Name: The Lord Nelson Inn
Address: Sandy Lane, Brindle
Although the Lord Nelson has been a part of Brindle village life since 1668, as its date stone confirms it now lies within the boundaries of Clayton-le-Woods. I have included it as a Brindle pub on this blog as it was originally within the village boundaries and has been linked to Brindle far longer than it has to Clayton-le-Woods.
The earliest listed landlord was on the 1825 directory below, a Robert Hubbersty and subsequent census records confirm that he was also a farmer and remained at the pub until his death in 1878. Subsequent landlords were James Baxendale (1881-91), Joseph Kellett (1901-11), James Ormisher (1921) and Richard Rigby (1934).
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| 1841 Census |
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| Preston Chronicle 08 May 1847 |
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| Blackburn Standard 08 May 1850 |
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| 1851 Census |
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| 1861 Census |
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| 1871 Census |
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| Preston Chronicle 21 February 1880 |
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| 1881 Census |
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| 1891 Census |
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| 1901 Census |
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| Lancashire Evening Post 06 June 1902 |
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| 1911 Census |
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| Lancashire Evening Post 25 January 1921 |
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| 1921 Census |
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| Lancashire Evening Post 30 September 1924 |
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| c.2016 |
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| Lancashire Evening Post 03 May 1933 |
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| Lancashire Evening Post 16 November 1934 |
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| Lord Nelson Chorley Guardian 1949 |
Pubs with names of heroes like Nelson and Marlborough are of much interest, this one may have got its name from some connection of the Walmsleys with the naval hero, who was connected with Lancashire through his mistress, lady Emma Hamilton whose family had land around Garstang. Nelson is believed to have visited her at Waddicar hall, near Scorton and Ashton hall was an important seat of the Hamiltons from early times.
ReplyDeleteEx Licencee and farmer Robert Huggersty, just wondering if he was the farmer at "Huggerts Farm ". I remember that farm's name being mentioned by my elders many times when I was young living at Whittle. I don't know which farm it is, although I suspect it was either Percy Hall's, ( now Fred Pawson's Hilltop Farm ), or more likely Dickson's
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