Goosnargh (Inglewhite) - Green Man Inn

Name: The Green Man Inn

Address: Silk Mill Lane, Inglewhite, Goosnargh

c.2020

The Green Man Inn is the only surviving public house in Inglewhite and was almost certainly around in the 1700s. Although the datestone on the current building confirms it was built in 1809 press excerpts below confirm its existence before that date in an earlier building presumably on the same site. 

The village originated as a small number of farmhouses grouped around open greens that were historically used as a market and trading area for cattle and sheep fairs. Traditionally there were three annual Fairs held at Inglewhite; the most important was horned cattle on Monday and Tuesday of Rogation week. Sheep were sold on the 25th April and cattle and calves on 18th October. The ancient fair became known as ‘t’ Inglewhite Bull Fair i'th North. Toll Bars were erected crossing the roads at certain points on the four roads approaching the village for the fairs. A curved-shaped stone, used for holding a toll-bar is still there near to Manor House Farm and the Toll Cottage is on the opposite side of the road.

Button Street, Silk Mill Lane and Factory Bridge are symbolic of the industrial past of Inglewhite. It is documented a button mill was in the village and similarly at Silk Mill Lane there still exists a property known as Silk Mill and Silk Mill Bridge. Also in this area was the Inglewhite Workhouse that was built from £300 bequeathed to the Parish in 1728 by William Waring. The workhouse closed a century later and was sold in 1838-9 and has been since used as a joiner’s premises for a company called ‘Sandersons’.

Open to the public for the purpose of selling ale and spirits were The Green Man, The Black Bull and the Queens Arms and the fifteen houses situated within the toll bars. Richard Cookson, the Goosnargh Historian wrote,“the Green was the focus of the scum and dregs of all the neighbouring district”. The holding of the Fairs on a Sundays was eventually stopped by the vicar of Goosnargh, Reverend Robert Shuttleworth who also became known as the ‘Inglewhite Reformer’.

It is documented the original Market Cross was dismantled by the 19th century Vicar of Goosnargh, the Reverend Wilkinson, a vehement protestant. It was re-erected in 1911 by public subscription. 

(Courtesy of Inglewhite Conservation Area Appraisal 2011)

1910 Map

Listed landlords at the Green Man were Charles Holmes (1804), Richard Hothersall (1813), George Robinson (1817), Richard Parkinson (1836), Thomas Turner (1841), Robert Turner (1847-51), Stephen Todd (1852),  James (Jas) Mercer (1859-62), Richard Strickland (1871-75), Mary Strickland (1875-92), Thomas Mason (1892-98), Hannah Mason (1898- 1907), John Dickson (1911-20), Fred Birchall (1926), James H Jackson (1930-37), William Dobson (1935), Richard McAdam Hall (1945) and Kerry Ricketts (2017-). 

TO BE SOLD 

At the house of Mr. Charles Holmes, the Green Man, at Inglewhite, in Goosnargh, near Preston, the county Lancaster. 

29 May 1804 - Manchester Mercury - Manchester, Lancashire, England

 

1809 Datestone

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
At the house of Richard Hothersall at the sign of the Green-Man, in Inglewhite, within the township of Goosnargh, in the county of Lancaster on Wednesday 30th day of June, 1813

19 June 1813 - Lancaster Gazette - Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Advertisements & Notices
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
At the house of Mr. Geo. Robinson, the sign of the Green-Man, in Inglewhite, in the county of Lancaster, on Wednesday the 17th day of September, 1817, at six o'clock in the evening.
23 August 1817 - Lancaster Gazette - Lancaster, Lancashire, England

 

TO BE LET
by private contract, an INN or PUBLIC HOUSE, known, by the sign of' the "Green Man" in Inglewhite, now in the possession of Mr. Richard Parkinson together with Twelve Acres of excellent Meadow and Pasture.
03 September 1836 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England

1841 Census -Thomas Turner

VALUABLE TIMBER
To be sold by ticket, at the house of Mr. Robert Turner, the Green Man Inn, in Inglewhite, on Thursday next, the 25th of February, the sale to commence at five o'clock in the afternoon.
20 February 1847 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England

1851 Census - Robert Turner

Advertisements & Notices

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, FOR READY MONEY, BY MR. G. PARKER

At the Public House, known by the sign of the Green Man, Inglewhite, occupied by Mr. Stephen Todd, on Tuesday 21st of September 1852, the sale to commence at twelve o'clock.

