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Whittle-le-Woods - Roebuck Inn

Name: The Roebuck Inn

Address: Waterhouse Green, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley


The Roebuck first appears on historical records on the 1824 Directory of Leyland when Thomas Grimshaw was behind the bar.  It is located at the bottom of Shaw Brow in the centre of Waterhouse Green.  


Subsequent listed landlords at the Inn were John Porter (1841), Mr Brooks (1845), Matthias Kerfoot (1850-61), Elizabeth Kerfoot (1871), John Kerfoot (1881-1901), William Derbyshire (1911) and Elijah Mayor (1921).


1841 Census

Preston Chronicle 17 May 1845

Local Baptismal records show that by the end of 1980 the Roebuck was in the hands of the Kerfoot family with whom it was to remain until the 20th century.

22 Dec 1850 St John the Evangelist, Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire, England
Esther Kerfoot - Daughter of Mathias Kerfoot & Elizabeth
Abode: Whittle
Occupation: Publican
Baptised by: Thos. Rowlandson Minister
Register: Baptisms 1848 - 1858 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 130, Entry 1037
Source: LDS Film 1469070

1851 Census

Looking down Shaw Brow to the Roebuck c.1890's

1861 Census



1871 Census


1881 Census

Looking from Town Lane towards Shaw Brow -
the Roebuck is far right of picture

1891 Census


1901 Census


1911 Census
1921 Census
Lancashire Evening Post 16 September 1930


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