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.
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| 1844 OS Map |
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| 1834 Pigot's Taverns & Public Houses Thomas Riley |
The Inn first appears on the 1834 directory above and listed landlords were Thomas Riley (1834), William Bolton (1841), Richard Parke (1848), John Armstrong (1851), James Markland (1854-), William Parkinson (1871), William Crook (1881), James Prescott (1891), Alice Ramwell (1901), Samuel Garratt (1911-24) and Margery Armriding (1939-).
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| 1841 Census William Bolton |
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| 1848 Slaters Taverns & Public Houses Richard Parke |
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| 1851 Census John Armstrong |
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| 1854 Mannex Directory Walton-le-Dale Hotels Inns & Taverns James Markland |
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| 1861 Census James Markland |
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| 1869 Slater's Taverns & Public Houses James Markland |
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| 1871 Census William Parkinson |
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| 1881 Census William Crook |
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| 1891 Census James Prescott |
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| 1895 Kelly's Public Houses Jas Prescott |
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| 1901 Census Alice Ramwell |
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1909 OS Map
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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.
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1857 Baptism Samuel Garratt
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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.
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| 1887 Marriage Samuel & Jane |
Early years of marriage saw Samuel working as a cab driver in Preston, then Blackpool before returning to Preston to run the Bridge.
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| 1911 Census Samuel Garratt |
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| 1916 Preston, Barrow & District Trades Directory Samuel Garratt |
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| 1921 Census Samuel Garratt |
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1924 Probate Samuel Garratt
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1938 OS Map
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| 1939 Register Margery Armriding |
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