Chorley's Inns and Taverns: Tarleton

Name: The Cock and Bottle

Address: Church Road, Tarleton

1824 Baines Gazetteer

Listed landlords of the Cock and Bottle were Thos.(Thomas) Croft (1823-24), Daniel Barron Snr.(1840-45), Elizabeth Barron (1845-56), Margaret Barron (1856-63), John Johnson (1863-71), Daniel Barron Jnr.(1873-92), Richard Law (1901), Peter Crook (1911) and Elizabeth Crook (1917).

Baptism: 11 May 1823 St Mary, Tarleton, Lancs.

Charles Croft - Son of Thomas Croft & Hannah

Abode: Tarleton Occupation: Publican

Baptised by: Richd. Walker Curate

Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1838, Page 79, Entry 632

Source: LDS Film 1278941

1845 Map

Baptism: 20 Sep 1840 St Mary, Tarleton, Lancashire, England

John Barron - Son of Daniel Barron & Elizabeth

Abode: Tarleton Occupation: Innkeeper

Baptised by: G. M. Drummond Curate

Register: Baptisms 1839 - 1888, Page 13, Entry 98

Source: LDS Film 1278941

1851 Census Elizabeth Barron

Marriage: 4 Oct 1852 St Mary, Tarleton, Lancashire, England

John Hull - 32 Farmer Bachelor of Tarleton

Ellen Barron - 27 InnKeepers Daughter Spinster of Tarleton

Groom's Father: John Hull, Farmer

Bride's Father: Daniel Barron, InnKeeper

Witness: Anne Barron; Joseph Hull

Married by Licence by: Joseph Brown Curate

Register: Marriages 1837 - 1881, Page 91, Entry 182

Source: LDS Film 1278941

1858 Post Office Directory

1861 Census Margaret Barron

Margaret Barron was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Barron who had run the Inn during the 1840s and 50s. After Elizabeth's death in 1856 Margaret ran the pub on her own until 1863 when she married a local man, John Johnson at Holy Trinity Church in Tarleton. The 1871 census below shows them running the inn together. Also present in the house was Margaret's son Daniel who went on to run the place in the late 1870s.

Baptism: 14 Feb 1864 St Mary, Tarleton, Lancashire, England
John Johnson - [Child] of John Johnson & Margaret
Abode: Tarleton Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: M. Fletcher Rector
Register: Baptisms 1839 - 1888, Page 168, Entry 1338
Source: LDS Film 1278941

1869 Slater's Directory

Baptism: 18 Jun 1865 St Mary, Tarleton, Lancashire, England
William Johnson - [Child] of John Johnson & Margaret
Abode: Tarleton Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: M. Fletcher Rector
Register: Baptisms 1839 - 1888, Page 178, Entry 1417
Source: LDS Film 1278941

Baptism: 6 Jan 1867 St Mary, Tarleton, Lancashire, England
Mary Johnson - [Child] of John Johnson & Margaret
Abode: Tarleton Occupation: Inn Keeper
Baptised by: M. Fletcher Rector
Register: Baptisms 1839 - 1888, Page 189, Entry 1505
Source: LDS Film 1278941

1871 Census John Johnson

Shortly after the 1871 census was taken John Johnson died and Margaret married again to her long-standing neighbour, Thomas Wilson whose father ran the village Blacksmith's. I suspect that her son Daniel took over running the pub at this time.

Marriage: 8 Jul 1873 St Mary, Tarleton, Lancashire, England

Thomas Wilson - 30 Blacksmith Bachelor of Tarleton

Margaret Johnson - 44 InnKeeper Widow of Tarleton

Groom's Father: Thomas Wilson, Blacksmith

Bride's Father: Daniel Barron, InnKeeper

Witness: William Wilson; Ellen Hull

Married by Licence by: Matthew Fletcher Rector

Notes: Surname of father and daughter different

Register: Marriages 1837 - 1881, Page 211, Entry 421

Source: LDS Film 1278941