Name: The Wheat Sheaf Inn
Address: 1, Kestor Lane, Longridge
The Wheat Sheaf Inn stood at the top of Kestor Lane opposite the Old Vicarage and junction with Fell Bow and dated back to the 1700s
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| The Old Vicarage (now a residence) |
Sale/To Let particulars advertised in 1863 confirm that The Wheat Sheaf came with additional buildings including a cottage, barn, stables and outbuildings. The 1891 map below shows "Inn" marked near the junction of Kestor Lane and Market Place.
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| 1891 Map |
Listed landlords were William Shuttleworth (1835-41), Jane Coskery (1845-54), Richard Sharples (1858-64), John Dewhurst (1866), George Winder (1867), Margaret Winder (1871), Emma Walne (1877), James Kirby (1879-81), William Clegg (1888-91), Thomas Finch (1905), Anthony Bilsborough (1906)...
Baptism: 27 Sep 1835 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Ellen Shuttleworth - [Child] of William Shuttleworth & Martha
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: Frederick Maude
Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1840, Page 172, Entry 1373
Source: LDS Film 1657578
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 12 March 1836 |
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| London Courier and Evening Gazette - Thursday 28 December 1837 |
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| 1841 Census (2 parts) William Shuttleworth |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 03 July 1841 |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 24 May 1845 |
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| 1848 Slater's Directory |
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| Gable end of the Wheat Sheaf centre-picture at the top of Kestor Lane |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 10 March 1849 |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 13 November 1852 |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 31 December 1853 |
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| 1854 Directory |
Baptism: 14 Nov 1858 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Martha Sharples - [Child] of Richard Sharples & Jane
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: W. C. Bache
Register: Baptisms 1840 - 1874, Page 89, Entry 70
Baptism: 13 Jan 1861 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs
Richard Sharples - [Child] of Richard Sharples & Jane
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: W. C. Bache
Register: Baptisms 1840 - 1874, Page 99, Entry 789
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| 1861 Census - Richard Sharples |
Baptism: 19 Feb 1862 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Ellen Sharples - [Child] of Richard Sharples & Jane
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: W. C. Bache
Register: Baptisms 1840 - 1874, Page 108, Entry 859
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 22 August 1863 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 07 May 1864 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 28 April 1866 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 09 November 1867 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 08 August 1868 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 05 June 1869 |
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| 1871 Census - Margaret Winder |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 24 November 1877 |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 13 December 1879 |
Marriage: 25 Dec 1880 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
William Armstrong Gray - 19, Saddler, Bachelor, Edgehill in Liverpool
Elizabeth Alice Kirby - 19, Spinster, Longridge
Groom's Father: William Gray, Gardener
Bride's Father: James Kirby, Inn Keeper
Witness: John Phillipson; Selina Kirby
Married by Licence by: F. A. Cave Browne Cave, Vicar
Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 122, Entry 243
Source: LDS Film 1657578
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| 1881 Census - James Kirby |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 16 April 1881 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 23 February 1884 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 07 November 1885 |
Baptism: 23 Jun 1888 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
George Henry Clegg - [Child] of William Clegg & Sarah
Born: 4 Jun
Abode: Longridge
Occupation: Publican
Baptised by: M. T. Greaves Curate
Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 160, Entry 1277
Source: LDS Film 1657578
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| Preston Herald - Wednesday 22 February 1888 |
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| Preston Herald - Saturday 02 February 1889 |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 23 February 1889 |
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| Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 06 November 1889 |
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| 1891 Census - William Clegg |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 13 June 1891 |
Baptism: 20 Aug 1891 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Alfred Clegg - [Child] of William Clegg & Sarah
Born: 31 Jul
Abode: Longridge
Occupation: Innkeeper
Baptised by: C. H. Peters Curate
Register: Baptisms 1874 - 1891, Page 196, Entry 1561
Source: LDS Film 1657578
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| Blackburn Standard - Saturday 30 May 1891 |
Marriage: 20 Mar 1893 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
William Clegg - 34, Inn Keeper, Widower, Longridge
Ellen Willacy - (X), 39, Warper, Spinster, Longridge
Groom's Father: Henry Clegg, Farmer
Bride's Father: John Willacy, Quarry Man
Witness: David Clegg; Ellen Willacy
Married by Licence by: Chas. Hy. Peters
Register: Marriages 1838 - 1895, Page 222, Entry 444
Source: LDS Film 1657578
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| 1901 Census - John Wittry |
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| 1905 Alston Polling District Register - Thomas Finch |
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| Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 22 January 1906 |
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| Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Tuesday 06 March 1906 |
Burial: 5 Jun 1907 St Wilfrid, Longridge, Lancs.
Richardus Bilsborough - Died: 1 Jun 1907
Age: 72
Abode: Wheat Sheaf Inn, Alston
Grave: priv. grave no 30
Notes: Richard Bilsborough
Sacraments Given: Y
Buried by: J. A. Wissink Misss. Apost.
Register: Burials 1896 - 2007, Page 38, Entry 189
Source: Original Parish Register at the Church
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| Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 16 July 1910 |
In 1906 the Wheat Sheaf avoided being referred for compensation and closure but this appears to have only been a temporary reprieve, as the property was being marketed for alternative uses in 1910 and no further records can be found of the Inn after this time.
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| 1910 Map |
Comparison of the 1910 and 1930 map below shows the Inn and neighbouring buildings on the north side of Kestor Lane at its junction with Market Place had been demolished and land cleared in the intervening years.
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| 1930 Map |
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| c.2021 Google Satellite View |
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