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Old Dog Inn, 133 Church Street, Preston, Lancashire

Preston pub history index

This pub has been present since at least 1732. It was rebuilt in its present form in 1898.  **

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Preston, Lancashire.

Old Dog Inn, 133 Church Street, in 1882, on display at the Harris Library in Preston.

Old Dog Inn, 133 Church Street, in 1882, on display at the Harris Library in Preston.

Old Dog Inn, 133 Church Street, Preston, Lancashire - in August 2014

Old Dog Inn, 133 Church Street, Preston, Lancashire - in August 2014

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Residents at this address

1818/(Old Dog) Mary Holland/../../../Pigot’s Directory 1818-19-20 **

1821/(Dog Inn) Mary Holland/../../../Tulket’s Directory **

1825/(Old Dog) Mttw. Mitchard/../../../Baines Directory**

1828/(Dog Inn) Matthew Mitchard/../../../Pigot’s Directory 1828-29**

1841/(Old Dog) John Haworth / Victualler /../../../Pigot’s Directory**

1854/(Dog Inn) George Eastham/../../../Mannex & Co. Directory of Mid-Lancashire**

1873/(Old Dog) Wm. Dickinson/../../../Mannex Directory of Preston **

1881/Alexander Jamieson/Licensed Victualler/46/Preston, Lancashire/Census
1881/Margaret Jamieson/Wife/42/Preston, Lancashire/Census
1881/Alice Jamieson/Daughter/17/Preston, Lancashire/Census
1881/Lucy Charnley/Niece, Barmaid/26/Preston, Lancashire/Census
1881/Elizabeth Lee/Kitchenmaid/23/Lytham, Lancashire/Census
1881/Isabella Parkinson/Cook, Widow/39/Treales, Lancashire/Census
1881/Mary Griffiths/Chambermaid/27/Aberychan, Monmouth/Census
1881/Emily Knowler/Waitress/26/Scotland/Census
1881/Margaret Fox/Lodger, Professional (Actress)/17/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1881/Harriet Ramsay/Lodger, Professional (Actress)/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Louisa Ramsay/Lodger, Professional (Actress)/19/Sherwood, Nottingham/Census
1881/Mary E Penny/Lodger, Professional (Actress)/27/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1881/Ann Walmsley/Lodger, Cotton Winder, Widow/49/Clayton Green, Lancashire/Census
1881/Edward Lump/Lodger, Auctioneer & Valuer/27/Preston, Lancashire/Census

1917/(Old Dog Inn) R Clarkson/../../../Barrett & Co’s General & Commercial Directory of Preston**

1924/(Old Dog Hotel) Reuben Clarkson/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Lancashire**


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