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1939 Chorley & District Landlords

The following tables were meticulously prepared and shared with me by Andrew Alston, a keen local historian and member of the Chorley Heritage Centre Support Group.  I can take no credit for this work and am extremely grateful to Andrew for sharing this with me.  

Chorley Pubs 1913 and 1939



Occupier (1913)
Occupation
No.
Address
Occupier (1939)
Born
Wolstencroft Robert
Beer Retailer (Red Lion Tap)
Back Mount
Wilson Thomas Carter
Albion P.H.
29
Bolton Street
James Longton
1891
Cubbin Thomas
Waggon & Horses P.H.
42
Bolton Street
William Robley
1886
Whittle Benjamin
King's Arms P.H.
45
Bolton Street
Thomas Carey
1876
Hough Joseph
Beer Retailer (Princess Royal)
94
Bolton Street
Sarah A Jolly
1873
Bramwell Robert
Borough Arms P.H.
97
Bolton Street
Bromley R Gent plumber
1883
Macnamara Edwin
Beer Retailer (White Bear)
105
Bolton Street
Peter O’Neil
1884
Hull Thomas
Eagle P.H.
122
Bolton Street
Lillie Holmes
1897
Bamber Thomas
Duke of York P.H.
124
Bolton Street
Arthur Pressler
1874
Morrison Ellen (Mrs.)
Beer Retailer & Coal Agent
Botany
Saxon Joseph
Crofter's Arms P.H.
Botany
Railway Inn
Botany
John Gorton
1880
Thomas Robert
Roebuck P.H.
Botany
Robert Lilley
1892
Brenelley Isaac
Talbot Arms P.H
20
Botany Brow
Richard Farnworth
1891
Ratcliffe Samuel
Beer Retailer (Bridge Inn)
96
Botany Brow
Emma Sharrock
1879
Cottam Robert
Brooke's Arms P.H.
165
Brook Street
William H Howarth
1887
Nelson John William
Oddfellows' Arms P.H.
42
Brook Street
Richard Roden
1884
Moore James Henry
Queen's Arms P.H.
49
Brook Street
Henry Illingworth
1890
Fowler John
Beer Retailer (Royal Albert)
64
Brook Street
Ernest Whittaker (now WMC)
1902
Riley James
Clarence Tap P.H.
Chapel Street
Harrison James
Victoria Arms P.H.
31
Chapel Street
Pilkington John George
Crown P.H.
48
Chapel Street
Stephen Haworth
1903
Halliwell Joseph
Queens P.H.
52
Chapel Street
William S Ostle
1864
Hall Elizabeth Alice (Mrs.)
Leigh Arms & Station Hotel
66
Chapel Street
John Platt
1901
Riley James
Clarence Hotel
9
Cleveland Street
Joseph Rudd
1896
Heywood William
Beer Retailer (Market Tavern)
21
Cleveland Street
Thomas Carroll
1889
Wilding Thomas
Jackson's Arms P.H.
57
Cunliffe Street
Elizabeth Bailey (business retired)
1875
Jenkins James
Robin Hood P.H.
126
Clifford Street
Wilfred P Ball
1904
Blond Clark
Prince of Wales P.H.
11
Cowling Brow
Walter Richardson
1896
Farnworth Richard
Beer Retailer (Spinner’s Arms)
Cowling Road
Robert Speak
1891
Heywood Peter
Beer Retailer (Shepherds Arms)
38
Eaves Lane
Thomas Price
1892
Bamber Richard
Seven Stars P.H.
86
Eaves Lane
Bernard C E Hadley
1882
Marsden William H.
Derby Arms P.H.
211
Eaves Lane
William H Nicholls
1877
Shackleton Gregory
Beer Retailer (Bretherton Arms)
252
Eaves Lane
Albert Edward Fishwick
1898
Dean Albert
Commercial P.H.
5
Fazakerley Street
James H Branston
1893
Mullineaux Joseph
Beer Retailer (Spinners Arms)
9
Harper's Lane
Margaret E Atkinson
1860
Bretherton Sarah (Mrs.)
Harper's P.H.
23
Harper's Lane
James Steward
1893
Parkinson Eli
Beer Retailer (Mason’s Arms)
104
Harper's Lane
Sarah J Parkinson
1873
Sharples William
Hollinshead Arms P.H.
