Address: Market Street, Chorley
The Painters' Arms was only listed once in Chorley on the 1818 directory with the location given as Market Street and the licensee Lewis Bradshaw.
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| 1818 Directory |
After that time there is no mention of the pub in later censuses although the newspaper article referred to below from 1871 confirms there was a Painter's Arms on Water Street, which passed from Evan Miller to a William Ostick, who lived at 8a Parker Street, Chorley and was a painter by trade.
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| 1871 Evan Miller - Carter (Water Street) |
Beer houses such as this, named after the resident's main occupation were not uncommon during this period, with two "Spinners Arms" existing in the town around the same time so it's not inconceivable that over a period of 50 years there were three Painter's Arms, the original one on Market Street, Evan Miller's on Water Street and then finally William Ostick's on Parker Street, the license being transferred.
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| 1871 Census - William Ostick (house decorator) |
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| 1881 Census - William Ostick (painter & decorator) |
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| 1891 Census - William Ostick (retired painter) |
What happened to the Painter's Arms remains a mystery but it seems likely that once William Ostick retired, the pub did too.
The Chorley Guardian, issue 5th December 1874 (page 2) under "transfer of licences" states that the licence of the Painters Arms, Water Street, was transferred from Evan Miller to William Ostick. The 1871 census gives Evan Miller's address as 58 Water Street - five doors away from the Britannia
ReplyDeleteThanks for sending this through. It seems possible that there were a few Painter's Arms down the years in the town, as looking at William Ostick, he was a painter & decorator living at 8a Parker Street through the 1880s-1890s so may well have run a beerhouse by that name from that property. The differing locations of Water Street, Market Street and Parker Street suggest there may have been several by that name...I'll do some more digging. Cheers.
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