Address: School Lane, Brinscall
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| Oak Tree courtesy of WhatPub |
The first record of the Inn I can find is on electoral records from 1835 when Richard Emmett was behind the bar and was recorded again on the 1841 census with wife Sarah and their family. The enumerator recorded his surname simply as 'Emm' on the census
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| 1837 Electoral Register for Withnell |
Subsequent landlords were Henry Fowler (1851-1871), Thomas Fowler (1881), John Hoole (1891), John Hindle (1895), Robert Bond (1901), his widow Dinah Bond (1911) and Edmund Haworth (1921).
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| 1841 Census |
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| Preston Chronicle 20 February 1847 |
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| 1851 Census |
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| 1861 Census |
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| Preston Chronicle 16 December 1865 |
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| Manchester Evening News 29 March 1870 |
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| 1871 Census |
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| Chorley Guardian 26 December 1874 |
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| Chorley Standard and District Advertiser 21 February 1880 |
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| 1881 Census |
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| Oak Tree 2013 |
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| 1891 Census |
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| Blackburn Standard 30 November 1895 |
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| School Lane Brinscall c.1900 www.boydharris.co.uk |
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| 1901 Census |
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| 1911 Census |
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| 1921 Census |
Following a period of extended closure, the Oak Tree is to be given a new lease of life in 2023 when renovated and reimagined as an Indian restaurant, the Little Tiger.
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| Little Tiger, Brinscall 2023 |
Richard Emmett is recorded as the Innkeeper at the Oak Tree in a register of 1935. His grave and that of wife Sarah (Sharples) is near the front door of St Paul's church
ReplyDeleteThank you...I assume it was 1835 from double checking the records. Much appreciated.
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