Chipping - Dog and Partridge

Name: The Dog and Partridge

Address: Hesketh Lane, Chipping

Courtesy of WhatPub

The Dog & Partridge was a large country pub situated between Thornley and Chipping and dates back to the 16th Century. It is no longer open but the building is still standing and awaits redevelopment with planning permission granted for conversion to residential/holiday-let use.

The earliest occupants I can find are the Kay family who worked both the Inn and farm of 12 acres. John Kay was the landlord in 1824 at the age of 23 years through to his death in 1867, some 43 years later. 

1822 Marriage of John Kay and Ann Fazakerly

Listed landlords at the Inn were John Kay (1824-67), James Kay (1867), Thomas Kay (1869-79), Ann Kay (1879-), James Newbould (1901-05), George Brennand (1905), Thomas Charles Robinson (1911-23), John Mercer (1923-), Ronald Wright (1943), James Brindle (-1954), John William Athelstan Barr (1960-) and Peter & Susan Barr (2005-2018).

1824 Directory John Kay

1841 Census John Kay

The Bar

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT

Yesterday week, an inquest was held at the Dog and Partridge, Chipping, on the body of Henry Martin, miller, Thornley, aged 52. It appeared that the deceased had been drowned in the mill pond.

Published: Saturday 23 December 1848

Newspaper: Preston Chronicle

County: Lancashire, England

1851 Census John Kay

1854 Mannex Directory John King (sic Kay)

1861 Census John Kay

Marriage: 2 Feb 1864 St Bartholomew, Chipping, Lancs.

George Kay - 23, Labourer, Bachelor, Hesketh Lane in this Parish

Dorothy Mercer - 21, Spinster, this Parish

Groom's Father: John Hay, Inn Keeper

Bride's Father: William Rhodes, Farmer

Witness: Thomas Kay; Martha Mercer

Married by Licence by: Edmund Wilkinson, Vicar

Register: Marriages 1837 - 1881 from the Bishop's Transcripts

Ann Kay died in 1866 and within a year, so too had John. Both are buried at St Bartholomew's in the village.

Burial: 2 Aug 1866 St Bartholomew, Chipping, Lancashire, England

Nanny Kay - Wife of John Kay

Age: 69 years

Abode: Hesketh Lane, Chipping

Buried by: Rd. Robinson Vicar

Register: Burials 1853 - 1881, Page 65, Entry 517

1867 Burial John Kay

1867 Probate John Kay

Following John's death in 1867 his son James briefly took over running the Inn and farm before younger brother Thomas stepped in by 1869.

1869 Directory Thomas Kay

In 1870 Thomas married Ann Walmsley and by the time of the 1871 census they had their first child, Nanny, named after his mother.

1870 Marriage Thomas Kay and Ann Walmsley

1871 Census Thomas Kay

Baptism: 24 Nov 1872 St Bartholomew, Chipping, Lancs.

Ellen Kay - D of Thomas Kay & Ann

Abode: Hesketh Lane, Chipping

Occupation: Innkeeper

Baptised by: Walter Cooper Offng. Minister

Register: Baptisms 1848 - 1881 from the Bishop's Transcripts

Thomas died in 1879 at the tender age of 41 years leaving behind Ann and their four young children, but Ann was clearly a woman of some substance and determination; undeterred she continued to run the Inn and farm for nearly 20 years. By 1881 her sister Dorothy Walmsley had moved in to assist in the business.

Burial: 26 Aug 1879 St Bartholomew, Chipping, Lancashire, England

Thomas Kay - Age: 41 years

Abode: Hesketh Lane Chipping

Buried by: Rd. Robinson

Register: Burials 1853 - 1881, Page 126, Entry 1006

1881 Census Ann Kay

AUCTION NEXT MONDAY - SCHOOL HOUSE in Chipping

By Mr. JOHN BANKS, at the house of Mrs. Kay. the Dog and Partridge. Hesketh Lane, Chipping, on Monday, the April, 1883, at Three o’clock in the afternoon.

