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Adlington - White Bear Inn

Name: The White Bear Inn

Address: 5a, Market Street (previously Bear Lane), Adlington


The White Bear Inn has been a part of Adlington life since the early 1800's and whilst some hold the view that it was named after the White Bear railway station in Adlington, as evidenced by the press cutting from 1939 below, the reality is that the station was actually named after this Inn nearby, not opening until 1869.  This is also confirmed when looking at Adlington on the 1849 map below: -


The location of the Inn is now on Market Street but during the early to mid-1800's the road was actually called Bear Lane. The earliest reference I can find to the White Bear is on the Standish Directory of 1824.


Listed landlords at the White Bear were Robert Greenhalgh (1824), William Baron (1841), William Rigby (1851), Thomas Anderton (1855-1861), Thomas Eccles (1871-81), Edward Eccles (1891), Joseph Farnworth (1901) and Thomas Massey (1911-25).

1841 Census
1851 Census
Preston Chronicle 18 January 1851
Preston Chronicle 17 December 1853

Preston Chronicle 02 September 1854
Bolton Chronicle 06 January 1855
Bolton Chronicle 06 December 1856
1861 Census
Bolton Chronicle 11 February 1860
Preston Chronicle 27 November 1861
Preston Chronicle 10 December 1870
1871 Census
Chorley Guardian 21 December 1872
Chorley Guardian 18 October 1873
Chorley Guardian 20 June 1874
1881 Census
Chorley Standard and District Advertiser 01 May 1880

Preston Chronicle 17 September 1881
1891 Census

1901 Census
Lancashire Evening Post 23 October 1905
1911 Census
1921 Census Thomas Massey

Lancashire Evening Post 23 June 1925
Burnley Express 05 August 1939

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