Address: Blackburn Old Road, Hoghton
The Boar's Head is one of two pubs in the village of Hoghton, the other being the Sirloin (originally the Railway Tavern/Hotel). Dating back to the 16th century it is reputedly one of the final overnight stops of the Pendle Witches before their eventual trials and sentencing at Lancaster in 1612. It is located a short distance from the entrance to Hoghton Tower, the ancestral home of the De Hoghton family on the top of whose coat of arms appropriately stands a boar.
Listed landlords at the Boar's Head were Peter Shaw (1812), Elizabeth Ainsworth (1824-45), William Pearson (1846-47), David & Lettice Crossley (1851), Lettice Crossley (1853-64), Mary Ainswoth (1864-77), James Shorrock (1877-97), John James Robinson (1897-19), Thomas Abbott (1924), Thomas & Susan Higginson (-1930), Thomas Harrison (1930-) and Joanne Bannon (-2020).
AUCTION
At the house of Peter Shaw, the Boar's Head, Hoghton, near Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, Thursday the 30th day of January, 1812, at four o'clock the afternoon.
14 January 1812 - Manchester Mercury - Manchester, Lancashire, England
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| 1824 Baine's Directory Elizabeth Ainsworth |
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| 1841 Census Elizabeth Ainsworth |
22 January 1845 - Blackburn Standard - Blackburn, Lancashire, England
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| 1845 Map |
Announcements of Births, Marriages, and Deaths
On the 19th instant, aged 59 years, Mrs. Ainsworth, of the Boar's Head public-house, Hoghton-lane, Blackburn. Buried on 23 Jan 1845 St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn.
25 January 1845 - Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
District News
A publican - William Pearson, of the Boar's Head, Hoghton, was charged by police-constable Mahon, with having two females in his house, on Sunday, the 9th of August, during non-permitted hours.
22 August 1846 - Preston Chronicle
DEATHS
Same day, after a short illness, Mr. WILLIAM PEARSON,
landlord of the Boar's Head public-house, Hoghton-lane.
02 February 1847 - Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser
David and Lettice Crossley arrived at the Inn in the late 1840s following the death of William Pearson. They originated from the Leyland area where David previously worked as farmer at the time of their marriage in 1816 at St Andrew's Church. They were then living at Long Barn in Hoghton Bottoms by the mid-1830s.
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| 1851 Census David & Lettice Crossley |
PETTY SESSIONS - AN INNKEEPER'S CASE
David Crossley, of the Boar's Head Inn, in Hoghton, was charged with allowing drunkenness in his house. He was defended by Mr. Clough, of Blackburn.
24 May 1851 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England
David Crossley died the following year in 1852 leaving Lettice to run the business. By the time of the 1861 census below it's clear that Lettice's daughter, Mary Ashworth nee Crossley had moved in to assist along with her six children. Her second eldest son, John Ashworth had actually been living with David and Lettice in 1851 along with brother Richard.
PETTY SESSIONS.—TUESDAY LAST
Charged with assaulting P.C. Rossiter on Christmas Day. This policeman stated that he was sent for by the landlady of the Boar's Head Inn, in Hoghton. When he got there he found the two defendants on the ground fighting. On attempting to separate them...
08 January 1853 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England
CHORLEY INNKEEPER'S CASE
Mrs. Lettice Crossley, of the Boar's Head, Hoghton, was charged by P.C. Caffrey and P.C. Rossiter with permitting drunkenness in her house, on Easter Monday.
09 April 1853 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England
TRUSTEES of the Turnpike Road from Blackburn to Walton Cop, in the County of Lancaster, will be holden at the " Boar's Head Inn," in Hoghton Lane, in the said County, on FRIDAY, the 2nd day of May next, at Eleven o'clock in tbe Forenoon.
16 April 1856 - Blackburn Standard - Blackburn, Lancashire, England
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| 1861 Census Lettice Crossley |
Lettice Crossley carried on running the Boar's Head until her death in 1864 at the age of 67 years following which her daughter Mary Ashworth took over.
