Water street, Manchester, who died May 11th 1895)

1911/Mrs. Emma Bentley, 2 Elm Street, Water/../Slaters Directory

In 1911 at 2 Elm St Water St Manchester
Emma Bentley, License holder, Widow aged 65 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Andrew Bentley, Son, Barman aged 41 and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Margaret Smithson, General servant domestic aged 22 and born in Lancs Salford

1929/Alex Lawie, Navigation, 2 Elm street, Water Street/../Kellys Directory

My Grandfather William Goodliffe (known as Will, Bill or Billy) was a manager for four pubs owned by The Cornbrook Brewery.
William Goodliffe was Landlord at the Navigation, 2 Elm street, Water Street, Manchester from 1930 to 1936;
the landlord at the Neptune, 3 Masonic Street, Murray Street, Manchester from 1935 to 1936 ;
and the landlord at the Pork Butchers Arms, 7 Chapman St, Oldham Road Manchester from 1936 to 1942.
He was the landlord at the Golden lion from 1942 to September 1953 when he died at the age of 69.


* Provided by Don Needham