38
Hollinshead Street
Richard Jolly
1898
Hebden Charles
Prince of Wales P.H.
1
Livesey Street
Francis R Melling
1890
Gent Ann (Mrs.)
Beer Retailer (Cordwainers Arms)
44
Livesey Street
Peter Omalia
1901
Lilley Henry
Beer Retailer (Green Man Still)
22
Lyons Lane
Alan Tillotson
1875
Commons Margaret (Mrs.)
Beer Retailer (The Victoria)
60
Lyons Lane
Thomas McHale
1888
Sharratt Samuel
Castle P.H.
71
Lyons Lane
Joseph Omalia
1878
Clayton John William
White Lion P.H.
142
Lyons Lane
William Morris
1876
Hargreaves Albert
Cotton Tree P.H.
162
Lyons Lane
Martha Archer
1882
Whitehead John
Fazakerley Arms Hotel
13
Market Place
Richard M Bell
1894
Seddon John
White Horse P.H.
1
Market Street
Wolstencroft Robert
Red Lion P.H.
8
Market Street
Herbert Greenhough
1878
Dewhurst Jonathan
Royal Oak Hotel
13
Market Street
Robert Briggs
1895
Exton Edmund
Anchor P.H.
24
Market Street
Farnworth Henry
Waterloo P.H.
53
Market Street
John Ainscough
1881
Yates Peter
George P.H.
72
Market Street
Alston Edward
Beer Retailer (Wellington Inn)
96
Market Street
Brindley Eli
Beer Retailer (Brown Cow)
110
Market Street
Hinton Alice (Mrs.)
Joiners Arms P.H.
113
Market Street
John H Bamber
1905
Turner James
Cunliffe Arms P.H.
129
Market Street
Peter Murphy
1885
Ormerod William
White Bull P.H.
135
Market Street
Joseph Wignall
1887
Crook Robert
Black Boy P.H.
26
Moor Road
William Robinson
1889
Allan James
Beer Retailer (Colliers Arms)
30
Moor Road
Thomas Costello
1885
Holme Thomas
Beer Retailer (Alma Inn)
176
Moor Road
Henry Hodges
1887
Wells Sarah Jane (Mrs.)
Grocer & Beer Retailer
204
Moor Road
Ernest Grimshaw (grocer only)
1902
Gee Eli
Beer Retailer (Sebastapol Inn)
290
Moor Road
294 occupied by Andrew Morris (coal dealer)
1894
Seed Ann (Mrs.)
Eagle & Child P.H.
20
Pall Mall
Sarah A Lyon
1886
Tootell George
Beer Retailer (British Oak)
129
Pall Mall
Avis Burton
1900
Ellison William
Plough P.H.
139
Pall Mall
Mary Holman
1889
Massey William
Black Horse P.H.
252
Pall Mall
James W Lucas
1875
Kay Elizabeth (Mrs.)
Townley Arms P.H.
56
Park Road
Thomas Birchall
1898
Holland George
Parker's Arms P.H.
120
Park Road
Alexander W Birnie
1889
Wignall John
Beer Retailer (Prince Consort)
48
Parker Street
Mary Lilley
1876
Riding Hugh
Bay Horse P.H.
66
Parker Street
Amelia Bridge
1898
Evans John Abbott
Beer Retailer (Queen’s Tavern)
6
Preston Road
Arthur G Piggott
1879
Seddon James S.
Beer Retailer (Waggon Maker’s Arms)
12
Railway Street
Edward Bleasdale
1895
Reape Michael J.
Wheatsheaf Inn
3
St. Thomas's Road
Roger Livesey
1886
Brooks Sarah (Mrs.)
Rose & Crown P.H.
15
St. Thomas's Road
James Bentham
1884
Taylor Frederick
Beer Retailer (Court Tavern)
27
St. Thomas's Road
Hannah Hargreaves
1886
Hare & Hounds Hotel
65
Standish Street
George Fishwick (general labourer)
1904
Gee Daniel
Railway Hotel
16 & 18
Steeley Lane
George H Bailey
1872
Moon David
Imperial Hotel
59
Union Street
William Sargeant
1885
Harling William
Swan P.H.
