Chorley's Inns and Taverns: Bretherton Arms

Name: Bretherton Arms

Address: 252 Eaves Lane, Chorley, Lancashire

Courtesy of WhatPub

The Bretherton Arms is on the corner of Bagganley Lane and Eaves Lane and first appeared in the 1880s although prior to that time the pub operated under a different name, the Volunteer Inn.

Originally at number 312 Eaves Lane the Inn confirmation that this was to later become the Bretherton Arms is recorded on the 1871 census that records the adjacent properties as "Bagganley Fields off Eaves Lane" (later to become Bagganley Lane) and a press release in 1874 that describes the location as being "opposite Foster Field Mill". The 1888 map below of this area clearly shows the only properties opposite the mill at this time were just slightly further up the road and on the corner of Bagganley Lane.

Listed landlords of the Volunteer Inn were William Ratcliffe (Radcliffe)(1871-74) and James Simm (1881-) although the brewery plant appears to have been sold in 1874 and James is recorded as a "finisher at the bleach works" on the census so it may not have been trading again as a pub at that time.

1888 Map showing Fosterfield Mill

Preston Chronicle 08 April 1871

1871 Census - William Ratcliffe

Chorley Guardian - Saturday 17 October 1874

1881 Census - James Simm

The listed landlords at the newly named Bretherton Arms were Thomas Appleton (1891), Richard Woodcock (1901) Gregory Shackleton (1911) and John Carr (1921-) and Mary Carr (1936).