18 September 1852 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England

PRESTON POLICE CASES

...made a fortnight ago, that the bench would grant the applicant leave to sell ale etc. at a house he now occupied, the Green Man, Inglewhite. It appeared that his license had been taken from him last October but one in consequence of various breaches.

21 May 1853 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England

EXTRUSIVE AND VALUABLE FREEHOLD TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION

by Mr Richard Duckett at the house of Mr. Jas. Mercer, the Green Man Inn, Inglewhite within Goosnargh, in the County of Lancaster, on Thursday, 30th day of October, 1869, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

22 October 1859 - Lancaster Gazette - Lancaster, Lancashire, England

1861 Census - James Mercer (prev of the Black Bull c.1851)

In 1851 James Mercer was the landlord of the Black Bull just across the green but upsized to the larger Green Man Inn during the 1850s, which had considerably more farming land attached however things didn't work out well for them here as his wife Margaret died in 1858 and James sadly passed away the year after the above census at only 47 years of age.

1862 Probate James Mercer

1871 Census - Richard Strickland

Advertisements & Notices
Property of the late Mr. Richard Bleasdale, to offer for Sale by Auction, at the house of Mr. Richard Strickland, the Green Man Inn, in Inglewhite, on Monday the lst of September, at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, subject to such conditions as may be required.
30 August 1873 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England

1826 Datestone on the Congregational Chapel

PRESTON POLICE INTELLIGENCE 
Breach the Licensing Act. - Richard Strickland, landlord of the Green Man public house, Inglewhite, was summonsed for keeping his house open for the sale of drink during prohibited hours Saturday, the 20th Feb 1875.
17 March 1875 - Preston Herald - Preston, Lancashire, England

1875 Burial Richard Strickland

1875 Probate Richard Strickland

Inglewhite Police Station on Button Lane

For a village as small as Inglewhite it's interesting to see that not only did it have three public houses in the 19th century but also a smithy, mill, church, Post Office and its own police station, which covered the entire Goosnargh area. The datestone above the entrance no doubt once confirmed this use but today has been re-engraved with the name "Peelers". 

Police Station now a private residence aptly renamed, "Peelers"

1881 Census - Mary Strickland

 On Wednesday evening, a meeting of tenant farmers was held consider the above matter, the Green Man Inn, Inglewhite. Meeting was for the townships of Goosnargh, Whittingham, Claughton, Bilsborrow, Bleasdale, and Myerscough.
02 May 1891 - Preston Herald - Preston, Lancashire, England

1891 Census - Mary Strickland

The Fully Licensed House known as the GREEN MAN, Inglewhite, together with farm buildings and 350 acres of land. TO BE LET, with immediate possession.
30 March 1892 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England

By 1901 Mary Strickland had moved on from the Green Man and was living with her daughter and son-in-law locally but it seems likely that she gave up the tenancy of the Inn in 1892 and was replaced by the Mason family from nearby Whitechapel.

Marriage: 10 Feb 1881 St James, Whitechapel, Lancashire, England

Thomas Mason - 34, Farmer, Widower, Whitechapel

Hannah Rhodes - 32, Spinster, Whitechapel

    Groom's Father: Robert Mason, Shoemaker

    Bride's Father: Charles Rhodes, Farmer

    Witness: James Jolly; Rebecca Mason

    Married by Licence by: E.D. Banister

Green Man Inn Postcard c.1890s (Longridge Town Archive)

   

1898 Burial Thomas Mason

1898 Probate Thomas Mason

1901 Census - Hannah Mason

Goosnargh, Longridge and Whittingham Past Facebook

CORPORATION TRAMWAYS ‘ KIRKHAM. The Fox-Chase The Kirkham Harriers have enjoyed some capital sport during the week. The hunt met at the Green Man, Inglewhite, Saturday. 

09 January 1909 - Preston Herald - Preston, Lancashire, England

Hannah Mason remarried in 1906, as the record below confirms. George Rowlandson was a retired potato dealer from Preston but originally from Kendal in Cumbria and would have had strong links to the farming community in this area.

Marriage: 18 Jan 1906 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England

George Rowlandson - 68, No business, Widower, 28 Warwick St., Preston

Hannah Mason - 57, Licensed Victualler, Widow, Inglewhite

Groom's Father: William Rowlandson, Coal Dealer

Bride's Father: Charles Rhodes, Publican

Witness: Roger Collinson; Ann Collinson

Married by Licence by: J. T. Kerby Vicar

   

Sadly, she died the following year whilst still running the Green Man. Her husband George returned to the Preston area shortly afterwards where he lived until his death in 1931 leaving Hannah's eldest daughter Elizabeth to run the Inn.