Published: Saturday 31 March 1883

Newspaper: Preston Herald

County: Lancashire, England

Breach of the Licensing Act—Ann Kay, landlady of the Dog and Partridge Inn, Chipping, was summoned for selling drink during prohibited hours, and Peter Foy, labourer, Chipping, was charged with aiding and abetting.

Published: Wednesday 17 June 1885

Newspaper: Preston Herald

County: Lancashire, England

1891 Census Ann Kay

DISTRICT NEWS

Ann Kay, landlady at the Dog and Partridge Inn, Chipping, was charged with selling drink during prohibited hours, and Matthew Flynn, Ernest Allport, and Joseph Fleming, soldiers in the 2nd Liverpool Regiment Chipping Camp, were charged with being on licensed premises...

Published: Wednesday 30 August 1893

Newspaper: Burnley Express

County: Lancashire, England

1895 Directory Ann Kay

In the late 1890s Ann Kay finally left the Dog & Partridge and moved her family to Lower House Farm in Ramsbottom, which was both a public house and a farm. She went on to run the Eagle and Child briefly before her death at the age of 53 years and she is buried at St Bartholomew's. 

Notably, her son James Kay opened a butchery business in Edenfield as a teenager and went on to become one of the foremost cattle and sheep dealers in the North of England. His probate record is shown below, and it's fair to say that James had done rather well for himself, his effects being equivalent to over £27 million pounds today!

1932 Probate James Kay

1901 Census James Newbould

By 1901 the new landlord, James Newbould was behind the bar. James was no stranger to the licensed trade having previously run the Queens Arms in Inglewhite, but his time at the Inn was limited, as the license was transferred in 1905 and by 1911 he had moved to Dilworth and was working as a farmer.

Inglewhite Queens Arms

1905 Kelly's Directory James Newbould

The license of the Dog and Partridge. Chipping, was transferred at Clitheroe this morning from James Newbould to George Brennand.

Published: Monday 19 June 1905

Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post

County: Lancashire, England

 COUNTY ANALYST'S OPINION OF ADULTERATED RUM

At the court this morning, George Brennand, Dog and Partridge. Chipping, was summoned in two instances for selling adulterated rum and whisky.

Published: Monday 11 September 1905

Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post

County: Lancashire, England

1911 Census Summary Mr. Robinson

1911 Census Thomas Charles Robinson

Thomas Robinson remained at the Inn for a decade or so and then, following the death of the landlord at the Talbot Hotel in the village in 1923 he moved there, only to die later the same year.

1923 Burial Thomas Charles Robinson

1924 Directory John Mercer

At Clitheroe County Police Court on Monday, when Ronald Wright, licensee of the Dog and Partridge Hotel, Chipping, was fined £l0 for selling intoxicating liquor during non-permitted hours and fines of £2 each were imposed on...

Published: Friday 13 August 1943

Newspaper: Clitheroe Advertiser and Times

County: Lancashire, England

The bar 'post-closure' 2018

James Brindle, licensee of the Dog and Partridge Hotel. Chipping, died on Saturday in Cheadle Royal Hospital, where he had been taken the previous day after having been ill...

Published: Tuesday 14 December 1954

Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post

County: Lancashire, England

1954 Probate James Brindle

By 1960 the Inn had been taken over by the Barr family who then ran it for the next 58 years before its closure in 2018. Peter and Susan Barr were the final landlords.

One final chapter for the pub was the planning and opening of its own brewery on site, the Partridge Brewery. Sadly this was a short-lived affair due to the pub's closure but it opened late Summer 2017 and closed in March 2018 and believe was the brainchild of the landlord's son, Andrew Barr.

After 58 years of the Barr family being here at the Dog and Partridge, it is with great sadness that we are closing on the 31st March 2018. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal customers who we will miss dearly and our staff who have provided outstanding service and loyalty over the years. I would just like to remind anybody with a voucher that these will need to be redeemed before this date. We are both looking forward to spending more time with family and friends. Your support has been greatly appreciated, thanks once again. Susan, Peter and everyone at the Dog and Partridge  (Facebook)