Name: The Grapes Inn
Address: Church Lane, Goosnargh
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| Old postcard of Goosnargh village showing St Mary the Virgin and the Grapes Inn |
The Grapes Inn dates back to the mid-1700s but was originally known as the General Elliott until it changed its name sometime around the 1830s. The landlord during this period was a John Barton who is recorded on the 1824 directory below at the General Elliott and again in 1841 as landlord of the Grapes.
BENEFIT SOCIETIES
There is a Benefit or Friendly Society held in this township which was established on the 18th August, in the year 1784, and holds its meetings at the Grapes Inn (formerly the General Elliot). The annual meeting is always held on Whit Tuesday, on which day there is service in the Church, and the club members parade the village, headed by a band of music, and the society's banner which displays two female figures emblematical of Justice and Mercy hand in hand, with the motto inscribed: "Goosnargh Amicable Society." Love as Brethren.
(Excerpt from Goosnargh Past and Present by Richard Cookson (1887)).
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| 1824 Baine's Directory - John Barton |
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| 1938 Map |
Whilst the current building is not believed to be the earliest Inn on this site is still 250+ years old and is a listed building, as the following excerpt from Historic England attests.
The Grapes Inn
Listing Date: 11 November 1966
Grade: II
Location: Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire, PR3
Church of England Parish: Goosnargh St Mary The Virgin
Public house, probably late C18 and early C19, altered. Stuccoed stone with quoins, slate roof on 2 slightly different levels. Double depth plan, probably in 3 builds, of 1,2 and 2 bays, successively stepped forward slightly. Coupled chimneys on ridge at first junction; 2 behind the ridge and one at the gable of the 3rd unit. Two storeys; entrance door under gabled wooden porch on the right of the middle unit, a horizontal window with a label to the left, 2 square windows above, all with altered glazing.
The set-back single bay to the left has a door at the left corner and a vertical rectangular window on each floor (also with altered glazing); the 3rd unit, to the right of the door, has a large triple sash and a vertical rectangular window at ground floor, both with labels, and 2 sashed windows without glazing bars at 1st floor. Interior of less interest.
Listing NGR: SD5591836848
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| Procession from St Mary the Virgin past the Grapes Inn |
Listed landlords were Edward Makinson (1750-), John Barton (-1848), Alice Barton (1848-), John Standen (1854-), Mark Fort (-1859), John Beardsworth (1861-63), Thomas Walmsley (1871-81), John Walmsley (1891), William Singleton (1894-1900), Elizabeth Singleton (1900-01), Robert Cunliffe (1910), Thomas Standen (1911), Robert Parker (1914), Fred Wilkinson (1917), Mary Hughes (1921), William Tuer (1922-), William Preston (1937) and Luke Patterson (2020).
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 10 August 1839 |
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| 1841 Census - John Barton |
As with most rural Inns during this period the Grapes was an important meeting place within the parish and used not only as a place to eat and drink but as an auction house, society meeting house, for Coroner's inquests and other social events.
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 21 May 1842 |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 30 July 1842 |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 30 July 1842 |
In 1848 landlord John Barton died at the age of 82 years and was buried at St Mary the Virgin leaving his daughter Alice to run the Inn. Her mother Betty had passed away earlier in 1845.
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| 1851 Census - Alice Barton |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 13 September 1851 |
Alice Barton remained in Goosnargh until her death in 1859 and whilst she was still probably the owner of the Grapes until that time the Inn appears to have been let out to a number of different tenants in the 1850s including a John Standen and Mark Fort.
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 26 August 1854 |
Baptism: 8 Jul 1855 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire
Elisabeth Standen - Daughter of John Standen & Jane
Abode: Goosnargh
Occupation: Tailor
Baptised by: John Woodhouse
Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1867, Page 131, Entry 1047
Source: LDS Film 1470930
Baptism: 13 Nov 1859 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire
Thomas Fort - Son of Mark Fort & Grace
Abode: Goosnargh
Occupation: Innkeeper
Baptised by: J. Woodhouse
Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1867, Page 140, Entry 1115
Source: LDS Film 1470930
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 24 December 1859 |
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| 1861 Census - John Beardsworth |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 08 March 1862 |
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| Courtesy of Facebook |
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| Preston Chronicle - Wednesday 23 July 1862 |
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Preston Herald - Saturday 04 July 1863
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| 1871 Census- Thomas Walmsley |
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| Preston Chronicle - Saturday 30 November 1872 |
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| 1881 Census - Thomas Walmsley |
Shortly after the above census in 1881 Thomas Walmsley died and his son John succeeded him behind the bar at the Inn assisted by his younger siblings.