To be Sold by Auction, by Mr. CHARLES ASPDEN, at the house of Mrs. Ashworth, the Boar’s Head Inn, Hoghton, on Thursday, the 18th day of April, 1867, at six o’clock in the evening prompt, subject to conditions.
13 April 1867 - Preston Herald - Preston, Lancashire, England
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| 1871 Census Mary Ashworth |
Shocking Fatality to a Gentleman
— On Monday afternoon Mr. Gilbertson, coroner, held an inquest, at the Boar's Head Inn, Hoghton, near Preston, on the body of Mr. Joseph Yates, of Bromley Terrace, Pleasington, who was killed on Sunday afternoon.
17 May 1876 - Lancaster Gazette - Lancaster, Lancashire, England
In 1875 Mary's daughter, Lettice married James Shorrock a local man from Withnell and they lived at the Boar's Head assisting in the business and bringing up their young family until Mary Ashworth's death in 1877 whereupon James took over the business.
Baptism: 9 Apr 1876 Holy Trinity, Hoghton, Lancashire, England
Mary Ann Shorrock - Child of James Shorrock & Lettice
Born: 11 Mar 1876
Abode: Boars Head Inn Hoghton
Occupation: Assistant to an Innkeeper
Notes: [Baptised's first name originally entered as Sarah Ann, then deleted and
replaced with Mary Ann] Corrected by J. S. Vicar of Hoghton
Baptised by: T. W. Greenal Off. Min.
Register: Baptisms 1824 - 1903, Page 152, Entry 1209
Source: LDS Film 1849658
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| 1877 Probate Mary Ashworth |
Baptism: 16 Jun 1877 Holy Trinity, Hoghton, Lancashire, England
David Crossley Shorrock - Child of James Shorrock & Lettice
Born: 16 Jun 1877
Abode: Boar's Head Inn Hoghton
Occupation: Innkeeper
Baptised by: Jonn. Shortt Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1824 - 1903, Page 153, Entry 1219
Source: LDS Film 1849658
Advertisements & Notices
Catalogue and Prepare for Sale by Auction, on Thursday, January 29th, 1880, at the house of Mr. James Shorrock, the Boar's Head Inn, Hoghton, commencing punctually at One o'clock in the afternoon, 1,127 TREES, recently standing upon Bolton Hall Farm, Hoghton.
17 January 1880 - Blackburn Standard - Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Baptism: 25 Nov 1880 Holy Trinity, Hoghton, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Shorrock - Child of James Shorrock & Lettice
Born: 24 Oct 1880
Abode: Boar's Head Inn Hoghton
Occupation: Innkeeper
Baptised by: Jonn. Shortt Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1824 - 1903, Page 160, Entry 1277
Source: LDS Film 184965
At the time of the 1881 census below James' wife Lettice is strangely not recorded at the Boar's Head but further research reveals she was was staying with friends, the Richardson family at the Lord Nelson Inn, North Road, Preston.
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| 1881 Census James Shorrock |
Advertisements & Notices
Catalogue and Prepared for Sale by Auction, on Thursday, February 24th, at the house of Mr. James Shorrook, the Boar's Head Inn, Hoghton, commencing at One o'clock in the afternoon, 50 lots of remarkably clean and well-grown ASH. ALDER and ELM.
12 February 1881 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England
AN INCIDENT AT HOGHTON
Yesterday, a pedlar, of Hibernian extraction, walked into the Boar’s Head, Hoghton, and plunged once into a conversation which had been in progress for some time. In three minutes he monopolised the whole attention of the company and...
