Name: The Roebuck Hotel
Address: 2, Knowley Wharf, Botany Bay, Chorley
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| 1930s |
Located on the Bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool canal at Botany Bay the Roebuck Hotel was a part of the community from the early 1800's first appearing on directory records around 1824. Like it's neighbour the Bridge Inn on the other side of the bridge the Roebuck was demolished to make way for the M61 in the mid-1960's.
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| The Roebuck c.1900 alongside the Leeds-Liverpool canal |
Listed landlords were John Marsh (1824), John Wilson (1835-39), John Tootell (1851), William Pimley (1851), William Clayton (1861-65), James Pilkington (1871), Jane Pilkington (1872-82), J R Brindle (1889), Robert Brindle (1891), William Hodkinson (1901), Richard Tattersall (1911), James Langton (1921) and Robert Haworth (1936).
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| 1851 Census |
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| Looking down Blackburn Brow towards the Canal - The Roebuck is pictured far right. |
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| 1861 Census |
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| 1871 Census |
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| 1881 Census |
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| The Roebuck in the 1950s |
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| Botany Bridge c.2021 |
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| 1891 Census |
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c.1934 The Roebuck is picture on the right with the Railway (Lock & Quay) far left
as bridge works were taking place. |
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| 1901 Census |
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| 1911 Census |
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| 1921 Census James Langton |
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Hello,
ReplyDeleteI love this blog. Thanks for posting all the great pictures. I've been looking for the Roebuck Inn, formerly at 41 Standishgate in Wigan and got a bit excited when I saw your link for the Roebuck Hotel. Of course, it's not the same place, but I was wondering if you'd heard of the Inn? My 2nd great grandfather was a publican at one point and he's at the Roebuck Inn in 1881 about seven years before he immigrated to the US.
thanks for any info you can provide!
Pam,
Oregon, USA
My Grandfather, Harry Robinson, formerly of Coppull, was the last landlord of the Roe Buck Hotel in the 1960s, before its demolition for the M61.
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