Longridge - Weaver's Arms

Name: Weaver's Arms

Address: Market Place, Longridge

The Weaver's Arms first appeared in the 1850s as a beer house run from a private residence. The original occupants would have been weavers, hence the name, running a beer house to supplement their income whilst the owners were a local family called the Wareings.

1910 OS 25 inch Map of Longridge

Listed landlords included Thomas Duckworth (1856-61), Thomas Porter (-1864), John Edmondson (1871-72), Joseph Jackson (-1874), William Bretherton (1877-99), Elizabeth Bretherton (1899-1902), Robert Bretherton (-1912), Henry Wareing (-1917), William Walker (1918-), T Waring (1926), William Walmsley (-1953) and John Waters (2005).

1861 Census Thomas Duckworth

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Preston Herald - Saturday 05 March 1864

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1871 John Edmundson

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 17 February 1872

Preston Chronicle - Saturday 15 August 1874

Baptism: 27 May 1877 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

Herbert Bretherton - [Child] of William Bretherton & Elizabeth

Born: 5 Mar

Abode: Longridge

Occupation: Inn Keeper

Baptised by: F A C B Cave Vicar

Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 27, Entry 213

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Baptism: 2 Nov 1879 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

Ellis Bretherton - [Child] of William Bretherton & Elizabeth

Born: 4 Aug

Abode: Longridge

Occupation: Inn Keeper

Baptised by: F A Cave Vicar

Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 55, Entry 433

1881 William Bretherton

Baptism: 12 Mar 1882 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

Emily Bretherton - [Child] of William Bretherton & Elizabeth

Born: 26 Dec 1881

Abode: Longridge

Occupation: Inn Keeper

Baptised by: FACB Cave Vicar

Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 83, Entry 661

Baptism: 30 Nov 1884 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

James Bretherton - [Child] of William Bretherton & Elizabeth

Born: 29 Aug

Abode: Longridge

Occupation: Inn Keeper

Baptised by: FACB Cave Vicar

Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 115, Entry 914

1891 William Bretherton

Marriage: 4 Aug 1894 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

Robert Bretherton - 24, Weaver, Bachelor, Weavers Arms, Longridge

Margaret Roberts - 24, Weaver, Spinster, Fell Brow

Groom's Father: William Bretherton, Quarry Man

Witness: John James Robinson; Isabella Robinson

Married by Banns by: T. M. Harrison

Notes: [No details entered in respect of the Bride's Father]

Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 237, Entry 474

Marriage: 23 Apr 1895 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.

George Bretherton - 29, Weaver, Bachelor, Longridge

Rebecca Wearden - 27, Winder, Spinster, Longridge

Groom's Father: William Bretherton, Publican

Bride's Father: Henry Wearden, Deceased

Witness: George Wearden; Theresa Bretherton

Married by Banns by: T. M. Harrison

Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 246, Entry 492

Source: LDS Film 1657578

As the below burial record from St Lawrence's attests, William Bretherton died in 1899 leaving widow Elizabeth to continue in the business.

Burial: 6 Nov 1899 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancashire

William Bretherton - Age: 60 years

Abode: Weavers Arms, Alston

Grave: R6

Buried by: T M Harrison

Register: Burials 1880 - 1900, Page 143, Entry 1141

Source: LDS Film 1657578

1901 Elizabeth Bretherton

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Preston Herald - Saturday 01 February 1902

1905 Poll Records Robert Bretherton

1908-10 Henry Waring

1911 Census Robert Bretherton

1911 Summary - Bretherton

The 1911 census summary for this area is interesting because not only does it record Robert Bretherton as the landlord of the Weaver's Arms in Market Place it also confirms he had a brewhouse and stables further up the road at the junction with Fell Brow, almost certainly at the premises of the old Wheatsheaf Inn, which had closed as a public house a year or so before.

Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 30 October 1912

General & Commercial Directory 1917

Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 04 January 1918

Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 13 April 1926

Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 09 October 1953

The Weavers' Arms was latterly owned by the Whitbread group but finally closed its door for good in 2012 and is now private accommodation, one of the original entrance lamps still remaining and providing evidence of its former use.

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