Name: Lord Wellington (Mill Tavern)
Address: Moon's Mill, Higher Walton
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| Jolly's Mill Tavern Sepia Postcard |
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| 1844 OS Map Kittingburn Toll Bar |
Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington following his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Lord Wellington (or Wellington) was a pub located in Moon's Mill the home of a Thomas Sharpe, as referenced by directories at that time shown below.
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| 1824 Baine's Directory - Thomas Sharpe |
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| 1834 Pigot's Directory - Thomas Sharpe |
The below electoral register from 1835 helpfully gives Thomas Sharpe's address as 'Kitlin Burn', which will be 'Kittlingbourne Brow' that runs south west from the centre of Moon's Mill in Higher Walton and is directly opposite the tavern.
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| 1835 Electoral Register - Thomas Sharpe 'Kitlin Burn' |
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| 2025 Google Map View |
I suspect the landlord, Thomas Sharp, changed the name to the Mill Tavern sometime in the late 1830s.
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, Apr. 6, 1839 |
By 1844 it is marked on the OS map of that date (see above), and the pub is referred to as 'Sharp's Mill Tavern' in the 1854 Mannex Directory (see below), noting that this was after Thomas' death in 1852.
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| 1841 Census Thomas Sharp (Publican) |
Thomas Sharpe retired from the pub trade in the late 1840s and moved to Hoghton Lane to work a farm.
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, May 22, 1847 |
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| 1851 Census Thomas Sharp (Proprietor of houses and farmer) |
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, Sept. 20, 1851 |
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| 1852 Burial Thomas Sharpe at St Leonards |
Listed landlords at the inn are Thomas Sharpe (1824-late 1840s), William Cork (1851-54), John Southworth (1855), John Howarth (1861-63), Peter Dickinson (1863-64), George Geldard (1864-), John Ratcliffe (1869-), Richard Dickinson (1881), Thomas Sharp (1885-), Richard Clitheroe (1895-), Richard Dickinson (1911), Margaret Ann Dickinson (1917), Joseph Edward Dickinson (1924) and Charles Kennedy Whitehead (1934).
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| 1851 Census William Cork |
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| 1854 Mannex Directory - Sharp's Mill Tavern William Cork |
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, Mar. 31, 1855 |
It's clear that even after Thomas Sharp's death his family retained ownership of the tavern, at least for a number of years, with his eldest son, Thomas listed above when the premises were up to let. The next decade or so proved to be turbulent times for the tavern, and in 1866 it was put up for sale and ownership changed hands.
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| 1855 Directory John Southworth |
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, Mar. 8, 1856 |
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, Apr. 24, 1858 |
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| 1861 Census John Howarth |
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| Blackburn Standard Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1863 |
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| Blackburn Standard Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1864 |
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, Aug. 20, 1864 |
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, Sept. 29, 1866 |
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| 1869 Slater's Directory John Ratcliffe |
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| 1871 Census John Ratcliffe |
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| Preston Chronicle Saturday, June 19, 1880 |
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| 1881 Census Richard Dickinson |
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| 1885 Electoral Register Thomas Sharp |
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| 1891 Census Thomas Sharp |
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| 1895 Kelly's Directory Richard Clitheroe |
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| 1901 Census Richard Clitheroe |
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| 1909 OS Map |
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| 1911 Census Richard Hitchen Dickinson |
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| 1916 Preston, Barrow & District Trades Directory Richard H(itchen) Dickinson |
It appears that Richard Dickinson was somewhat of a travelling landlord, as by 1921 he was running a pub in Preston at 53 Friargate, then by 1924 he had moved to the Cross Keys on Adelphi Street, then by 1933 he had moved again and was running the Boatman's Arms in Preston.in Preston.
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| 1924 Kelly's Joseph Edward Dickinson |
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| 1934 Electoral Role Charles Kennedy Whitehead |
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| 1938 OS Map |
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| 1939 Register Charles K Whitehead |
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| Courtesy of WhatPub |
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