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| 1891 Census - John Walmsley |
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| Blackburn Standard - Saturday 21 July 1894 |
Burial: 19 Nov 1900 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire
William Singleton - Age: 61 years
Abode: Grapes Inn, Goosnargh
Buried by: J.T. Kerby
Register: Burials 1867 - 1926, Page 253, Entry 2021
Source: Original Register filmed by LAN_OPC
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| 1901 Census - Elizabeth Singleton |
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| Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 15 July 1901 |
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| 1911 Census - Thomas Standen |
Baptism: 30 Jul 1911 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancs.
William Thomas Standen - [Child] of Thomas Standen & Bertha
Abode: Grapes Inn, Goosnargh
Occupation: Farmer & Publican
Notes: Received Sept. 3 1911
Baptised by: G. Burwell
Register: Baptisms 1906 - 1957, Page 14, Entry 110
Source: Original Register filmed by LAN_OPC
Baptism: 15 Mar 1914 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancs.
Harold Parker - son of Robert Parker & Leah
Abode: Grapes Inn, Goosnargh
Occupation: Publican
Baptised by: T. Bingley Boss, Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1906 - 1957, Page 20, Entry 153
Source: Original Register filmed by LAN_OPC
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| 1917 General & Commercial Directory - Fred Wilkinson |
COUNTY—TODAY
Before Mr. J. Toulmin (in the chair) and Alderman Hamilton. Mary Hughes, of the Grapes Inn, Goosnargh applied for an extension of hours from 2.30 to 6 p.m, on the 20th July the occasion being the annual bowling handicap of the Preston and District Licensed Victuallers’ Association.—Supt. Canton objected, and said he did not think the extension necessary. There would be great difficulty in defining who were entitled to be served, and if the application was granted there would an inundation of similar ones from licensees who happened to have a bowling green attached to their houses—Refused
Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 25 July 1921
Baptism: 31 Dec 1922 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancs.
Joseph William Tuer - son of William Tuer & Ethel
Abode: The Grapes
Occupation: Publican
Baptised by: T. Bingley Boss
Register: Baptisms 1906 - 1957, Page 36, Entry 283
Source: Original Register filmed by LAN_OPC
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| 1924 Kelly's Directory - William Tuer |
Baptism: 11 Jan 1925 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancs.
Olive Tuer - daughter of William Tuer & Ethel
Abode: The Grapes
Occupation: Publican
Baptised by: T. Bingley Boss
Register: Baptisms 1906 - 1957, Page 40, Entry 318
Source: Original Register filmed by LAN_OPC
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| Courtesy of Facebook |
Baptism: 20 Mar 1927 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancs.
Annie Tuer - daughter of William Tuer & Ethel
Abode: The Grapes
Occupation: Publican
Baptised by: T. Bingley Boss
Register: Baptisms 1906 - 1957, Page 44, Entry 348
Source: Original Register filmed by LAN_OPC
Baptism: 7 Apr 1929 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancs.
Tom Tuer - son of William Tuer & Ethel
Abode: The Grapes Inn
Occupation: Publican
Baptised by: T. Bingley Boss
Register: Baptisms 1906 - 1957, Page 47, Entry 375
Source: Original Register filmed by LAN_OPC
Motorists’ Fines at Preston Several motoring cases were dealt with by the Preston County magistrates to-day. For exceeding the speed limit in built-up areas, William F. McConnell (33) of Manchester, with previous convictions, was fined 405.. and William Preston (35). of The Grapes Inn, Goosnargh was fined 20s, Other fines were:—Joseph Singleton (42). of Mill Farm, Wennington, near Lancaster, 10s. for driving a motor car and trailer with inefficient silencer; Frederick Newsham (20). of Pechall-street, Preston 10s. for driving a motor car and trailer and not having front and rear index plates indelibly inscribed; Jack Gardener (38). of Preston Road, Longridge, 10s. for driving a light motor lorry which was not equipped with properly fixed reflecting mirror; and Frederick J. Oilday (35), of Dorset-road, Preston 10s. for falling to conform to a Halt at Major road ahead sign.
Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 22 March 1937
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| Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 09 March 1938 |
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| Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 06 June 1938 |
Mrs Heaney was born Elizabeth Standen in Goosnargh in 1855, the daughter of John and Jane Standen. It appears her father John was only temporarily the landlord of the Grapes Inn and by the time of Elizabeth's baptism in St Mary the Virgin church in July that year they had moved, John continuing his work locally as a tailor.
Marriage: 6 Jun 1878 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire
Robert Heaney - 23, Attendant at Asylum, Bachelor, Whittingham
Elizabeth Standen - 23, Spinster, Goosnargh
Groom's Father: John Heaney, Barrack Serjeant
Bride's Father: John Standen, Tailor
Witness: John Humphries; Robert Standen; Emma Standen; Alice Anne Mayor
Married by Banns by: William Shilleto Vicar
Register: Marriages 1837 - 1915, Page 127, Entry 254
Source: LDS Film 1470931
I note their residence in 1938 was named "Standen House", one would assume after Elizabeth's parents.
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