11 May 1887 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England
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| 1891 Census James Sharrock |
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| 1892 Map |
Marriage: 2 Sep 1897 Parish Church, Hoghton, Lancashire, England
John Thomas Robinson - 25, Watchmaker, Bachelor, 15 Penny Street Blackburn
Mary Anne Shorrock - 21, House work, Spinster, Hoghton
Groom's Father: John Robinson, Watchmaker
Bride's Father: James Shorrock, Inn Keeper
Witness: James Sharples; Sarah Jane Robinson
Married by Banns by: Jonn. Shortt Vicar
Register: Marriages 1842 - 1920, Page 91, Entry 182
Source: LDS Film 1849658
John Thomas Robinson - 25, Watchmaker, Bachelor, 15 Penny Street Blackburn
Mary Anne Shorrock - 21, House work, Spinster, Hoghton
Groom's Father: John Robinson, Watchmaker
Bride's Father: James Shorrock, Inn Keeper
Witness: James Sharples; Sarah Jane Robinson
Married by Banns by: Jonn. Shortt Vicar
Register: Marriages 1842 - 1920, Page 91, Entry 182
Source: LDS Film 1849658
Following the death of Lettice Shorrock in 1900 it appears that James Shorrock handed the running of the pub over to his son-in-law John Robinson and daughter Mary Anne as by 1901 he is no longer at the Boar's Head but living around the corner in Barracks on Chapel Lane, his occupation listed as "Assistant Overseer Man" although by his death in 1906 he had moved back to the Inn.
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| 1901 Census John T Robinson |
Baptism: 2 Apr 1901 Holy Trinity, Hoghton, Lancashire, England
Lettice Shorrock Robinson - Child of John Thomas Robinson & Mary Ann
Born: 18 Mar 1901
Abode: The Boars Head Hoghton
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: T. L. Webster Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1824 - 1903, Page 196, Entry 1568
Source: LDS Film 1849658
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| 1906 Probate James Shorrock (Licensed Victualler) |
Burial: 18 Dec 1906 Holy Trinity, Hoghton, Lancs
James Shorrock - Age: 56 yrs
Abode: The Boar's Head Inn, Hoghton
Buried by: Thos. L. Webster Vicar
#Register: Burials 1824 - 1920, Page 142, Entry 1135
Source: LDS Film 1849658
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| 1909 Map |
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| 1911 Census Summary Sheet Mr Robinson |
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| 1911 Census John Thomas Robinson |
Burial: 30 Sep 1913 Holy Trinity, Hoghton, Lancs
Phyllis Robinson - Age: 1 day
Abode: The Boar's Head Inn, Hoghton
Buried by: Thos. L. Webster Vicar
Register: Burials 1824 - 1920, Page 154, Entry 1231
Source: LDS Film 1849658
KILLED IN ACTION - James Shorrock Robinson
Battalion Machine Gunner reported missing March 2nd. 1918. now presumed dead, the beloved son of Mr and Mrs. Robinson, Boar’s Head, Hoghton, aged 20 years.
'gave the richest gift of all— bright young life — never forgotten'
04 August 1919 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England
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| Courtesy of Gordon Small |
Private
ROBINSON, JAMES SHORROCK
Service Number 36330
Died 21/03/1918
34th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL
Location: Pas de Calais, France
Yesterday, at the Boar’s Head Inn, Hoghton. Mr. Samuel Parker sold a farm, known as "Jack Green Farm,” with two cottages, outbuildings, and land adjoining.
16 July 1920 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England
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| 1924 Kelly's Directory Thomas Abbott |
NON-PERMITTED HOURS CASE
Adjournment last, Tuesday until to-day of a case at Chorley Police Court in which Thomas Higginson, licensee of the Boar’s Head, Hoghton, was summoned for supplying by his agent intoxicating liquor during non-permitted hours.
12 August 1930 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England
LICENSED HOURS EXTENSIONS GRANTED AT
The application was granted. Thomas Harrison, Boar’s Head. Hoghton, and Amos Sharpies, Railway Hotel, Hoghton, both of whom were represented by Mr. U, M. Aspden, were granted extensions.
19 August 1930 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England
DAMAGE AT HOGHTON
Last night Mr. Higginson. licensee of the. Boar’s Head Hotel, Hoghton, suffered severe damage as a result of the storm. The water rose height of five or six feet in his cellar, causing barrels and cases to float about.
15 June 1931 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England
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| 1938 Map |
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| Boar's Head courtesy of What Pub |
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