Bridge Inn

Name: The Bridge Inn

96, Botany Brow, Chorley, Lancashire

The Bridge Inn (right)

The Bridge Inn first appears on the 1871 census and the landlords listed are Ann Berry (1871), William Berry (1881-91), William Henry Holt (1896), Thomas Almond (1901), Samuel Henry Ratcliffe (1911-19), Sarah Ann Walsh (1919-), Horace Lowe (1920-), Emma Lowe (1933) and John Sharrock (1936).

1871 Census

1881 Census

Chorley Standard and District Advertiser - Saturday 29 September 1883

Wigan Observer and District Advertiser - Friday 18 December 1885

Bridge Inn and its neighbours (before Demolition) 1968
with thanks to Adam Cree for sharing and sourcing the photo

Wigan Observer and District Advertiser - Wednesday 05 September 1888

Preston Herald - Saturday 22 November 1890

1891 Census

Botany Brow looking south towards Chorley c.1890s
The Bridge Inn pictured on the left of the horse & cart.

Preston Herald - Wednesday 28 October 1896

1901 Census

Botany Bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal c.1968
(two doors down from the Bridge Inn)

1911 Census

Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 04 March 1919

Lancashire Evening Post 21 December 1920

Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 08 February 1921

Rear of the Bridge Inn c.1968 pre-demolition

Lancashire Evening Post 01 March 1921

1921 Census Horace Lowe

Lancashire Evening Post 27 May 1933

Lancashire Evening Post 21 August 1939

Bridge Inn - White frontage pictured on the left

The row of buildings containing the Bridge Inn and those opposite were later demolished prior to the building of the M61, which opened around 1970.  On the picture below you can see the new bridge over the M61 and the original bridge (pictured above) on the right side of the motorway bridge. The Railway Inn aka The Lock & Quay is hidden behind the houses right of picture.

Botany Brow 1970s

c.1968 pre-demolition