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Longridge - Towneley Arms

Name: Towneley Arms

Address: 41, Berry Lane, Longridge 


The hotel was built next to Longridge Station and was originally known as the Longridge Railway Tavern/Railway Station Inn before becoming the Towneley Arms Hotel in 1851 although the old name seems to have stuck for a good few years in locals' minds, as polling records in the 1850s attest.

It was originally owned in the mid-19th century by the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company, as their terminus building with the old station immediately behind.


Listed landlords at the Towneley Arms were Thomas Holmes Sergenson (1849-60), Thomas Pierce (1861), Richard Phillipson (-1870), John Threlfall Kenyon (1871-), Levi Yates (1880-), Thomas Blackoe (1891-), John Mayor (1901), Henry Handley (1911-24), Stanley Nicholas Fazackerley (1926-), Jacqueline Taylor (2011),
Warren Smith (2011-), Annette Clelland (2012), Daniel Mark Horobin (2012-18), Charvalle Henshaw (2018-), Ian Mark Donoghue (2018-), Gillian Tattersall (2019-), Wesley Paul Davies (2019-) and Sally-Ann Sargeant (2020-).

1910 25" Map
1851 Census Thomas Holmes Sergenson
- Towneley Arms Hotel
Marriage: 17 Jun 1851 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Thomas Holmes Sergenson - full age, Inn Keeper, Widower, Dilworth
Ellen Dewhurst - full age, Spinster, Dilworth
Groom's Father: Thomas Sergenson, Farmer
Bride's Father: George Dewhurst, Inn Keeper (Red Lion)
Witness: John Whittaker; Sarah Dewhurst
Married by Licence by: William C. Bache
Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 21, Entry 41
Source: LDS Film 1657578

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 20 March 1852

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 12 June 1852
Baptism: 24 Apr 1853 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Thomas Holmes Sergenson - [Child] of Thomas Sergenson & Ellen
    Abode: Dilworth
    Occupation: Inn Keeper
    Baptised by: W. C. Bache
    Register: Baptisms 1840 - 1874, Page 62, Entry 495
    Source: LDS Film 1657578

1854 Directory - Thos. Holmes Sergenson
Towneley Arms Hotel
Preston Chronicle - Saturday 06 May 1854
1855 Poll Records
Preston Chronicle - Saturday 03 July 1858
Preston Chronicle - Saturday 21 May 1859
1860 Polling Records - Thomas Holmes Sergenson
- Railway Station Inn
1860 Burial Thomas Sergenson at Leck Lancashire
1861 Census Thomas Pierce - Towneley Arms Hotel

Preston Herald - Saturday 18 June 1864
Preston Chronicle - Saturday 21 January 1865

Preston Herald - Saturday 21 July 1866
1912 (Longridge & District Historical Society)

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 04 April 1868

Preston Herald - Saturday 19 September 1868
Baptism: 27 Sep 1868 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Martha Ellen Watson - [Child] of Thomas Watson & Margaret
Born: 26 Aug 1865
Abode: Dilworth
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: W. C. Bache
Register: Baptisms 1840 - 1874, Page 146, Entry 1166
Source: LDS Film 1657578

Preston Herald - Saturday 11 December 1869
Preston Herald - Saturday 16 April 1870

Preston Herald - Saturday 17 September 1870
1870 Polling Record - Richard Phillipson
1871 Census - John Threlfall Kenyon
Baptism: 22 Apr 1871 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Thomas Watson - [Child] of Thomas Watson & Mary Ann
Born: 12 Feb
Abode: Dilworth
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Notes: [Birth date is indistinct.]
Baptised by: W. C. Bache
Register: Baptisms 1840 - 1874, Page 167, Entry 1336
Source: LDS Film 1657578

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 12 April 1873
Preston Chronicle - Saturday 07 March 1874

Preston Herald - Saturday 14 March 1874
Preston Chronicle - Saturday 04 April 1874

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 27 October 1877
Preston Chronicle - Saturday 08 March 1879

1880 Polling Records - Levi Yates
Baptism: 30 May 1880 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Herbert Arthur Yates - [Child] of Levi Yates & Mary
Born: 12 Mar
Abode: Longridge
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: J Osborne Curate
Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 60, Entry 480
Source: LDS Film 1657578

1881 Census - Levi Yates
The marriage of future landlord, Henry Handley in 1884 confirms his father was also in the trade before him. He trained and became a "Master Butcher" in the town before taking over the Towneley Arms in the early 1900s.

Marriage: 31 Mar 1884 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Henry Handley - 23, Butcher, Bachelor, Longridge
Sarah Ann Bradley - 26, Domestic Servant, Spinster, Longridge
    Groom's Father: Arthur Handley, (Deceased), Inn Keeper
    Bride's Father: Thomas Bradley, Farmer
    Witness: Eliza Handley; Thomas Bradley, (X); Thomas Bradley, Senior, (X)
    Married by Banns by: F. E. Perrin, Rector of Ribchester
    Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 148, Entry 296

Preston Herald - Wednesday 06 May 1885
1885 Polling Record - Levi Yates
Baptism: 23 Sep 1886 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Florence Yates - [Child] of Levi Yates & Mary
Abode: Longridge
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: F. J. Dickson off Min
Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 138, Entry 1101
Source: LDS Film 1657578

1888 Tom Smith Publication Subscribers List

Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 14 March 1890
1891 Census - Thomas Blackoe

1891 Map

Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 26 May 1891

1894-95 Polling Records - Thomas Blackoe

Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 12 May 1896
Preston Herald - Saturday 06 October 1900
1901 Census - John Mayor
Preston Herald - Wednesday 23 October 1901

Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 13 August 1902
Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 03 April 1905

1910 Map
1911 Census - Henry Handley

General & Commercial Directory 1917


1917 General & Commercial Directory - Henry Handley

1924 Kelly's Directory

Landlord in 1926 Stanley Nicholas Fazackerley (born 3 October 1891 – 20 June 1946) was an English footballer who played as an inside right.[1] Born in Preston he had spells at a number of clubs including Accrington Stanley, Hull City, Sheffield United and Everton and was known as a clever skilful player with a powerful and accurate shot.


Fazackerley played for the reserve team at hometown club Preston North End, but left the club to sail to the US in 1911 and played for Charleston during the 1911–12 season. Upon his return to Britain in 1912, he briefly played with Accrington Stanley before moving to Hull City for a fee of £50 where he scored 19 goals in 27 Division 2 games. This brought him to the attention of Sheffield United who paid £1,000 for his services, then a record fee for the club. He was a mainstay of the team and played a large part in the club's success in the FA Cup in 1914 and 1915. He played part in the FA Cup final in 1915 and scored the second United goal by heading in a shot from Wally Masterman that had rebounded from the bar ensuring that he picked up a winners medal.

Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 04 October 1926
During World War I he remained registered with the Blades but caused friction when he turned out for Preston North End without permission. He subsequently joined the Royal Field Artillery and was then allowed to make guest appearances for Blackpool and Chelsea whilst on active service. After the war he remained with The Blades and was selected for an FA tour of South Africa in 1920 but his form declined on his return and he requested a transfer soon after.
He eventually joined Everton for £4,000 - a huge amount for the time - although Stan's own part in the transfer led to an FA enquiry. Coming to the end of his career he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers after a couple of seasons before finishing his career at Derby County.

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