Name: The Princess Royal
Address: 94, Bolton Street, Chorley
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| The Princess Royal 1950's |
The Princess Royal is situated on Bolton Street a couple of doors up from the junction with Duke Street and prior to the town centre bypass being built it was one of a number of busy Chorley pubs in this area of town, the others including the Eagle Hotel, Duke of York, Borough Arms, King's Arms, Waggon & Horses, Green Man Still and White Bear. It first appeared on records in 1871 and was a Lion Ales (Matthew Brown) public house. Pictured below c.1980's it was still open as a pub.
The landlords listed at the Princess Royal on Census records were Seth Holding (1871), Henry Pimbley (1881), John W Waine (1901), Joseph Hough (1911) and John Jolly (1921-1936).
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| 1871 Census |
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| 1881 Census |
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| 1891 Census |
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| 1901 Census |
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| 1911 Census |
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| 1921 Census John Jolly |
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| Chorley Guardian 25th March 1949 |
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| Princess Royal Chorley Guardian 24th June 1949 |
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| Princess Royal 2015 |
The Princess Royal closed for business in the latter half of the 20th century and was subsequently converted into residential accommodation, the Princess Royal Apartments.
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