Standish - White Duck Inn

Name: The White Duck Inn

Address: 73, High Street, Standish

Listed landlords at the White Duck were William Chamberlain (1841-61), James Chamberlain (1861-76), Richard Dawber (1881), James Chamberlain (1891), James Henry Chamberlain (1901), Elizabeth Moss (1911), David Rothwell (1924) and Janine Susan Jones (2023).

This was the home of the Chamberlain family for several generations during the 19th century and surprisingly their main occupations were not innkeepers but painters as the records confirm.

Baptism: 7 Apr 1839 St Wilfrid, Standish, Lancashire, England

James Chamberlain - 1st son of William Chamberlain & Mary

    Abode: Standish

    Occupation: Painter

    Baptised by: H. W. Jackson, Curate

    Register: Baptisms 1834 - 1869, Page 66, Entry 429

    Source: LDS Film 1526140

1841 Census

1851 Census

Mannex 1854 Directory showing William Chamberlain. painter

Preston Chronicle 06 August 1859

1861 Census

1871 Census

Wigan Observer and District Advertiser 28 April 1876

Baptism: 5 Jul 1876 St Wilfrid, Standish, Lancashire, England

James Henry Chamberlain - [Child] of James Chamberlain & Mary

    Abode: Standish

    Occupation: Innkeeper

    Baptised by: T. J. Bensted Curate

    Register: Baptisms 1869 - 1879, Page 141, Entry 1121

    Source: LDS Film 1526140

Preston Chronicle 16 November 1878

1881 Census

1891 Census

Marriage: 13 Sep 1899 St Wilfid, Standish, Lancashire, England

James Henry Chamberlain - 23, Painter, Bachelor, Standish

Selina Peers - 22, Spinster, Standish

    Groom's Father: James Chamberlain, Painter

    Bride's Father: John Peers, Farmer

    Witness: Ebenezer Peers; Mary Ellen Peers

    Married by License by: W. A. Parker, Curate

    Register: Marriages 1880 - 1900, Page 236, Entry 471

    Source: LDS Film 1526141

1900 Probate of James Chamberlain - died age 60 years

Baptism: 2 May 1900 St Wilfrid, Standish, Lancashire, England

James Chamberlain - 1st Son of James Henry Chamberlain & Selina

    Born: 15 Apr

    Abode: Standish

    Occupation: Painter

    Baptised by: C. W. N. Hutton Rector

    Register: Baptisms 1891 - 1900, Page 188, Entry 1503

    Source: LDS Film 1526140

1901 Census

Kelly's 1905 Directory

Wigan Observer and District Advertiser 09 August 1910

Building work in progress May 2017

1911 Census

1924 Kelly's Directory

More recently the White Duck has undergone several name changes, being run as the Bear's Paw (1980's), Standish Arms (1990's) and more recently, Last Orders pub. It is currently being refurbished and extended and is due to open later in 2017 as Fifteen's of Standish.