10
Water Street
John Wilson (wood machinist)
1880
Appleton Thomas
Commercial P.H.
196
Water Street
Edward King
1893
Crook Richard
Mitre P.H.
73
Weldbank Lane
Ralph Rainford
1893
      

ADLINGTON
Occupation
No.
Address
Occupier (1939 Register)
Born
Notes
Boatman’s Arms
Aberdeen, Blackrod
Joseph Fairbrother
1882
(Bottom) Spinners
21-23
Church St
Frederick Mother
1891
Bridge Inn
11
Park Rd
Ernest E Mellors
1883
Cardwell Arms
Chorley Rd
Thomas Chadwick
1878
Clayton Arms
2
Market St
Robert Winstanley
1897
Elephant & Castle
1
Bolton Rd
Arthur Walmsley
1895
Farmer’s Arms
99
Chorley Rd
Fred Clayton
1885
Plough Inn
33
Market St
Walter Riley
1886
Railway Inn
84
Market St
Squire Makinson
1892
Described as Dye jigger. Wife Jane described as “Public Business”, which may mean the pub.
Ridgway Arms
176
Chorley Rd
Samuel Dewhurst
1876
(Top) Spinners
105
Railway Rd
Thomas Pilkington
1884
Described as ROF joiner
Waggon & Horses
94
Market St
William Grimes
1875
White Bear
5a
Market St
Harold Bailey
1900
White Horse
32
Chorley Rd
Ellis Shellhorne
1887
Millstone Inn
Anderton
Henry Baxendale
1891
Squirrel Hotel
Anderton
Walter Gibson Barker
1895
Black Horse
Limbrick
Arthur Bond
1875
Yew Tree Inn
Anglezarke
Albert E Wilson
1883
CHARNOCK RICHARD
Bowling Green
Preston Rd
Mary A Williams
1864
Dog & Partridge
30
Chorley Lane
Thomas Ernest Middlehurst
1898
Hinds Head
Preston Rd
Henry Fairhurst
1881
COPPULL
Alison Arms
279
Preston Rd
George Trafford
1881
Grey Horse
Preston Rd
(not located)
Grey Horse Inn
Wigan Lane
Ernest Burton Ironfield
1879
Jolly Tar
Jolly Tar Lane
Oak Tree
103
Preston Rd
Margaret M Stockdale
1874
Plough & Harrow
Preston Rd
Richard Baxendale
1879
Printer’s Arms
Coppull Hall Lane
Henry Lilley
1878
Railway Hotel
Station Rd
Amelia Glover
1888
Springfield Inn
114
Spendmore Lane
William Turner
1883
Waggon & Horses
2
Coppull Moor Lane
Moses Fisher
1873
Wheatsheaf Hotel
1
Spendmore Lane
Herbert Watmough
1900
CROSTON
Black Horse
Westhead Rd
Thomas Almond
1888
Thomas was the son of John who was licencee in 1911.
Crown Inn
Station Rd
James Hornby
1875
De Trafford Arms
Station Rd
John F Isherwood
1876
Grapes Hotel
67
Town Rd
Thomas Robinson
1902
Lord Nelson
Out Lane
Reginald Cottam
1892
Plough Inn
66
Station Rd
James Staziker
1872
Apparently being run as a fish & chip shop.
Spread Eagle
32
Grape Lane
John Bentham
1889
Jack took over the building before 1923. The family were   basket manufacturer there until the 1960s. His father Thomas had run the Robin Hood for a while when grandfather Thomas moved to the Farmer’s Arms at Heskin.
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Town Rd
Peter Cowburn
1884
ECCLESTON
Blue Anchor
Towngate
Julia A Alexander
1877
Widow of Robert, who had been at the Anchor (Top Lock) in 1911.
Brown Cow
The Green
Richard Robinson
1883
Farmer’s Arms
Towngate
Robert Iddon
1882
Rose & Crown
220
Southport Rd
Joseph Burrows
1879
Windmill Hotel
The Green
James Fishwick
1900
EUXTON
Anderton Arms
169
Wigan Rd
Thomas William Cornwell
1867
Brother of Jeremiah, after whom “Jerry’s” was named. He too had been a gamekeeper, at Duxbury.
Bay Horse
Wigan Rd
Sydney Snape
1886
Bugle Inn
197
Wigan Rd
James R Forrest
1878
By 1939 it was Bugle Inn Garage.
