Walton-le-Dale - Black Bull Tavern

Name: The Black Bull Tavern

Address: 190 Victoria Road, Walton-le-Dale

c.1900

The Black Bull Tavern is one of the area's lost beerhouses, having opened in the mid-19th century but then closed in the early 1900s just 50 or so years later. It was located on the west side of what is now Victoria Road at no.190, which is the site of the Riverside Medical Centre today.

1891 OS Map

On the 1891 map above you can see the street known as 'Tongue's Yard', to the left of the letter A, and the Black Bull, which was the larger property, whose gable end fronted onto Victoria Road at the bottom of the yard just up from the Post Office.

The Beerhouse Act of 1830 had brought about opportunity for local people to open their houses for the sale of beer, in an attempt by the government of the day to reduce the excess consumption of gin, and it's likely that this tavern would have been one-such beerhouse.

Listed landlords were James Helme (?), James Green (-1877), Richard Landren (1877-), George Bramley (1881), William Rigby (1891-) and Jane Turner (1901-). 

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  May 19, 1866

Photo of Victoria Road c.1950s

1871 Census James Green

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  Sept. 8, 1877

1881 Census George Bramley

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  Nov. 4, 1882

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  June 27, 1885

Victoria Road c.1900

1891 Census William Rigby

Preston Chronicle Saturday,  Nov. 12, 1892

1901 Census Jane Turner

The Black Bull ceased to trade as a pub in the early 1900s. Later it was one of a number of buildings on Victoria that were demolished to make way for new development. In this case the site is now occupied by the Riverside Medical Centre.

2025 Google Map

c.2025