Walton-le-Dale - Queen's Arms

Name: Queen's Arms

Address: 20 Chorley Road, Walton-le-Dale

Queen's Arms Hotel c.1900

Originally listed as at West Side in Walton Cop, the road was later named Chorley Road, and Queens' Arms was on the west side of the road leading to the junction with Victoria Road. It was demolished in the 1900s to make way for new development and these days is home to Fred Coupes Motor Garage.

1844 OS Map

The inn dates back to the 1830s and listed landlords were Richard Morris (1841), Thurston Wiggans (1848), Lawrence Newsham (1851-54), Thomas Smith (1855), John Ainsworth (1861), James Simms (1869), Thomas Turner (187-81), Joseph Bolton (1891), Cuthbert Nickson (1895) and Michael J Reed (1901-).

1841 Census Richard Morris

1848 Slaters Taverns & Public Houses Thurston Wiggans

1851 Census - Lawrence Newsham

1854 Mannex Directory Lawrence Newsham

Lawrence Newsham moved on from the Queen's Inn in 1854 and took over running the Craven Heifer on Commercial Road, Chorley, where he died four years later in July 1858.

1855 Slaters Thomas Smith

1861 Census - John Ainsworth

1869 Slater's Taverns & Public Houses James Simms

1871 Census - Thomas Turner

1881 Census - Thomas Turner

1891 Census - Joseph Bolton

1895 Kelly's Public Houses Cuthbert Nickson

1901 Census - Michael J Reed

The inn closed for business in the first decade of the 20th century and was eventually demolished to make way for new development. Whilst the building was still standing at the time of the 1909 map below, it was no longer marked as a pub did not appear in any subsequent directory records.

1909 OS Map