Chorley's Inns and Taverns: Walton-le-Dale

Name: The Bridge Inn

Address: Ribble Bridge, 4 Victoria Road, Walton-le-Dale

The Bridge Inn, located on the south side of the Ribble Bridge was built in the early 1800s and remained a part of the local community until is closure in 2013 and subsequent demolition in January 2014 to be replaced by a children's nursery.

1844 OS Map

1824 Baine's Directory Mary Watson 'Salutation Bridge'

The Inn first appears on the 1824 directory above and listed landlords were Mary Watson (1824), Thomas Riley (1834), William Bolton (1841), Richard Parke (1848), John Armstrong (1851), James Markland (1854-), William Parkinson (1871), James Helm (1875), William Crook (1881), James Prescott (1891), Alice Ramwell (1901), Samuel Garratt (1911-24) and Margery Armriding (1939-).

1834 Pigot's Taverns & Public Houses Thomas Riley

1841 Census William Bolton

1848 Slaters Taverns & Public Houses Richard Parke

1851 Census John Armstrong

1854 Mannex Directory Walton-le-Dale Hotels Inns & Taverns James Markland

1861 Census James Markland

1869 Slater's Taverns & Public Houses James Markland

1871 Census William Parkinson

1875 Electoral Register - James Helm

1881 Census William Crook

1891 Census James Prescott

1895 Kelly's Public Houses Jas Prescott

1901 Census Alice Ramwell

1909 OS Map

The next landlord for the Bridge Inn and one who was to stay for around 20 years was Prestonian, Samuel Garratt, the son of a draper who was brought up on Victoria Street.

1857 Baptism Samuel Garratt

Samuel married into licensing trade, his wife Jane Elizabeth North Snutch's father Samuel having been an Innkeeper, running the Black Bear in Warrington in the 1870s.