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 |
No comments:
Post a Comment