Euxton Mills
Wigan Rd
Albert E Beesley
1898
Millwrights Arms
Pincock
John G Southworth
1904
“Old Millwrights Arms”, split into 2 households. John is a Motor Works Labourer.
Plough Inn
Runshaw Moor
Elizabeth Cornwell
1862
Widow of Jeremiah.
Railway Tavern
Wigan Rd
Thomas Bolton
1890
Talbot Arms
30
Balshaw Lane
Joseph Greaves
1874
Traveller’s Rest
Shaw Green
William Robinson
1869
White Hart
Runshaw Moor
William Leslie Cordiner
1901
HEAPEY & WHEELTON
Anchor Inn (Top Lock)
Kenyon Lane
George Critchley
1882
Black Lion
Black Lion Brow
Peter Sudell
1894
Farmer. Described as Black Lion Farm.
Dressers Arms
Briers Brow
Elizabeth Seed
1877
Golden Lion
Blackburn Rd
Richard Henry Strange
1887
Oak Tree Inn
14
Victoria St
Thomas Marsden
1902
Labourer in explosive works. No sign of licensed use.
Railway Hotel
Tithe Barn Lane
John Butterfield
1884
Red Cat
Blackburn Rd
Fred Kerfoot
1905
Regained its proper name in 2017.
Red Lion
Blackburn Rd
William Snape
1886
Rosebud Inn
Water Gate
Sidney Desoer
1898
Still open even after Heapey Depot opened. May have been too much of a temptation for the workers there!
Withy Trees Inn
Blackburn Rd
Matthias Mason
1881
Described as Drayman, but pub is named.
HOGHTON
Boars Head
Blackburn Old Rd
John Duckworth
1875
Royal Oak
Riley Green
John W Morris
1881
Railway Hotel (now The Sirloin)
Station Rd
Edward C Thomas
1880
BRETHERTON
Blue Anchor
South Rd
Harry V Sharples
1881
MAWDESLEY
Black Bull
Hall Lane
Thomas Kitching
1876
Clyde Arms
Ridley Lane
William Mawdsley
1867
Red Lion
New St
James Bentham
1865
Previously at the Black Bull, and the Clyde Arms before that.
Robin Hood
Bluestone Lane
Thomas Bentham
1886
Son of James at the Red Lion. The fourth Thomas Bentham to be licensee.
Jolly Farmer
The Willows
Smithy Lane
Thomas J Cowley
1893
Farmer & Market Gardener. No sign of licensed use.
Farmer’s Arms
Chorley Rd Bispham Green
Ellen Leigh
1886
Eagle & Child
Malt Kiln Lane Bispham
Richard H Sutton
1884
WRIGHTINGTON
Dicconson Arms
Appley Lane North
Gordon H Elliot
1905
Hinds Head
Mossy Lea Rd
James Barber
1893
Rigbye Arms
Whittle Lane High Moor
William Laithwaite
1886
Scarisbrick Arms Inn
Carr House Lane Wrightington Bar
Edward Hesketh
1880
White Lion
Mossy Lea Rd Hunger Hill
Robert Mawdsley
1896
Described as Master Blacksmith
HESKIN
Farmer’s Arms
Wood Lane
Fred Astin
1899
Windmill Hotel
Barmskin Lane
John Green
1879
Heath Charnock
Bay Horse Hotel
Babylon Lane
Lillian Sarginson
1884
Corporation Inn
Nick Hilton’s Lane
William Berry
1865
Quarryman at “Corporation Cottages”
APPLEY BRIDGE
Allison Arms
113
Appley Lane South
Joseph Halliwell
1891
Merrick's Arms
Canal Bank
Not located
Wheatsheaf Inn
287
Miles Lane
Richard Fairhurst
1887
Railway Hotel
10
Appley Lane North
William L Highton
1909
Described as Butcher, but his wife is barmaid.
BAMBER BRIDGE
Black Bull
353
Station Rd
Robert Miller
1900
Hospital Inn
Brindle Rd
Frank Atkinson
1904
Lancashire & Yorkshire Hotel
249
Station Rd
Harry Leece
1893
McKenzie's Arms
319
Station Rd
Thomas Parkinson
1883
Described as Munition Worker Fitters Labourer.
