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Sun, 112 Friargate, Preston, Lancashire

Preston pub history index

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

Sun, 112 Friargate, Preston, Lancashire - in August 2014

Sun, 112 Friargate, Preston, Lancashire - in August 2014

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Residents at this address

1818/John Taylor/../../../Pigot’s Directory 1818-19-20 **

1821/John Taylor/../../../Tulket’s Directory **

1825/John Taylor/../../../Baines Directory**

1828/William Nightingale/../../../Pigot’s Directory 1828-29**

1841/James Hull / Victualler /../../../Pigot’s Directory**

1854/J Storey/../../../Mannex & Co. Directory of Mid-Lancashire**

1873/Rd. Dodson/../../../Mannex Directory of Preston **

1881/Charles Thomas Beckett/Inn Keeper/55/Merton, Surrey/Census
1881/Margaret Beckett/Wife/54/Chorley, Lancashire/Census
1881/John Charles Beckett/Son, Butcher (Unemployed)/23/Preston, Lancashire/Census
1881/Albert Henry Gorton/Stepson/16/Blackburn, Lancashire/Census
1881/Edith Jolly Gorton/Step Daughter/21/Blackburn, Lancashire/Census
1881/Mercy Catherine Beckett/Sister In Law, Domestic Servant/44/Blackburn, Lancashire/Census

1899/William Burditt / Licensed Victualler /../../../Lancashire County Quarter Sessions records, held at Lancashire Archives**

1901/William Gorse/../../../Barrett’s Directory of Preston & District **

1904/Ed. Hacking /../../../Barrett’s Directory of Preston & District **

1917/E Hacking/../../../Barrett & Co’s General & Commercial Directory of Preston**

1924/Edward Hacking/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Lancashire**


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