Name: The White Bull
Address: Preston Road, Alston
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| c.2021 Courtesy of WhatPub |
The White Bull was originally a working farm as well as being an Inn and is located on Preston Road in Alston, between Grimsargh and Longridge. The building dates back to the late 1700s/early 1800s.
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| 1910 Map |
Listed landlords were Edmund Sagar (1820-28), William Wilkinson (1841), Ellen Wilkinson (1851), Thomas Wilkinson (1854-), Thomas Singleton (1859-61), John Rhodes (1864-77), Marth Rhodes (1877-91), Mary Ann Rhodes (1893), Frederick William Wilkinson (1893-11) , Stephen W Midgeley (1917-19), Ann Scott (1921), Alice Willis (1924) and T Dewhurst (1926).
Parish records shown below record the Sagars' residence at the Inn during the 1820s.
Baptism: 10 Sep 1820 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Stephen Segar - S of Edmund Segar & Mary
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn-keeper
Baptised by: The Revd. Robt. Parkinson
Baptism: 2 Feb 1823 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Elizabeth Sager - D of Edmund Sager & Mary
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn-keeper
Baptised by: The Revd. Robt. Parkinson
Baptism: 26 Dec 1824 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Jane Sager - D of Edmund Sager & Mary
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn-keeper
Baptised by: The Revd. Rt. Parkinson
Baptism: 8 Apr 1827 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Maria Sager - D of Edmund Sager & Mary
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Innkeeper
Baptised by: The Revd. Rt. Parkinson
Both Edmund Sagar and Mary Emblay were originally from Yorkshire and moved across the border after getting married in Great Mitton, York in 1816:-
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| 1828 Pigot's Directory - Edmund Sagar |
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| 1841 Census William Wilkinson |
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| 1851 Census Ellen Wilkinson |
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| 1854 Directory - Thomas Wilkinson |
Marriage: 22 Mar 1859 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Henry Hindle - 36, Farmer, Bachelor, Alston
Ellen Singleton - (X), 36, Spinster, Alston
Groom's Father: John Hindle, Farmer
Bride's Father: Thomas Singleton, Inn Keeper
Witness: John Singleton; Jane Singleton
Married by Licence by: William C. Bache
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| 1861 Census Thomas Singleton |
The next landlord, John Rhodes was born and brought up in the Whitechapel area of Goosnargh, his father Charles Rhodes being a farmer and the landlord of the Cross Keys Inn, so his arrival at the White Bull was not entirely unexpected.
Baptism: 20 Mar 1864 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Charles Rhodes - [Child] of John Rhodes & Martha
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: W. C. Bache
Baptism: 4 Sep 1870 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
John Rhodes - [Child] of John Rhodes & Martha
Abode: Alston
Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: W. C. Bache
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| 1871 Census John Rhodes |
PRESTON POLICE INTELLIGENCE
OFFENCE AGAINST THE LICENSING ACT
John Rhodes, a landlord of the White Bull, Alston, was summoned for a breach of the Licensing Act, and S Rawsthorne and John Jones were summoned for aiding and abetting.
Published: Saturday 07 March 1874
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
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| 1881 Census Martha Rhodes |
Marriage: 18 Sep 1882 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Jacob Nelson - 28, Farmer, Bachelor, Preston
Sarah Rhodes - 25, Spinster, Alston
Groom's Father: Jacob Nelson, Farmer
Bride's Father: John Rhodes, Inn Keeper
Witness: Jacob Nelson; Mary Ann Rhodes
Married by Banns by: F. A. Cave B. Cave, Vicar
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| 1891 Census Martha Rhodes |
Martha Rhodes passed away in 1891 shortly after the census above was completed leaving her eldest daughter Mary Ann to run the business.
Monday 17 April 1893 Yorkshire Evening Post
Mary Ann Rhodes, landlady of the White Bull Inn, Alston, was summoned for having her house own during prohibited hours, and John William Magee, John Aitken, and John Bee...
Within a couple of years of her mother's passing Mary Ann married Frederick William Wilkinson from Longridge. Whilst he was the son of a builder he already had some experience in the licensed trade, living with his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Gornal who ran the Derby Arms, Chipping for a number of years.
Marriage: 11 Oct 1893 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
Frederick William Wilkinson - 25, Plumber & Painter, Bachelor, Longridge
Mary Anne Rhodes - 28, Inn Keeper, Spinster, Longridge
Groom's Father: John Wilkinson, Builder
Bride's Father: John Rhodes, Inn Keeper
Witness: John Hoyle; Francis Gilbert Simm; Harriet Wilkinson
Married by Banns by: F. A. Cave Browne Cave, Vicar
Notes: [Bride signed] Mary Ann Rhodes
Burial: 26 May 1897 St Lawrence, Longridge, Lancs.
John Rhodes Wilkinson - Age: 21 months
Abode: White Bull Inn, Alston
Buried by: T M Harrison
Register: Burials 1880 - 1900, Page 126, Entry 1006
Source: LDS Film 1657578
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| 1901 Census Frederick William Wilkinson |
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| 1905 Polling Records - Frederick William Wilkinson |
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| 1911 Census Frederick William Wilkinson |
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| General & Commercial Directory 1917 |
BUSINESSES ON SALE
To be Sold by Private Contract, the Old-established and Well-accustomed, Fully-licensed Inn, known as The White Bull Hotel, Alston, near Preston, with the Coachhouse, Stable, Shippon, Kitchen Garden, Orchard, and close of good Meadow Land thereto.
Published: Saturday 04 September 1920
On the inst., at the Grapes Inn, Goosnargh, Frederick William Wilkinson, late of White Bull, Alston, aged 52 years. rest. Interment at Longridge Parish Church, Wednesday, the 10th, at 2.30.
Published: Tuesday 09 November 1920
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
ALSTON LICENSEE FINED
At the Preston County Police Court, today, Anne Scott, licensee of the White Bull public house, Alston, was summoned for supplying intoxicating liquor during prohibited hours. Joseph Votes, Preston, was summoned for consuming.
Published: Monday 29 August 1921
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
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| 1924 Kelly's Directory |
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| c.2017 |
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