Pear Tree Inn
2
Station Rd
Matthew Moss
1881
Queen’s Inn
29
Church Rd
Arthur W Laidler
1886
Railway Inn
275
Station Rd
Not listed in Register.
School Lane Hotel
52
School Lane
Thomas Fletcher
1902
Spinners' Arms
375
Station Rd
Holden D Hendrickson
1911
Described as Motor Driver.
White Bull
175
Station Rd
?? Worden ??
Year of birth may have been mistranscribed & so redacted. M. Ann Worden was born 1879.
White Horse Inn
348
Station Rd
Not listed in Register.
Withy Trees Hotel
122
Station Rd
Thomas Eastham
1880
Ye Olde Hob Inn
9
Church Rd
George Harrison
1881
Ye Old Original Withy Trees
157
Station Rd
Richard Almond
1893
BRINDLE
Lord Nelson Hotel
Sandy Lane
John Thomas Feeney
1902
Cavendish Arms
Water St
Joseph Baxendale
1887
Cross Keys
Sandy Lane
Dorothy A Coulborn
1894
Described as widowed housewife, Cross Keys Farm. Christopher Blamire b1885 is at Cross Keys Cottage.
The Dog Inn
Chorley Rd Clayton-le-Woods
Charles Longton
1885
Farmer’s Arms
16
Top o' th' Lane
Robert Eccles
1910
Described as “Cowman on Farm”, but the pub is named.
CROOKE
Crooke Hall Inn
92
Crooke Rd
Aaron Jones
1897
Duncan Arms
99
Crooke Rd
Not listed in Register. Shown on 1929 map.
HORWICH
Albert Arms
114
Lee Lane
Arthur Turner
1892
Bay Horse
141
Lee Lane
Sabina J Dawber
1898
Bee Hive Hotel
991
Chorley New Rd
Thomas Taylor
1886
Black Bull
69
Church St
Charles Dickins
1892
Black Dog
171
Winter Hey Lane
Llewellyn Taylor
1895
Blundell’s Arms
Moor Gate
Chorley Old Rd
Annie M Eden
1901
Bowling Green
178
Lee Lane
David Hall
1888
Bridge Inn
121
Church St
James Hulme
1889
Brown Cow
36
Church St
May Green
1883
Craven Heifer
32
Lee Lane
John Charles H Taylor
1878
Crown Hotel
1
Chorley New Rd
John R Hill
1898
Greenwood Arms
567
Chorley New Rd
Thomas M Salt
1896
Horseshoe Inn
54
Church St
Wilfred A Ison
1875
No sign of licensed use. Wilfred is unemployed.
Lancashire & Yorkshire Arms
Chorley New Rd
Not listed in Register.
Millers
4
Harrison St
Not listed in Register. Charles Hatley at no.2 is a club steward.
Original Bay Horse
206-212
Lee Lane
William Smith
1877
Brewer & Beer Seller
Queen’s Head
249
Lee Lane
George Wright
1896
Saddle Inn
55
Lee Lane
Edward Chester
1882
Sawyer’s Arms
4
Nelson St
William Higham
1899
Described as Butcher, though pub name is given.
Sportsmans Arms
George’s Lane
Stanley James
1909
No sign of licensed use. General Iron & Steel Turner.
Toll Bar Inn
2
Chorley New Rd
Edward Darnell
1891
Victoria Hotel
349
Chorley New Rd
Thomas Swindells
1885
(date not very clear)
Walker Fold Tavern
5
Walker Fold
John E Miller
1893
No sign of licensed use. Dairy farmer.
Ye Jolly Crofters
Tup Row
Chorley Old Rd
Not listed in Register.
SHEVINGTON
Foresters Arms
41
Shevington Moor
Thomas Sheffield
1871
No sign of licensed use.Unemployed colliery dataller.
George & Dragon
35
Gathurst Lane
Thomas Hitchen
1887
Hesketh Arms
109
Shevington Moor
Not listed in Register.
Navigation Inn
Gathurst Lane
Kingsley Silvester
1907
Plough & Harrow Inn
Broad o'th' Lane
Joseph Blundell
1892
STANDISH
The Beeches
School Lane
William Almond
1883
Brewer
Black Bull Hotel
37?
