Longridge - Durham Ox

Name: Durham Ox

Address: 25, Berry Lane, Longridge

The Durham Ox is in the centre of the town located on Berry Lane between Christ Church and Longridge Primary School, opposite the junction with Church Street leading to St Paul's and has been a part of life in the town since around the 1860s.

1910 Map

Listed landlords at the Inn were Richard Phillipson (-1879), John Phillipson (-1880), Thomas Smith (1880-83), Joseph Wainman (-1892), Sarah Wainman (1892-), Charles Bilsborough (1896-), Thomas Gillow (1915-17), James Bee (1924-) and Irene Nuttall (2010-).

1870 Poll Records - Richard Dewhurst

1871 Census Richard Dewhurst

Marriage: 7 Aug 1877 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

Richard Phillipson - Full age, Innkeeper, Widower, Longridge

Margaret Norcross - (X), Full age, Innkeeper, Widow, Ribchester

Groom's Father: Joseph Phillipson, Farmer

Bride's Father: Edward Kirby, Farmer

Witness: Bartholomew Parkinson; Mary Willacy, (X)

Married by Licence by: F. A. Cave Browne Cave, Vicar

Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 91, Entry 181

Marriage: 5 Mar 1878 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

Thomas Walne - Full age, Farmer, Bachelor, Longridge

Sarah Phillipson - Full age, Spinster, Longridge

Groom's Father: Thomas Walne, Farmer

Bride's Father: Richard Phillipson, Inn Keeper

Witness: Levi Yates; John Phillipson; Margaret Phillipson

Married by Licence by: F. A. Cave Browne Cave

Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 98, Entry 196

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 09 March 1878

Burial: 29 Mar 1879 St Leonard, Walton le Dale, Lancashire

Richard Philipson - Son of Joseph Philipson

Age: 54 years

Abode: Durham Ox Inn Longridge

Notes: [Father recorded as] the late Joseph Philipson

Buried by: E. F. Leach

Register: Burials 1861 - 1880, Page 188, Entry 1504

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 22 May 1880

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 12 June 1880

1881 Census Thomas Smith

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 08 October 1881

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 29 September 1883

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 29 September 1883

1910 Map

1891 Census Joseph Wainman

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 24 January 1891

Preston Herald - Saturday 02 April 1892

1970s owned by the Matthew Brown Brewery

Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 28 April 1896

1901 Census Charles Bilsborough

Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 15 March 1901

Star Green 'un - Saturday 06 February 1909

1911 Census Charles Bilsborough

Preston Herald - Wednesday 22 December 1915

General & Commercial Directory 1917

1924 Kelly's Directory