Burial: 16 May 1907 St James, Whitechapel, Lancashire, England

Hannah Rowlandson - Age: 58 years

Abode: Green Man Inn, Goosnargh

Buried by: J. Rhodes

Register: Burials 1903 - 1992, Page 4, Entry 26

Source: Original Register at Lancashire Archives

1907 Probate Hannah Rowlandson aka Mason nee Rhodes

The following year local church records show that Elizabeth married John Dickson who had been brought up in nearby in Kirkham and they are recorded four years later on the 1911 census running the Inn.

Marriage: 17 Sep 1907 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England

John Dickson - 29, Painter, Bachelor, Swan Hotel, Kirkham

Elizabeth Ann Mason - 27, Spinster, Green Man', Goosnargh

    Groom's Father: Robert Dickson, Inn-keeper

    Bride's Father: Thomas Mason, Inn-keeper & Farmer

    Witness: Charles Mason; Edith Alice Dickson

    Married by Licence by: J. T. Kerby Vicar

    Register: Marriages 1837 - 1915, Page 223, Entry 445

    Source: Original Register at LRO

1910 Map

1911 Census - John Dickson

INGLEWHITE VILLAGE AND GOOSNARGH,
 Afternoon, at the BOAR’S HEAD HOTEL, FRIARGATE. PRESTON

Lot 1. The OLD-ESTABLISHED and FULLY LICENSED HOTEL, known the GREEN MAN INN, INGLEWHITE, together with the FARM and PREMISES, containing over 351 statute acres, occupied bv Mr. J. Dickson.

03 June 1920 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England

Marriage: 4 Aug 1920 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancs.

Samuel Dockray - 34 Farm Hand Bachelor of Grimbaldeston Farm, Longridge

Edith Alice Dickson - 34 Servant Spinster of Green Man, Inglewhite

Groom's Father: Samuel Dockray, Farmer

Bride's Father: Robert Dickson, Deceased, Publican

Witness: John Dickson; Mary Elizabeth Dickson

Married by Licence by: T. Bingley Boss Vicar

Register: Marriages 1915 - 1927, Page 17, Entry 33

Source: Original Register at LRO

Burial: 13 Apr 1922 St James, Whitechapel, Lancashire, England

Elizabeth Dickson - Age: 40 years

    Abode: Green Man Inn, Inglewhite, Goosnargh

    Buried by: E. A. M. Godson

    Register: Burials 1903 - 1992, Page 18, Entry 140

    Source: Original Register at Lancashire Archives

Elizabeth and John were clearly looking to move on from the Green Man as early as 1920 possibly due to ill-health for Elizabeth judging by her death two years later and shortly afterwards John moved on and the Inn changed hands. The next landlord, Fred Birchall grew up in a pub, his father Richard being an Innkeeper and Farmer at the Derby Arms Hotel in Inskip.

 INGLEWHlTE

Comfortable Rooms to let for a country holiday; mountain air; beautiful scenery

— Fred Birchall’s Green Man, Inglewhite. 

23 March 1926 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England

POLICE VISIT TO HOTEL
 PROPER CASE TO BRINE

Summonses were dismissed at Preston County Police Court yesterday against James H. Jackson, Green Man Hotel, Inglewhite, for selling by agent during non-permitted hours, William Jackson, father of the licensee for selling during non-permitted hours.
30 September 1930 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England

BLEASDALE TRAGEDY

...flying low, William Dobson, of the Green Man Inn, Inglewhite said the liner passed over his hotel just on noon, and he caught a glimpse of it in the fog as it passed very low... 
28 October 1935 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England

DEATHS

JACKSON—On the 24th inst. at the Green Man Inglewhite

WILLIAM, the beloved husband of VIOLET JACKSON, aged 57 years. ”At Rest.” Interment at Whitechapel on Tuesday, the 28th. at 2 pm. 

Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 27 December 1937

LICENSED PROPERTY TO LET •THE GREEN MAN INN. INGLEWHITE

Those interested should enter into negotiations with Andrew Dickson, 33, Winckley Square.

09 April 1938 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England

Drinks After Hours

Richard McAdam Hall (3l) licensee the Green Man Inn, Inglewhite, was fined £4 at Preston County Magistrates’ Court, today for supplying liquor during non-permitted hours on July 29th. Three consumers. Frederick Singleton...

01 October 1945 - Lancashire Evening Post - Preston, Lancashire, England

1910 Map and 2020 Google Satellite Images Superimposed