Market St
Richard Bennett
1897
Black Horse Inn
7
Church St
John Webster
1885
Boar’s Head
Wigan Rd
Joseph Gobin
1872
Conservative Club
School Lane
Charles Ryding
1872
Club Steward
Dog & Partridge
33
School Lane
James Latham
1871
Eagle & Child
39?
Market St
George Worthington
1903
Closed 1916. Master butcher
Globe Inn
High St
Edward J Roberts
1892
Horseshoe Inn
1
Wigan Rd
Abraham Darbyshire
1876
(not Wigan Lane)
Nag’s Head
100
High St
Thomas Dawson
1892
Builder’s labourer. No sign of licensed trade.
New Seven Stars Hotel
489
Preston Rd
Christopher Wilson
1893
Oddfellows Arms
40
Church St
Not listed in Register.
Old Seven Stars
Preston Rd
William Hatton
1892
Only shown as a farm.
Royal Oak
56
Wigan Lower Rd, Standish Lower Ground
John Curley
1902
Colliery hewer incapacitated.  The numbers are a bit random on these sheets. It’s possible that the pub was at 58.
Seven Stars (Shamrock)
126
Preston Rd
James Bentham
1896
Labelled “Old Seven Stars Hotel”. I remember this pub having the sign “Original Seven Stars”.
Patrick Hotel
149
Preston Rd
John Danson
1873
Standish Arms
65
Church St
Not listed in Register. 65B is occupied by Joseph Hill (1894), telephonist.
Three Crowns Inn
71?
Church St
Water Roby
1907
Colliery deputy. 71A is occupied by William Mason, joiner.
Black Horse (Waggon & Horses)
Almond Brook Rd
James Caine
1889
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Preston Rd / School Lane
James Moss
1906
White Duck Inn
73
High St
James Ashcroft
1886
White Lion Inn
78
Church St
Not listed in Register.
WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Bay Horse
Preston Rd
John Ramsbottom
1885
British Lion
Town Lane
Henry Snape
1872
Cross Keys Inn
Chorley Old Rd
William Pickup
1898
Builders labourer, public works. No mention of a licensee, though the name is given.
Crosse’s Arms
Shaw Brow
Thomas Taylor
1882
Dairy farmer. Described as Crosse’s Farm.
Duke of York
Chorley Old Rd
John Gerrard
1870
Half Way House
Preston Rd
Thomas Baxendale
1889
Howard Arms
Dark Lane
Albert Turner
1889
Navigation Inn
Town Lane
John Ellison
1884
Sand pit worker. Described as Navigation House.
Oddfellows Arms
Chorley Old Rd
James Pearson
1880
Fruiterer. Described as Prospect House.
Old Millstone Inn
Chorley Old Rd
Norman Pearson
1909
Poultry farmer. Described as Dolphin Farm. Son of James at Prospect House.
Roebuck
Waterhouse Green
Fanny Jolly
1871
Royal Oak
Chorley Old Rd
Robert A Wilding
1884
Sea View Inn
Preston Rd
Ann Brierley
1891
The Pines
Clayton Green
Norman W Taylor
1902
English Egg Dealer & Packer
WITHNELL/BRINSCALL
Bull’s Head
35
School Lane Brinscall
Margaret Butterfield
1874
Cricketer’s Arms
94
School Lane Brinscall
Margaret Brindle
1892
Husband John is a labourer.
Hare & Hounds
Bolton Rd Abbey Village
George Edward Berry
1893
Hoghton Arms
Billy Lane Withnell
Herbert F Lawrence
1882
Oak Tree Inn
58
School Lane Brinscall
Agnes J Newsham
1889
Printers Arms
40-42
School Lane Brinscall
Closed 1926. 40-42 not listed in Register.
Royal Hotel
Bolton Rd Abbey Village
Henry Kerfoot
1881
WORTHINGTON
Crown Hotel
Platt Lane
William H Reece
1872
White Crow
Chorley Rd
Joseph Smith
1868
TARLETON
Cock & Bottle
Church Rd
Joseph Keane
1877
Referred to as “Tarleton Hotel”.
Legh Arms
Mere Brow
James E Tyne
1880
Rams Head Inn
Liverpool New Rd
Gerald P Blakemore
1904
  
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