Name: The Crofters Arms
Address: Knowley Brow, Botany, Chorley
The Crofters Arms (or Jolly Crofters) was situated on at the bottom of Knowley Brow at the junction with Bagganley Lane, Chorley on some census records being recorded as No.1 Bagganley Lane, on others, No.2 Knowley Brow. On the above picture taken from the bottom of Botany Brow looking past the Roebuck (right) and Railway aka Lock & Quay (left) c.1900 you can see horses entering Botany Bay out of Knowley Brow and the Crofters Arms was out of view to the right of the junction.
Census records date the pub back to at least 1824 with the landlords listed as Margaret Bretherton (1824), Hannah Bretherton (1841), John Tootell (1851), William Anderton (1855), Ann Jolly (1861), James Marsden (1871), Margaret Stewart (1874-82), George Shaw (1889-1901), Richard Atherton (1901), Joseph Saxon (1911) and Samuel henry Ratcliffe (1921).
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| 1824 History, Directory and Gazeteer of the Palatine of Lancaster Hotels Inns & Taverns |
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| 1841 Census |
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| 1889 Map of Knowley Brow |
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| 1851 Census |
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| Preston Chronicle 19th September 1857 |
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| 1861 Census |
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| Preston Chronicle 16th April 1864 |
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| 1871 Census |
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| Preston Chronicle 7th December 1878 |
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| 1881 Census |
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| 1891 Census |
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| 1901 Census |
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| 1909 Map |
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| 1911 Census |
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| The Saxon Family c.1913 |
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| 1921 Census Samuel Henry Ratcliffe |
The below pictures taken in 2015 show the site of the Crofters' Arms today.
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I found this very interesting as Hannah Saxon who was running the Crofters Arms with her husband, Joseph, in 1911, was my great great grandfather's sister.
ReplyDeleteI'm really pleased the blog has been of use to you.
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Richard
Found the place where my dad lived for a while the long roe in botany the house's are no longer there.
ReplyDeleteAre there any photos of the crofters Knowley brow
ReplyDeleteI think it's on the photo far middle right of the horse coming out the junction. I've not found another photo.
ReplyDeleteNo that's not it that's the end of the Rd. The crofters was next door to my nans house so wouldn't be seen from there. My dad's remembers it when they moved from heapey Rd 1949. Wagon ran in it in the early 50s coming from whitters just missed my dad. And that was the end of that
ReplyDeleteSounds like he had a lucky escape! Thanks for the additional history.
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