Name: The Castle Hotel
Address: 48, Gregson Lane, Higher Walton
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| Castle Hotel 2004 pre-demolition |
The Castle Hotel was built in the early 1850s on Gregson Lane, on the west side of the tenement farmhouses, later known as Hatherlow Farm (see photo below), which these days are private residences. The 1844 OS map clipping below shows the farm buildings before the inn was built, situated below the 'r' of Gregson Lane. First reference to the inn is found on the 1861 census below, although I suspect it was opened in the mid-1850s.
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| 1844 OS Map |
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| Hatherlow Farm c.2021 |
Listed landlords were Thomas Wade (1861), Samuel Moon (1869-), James Gregson (1880), George Holland (1881), John Pearson (1885), Joseph Allinson (1891), Alice Rigby (1895), William Tattersall (1901), William Slater (1911), Arthur Whiteside (1921-39) and Robert Smith (1934).
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| 1861 Census Thomas Wade |
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| 1869 Slater's Taverns & Public Houses Samuel Mason |
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| 1871 Census Samuel Moon |
ALLEGED BRUTAL MURDER AT PRESTON
On Saturday John Preston, spinning-master at Messrs Simpson & Jackson's mill... the death of his wife Nancy Preston. On the 30th of March last the husband and wife were drinking together at the Castle Hotel, Gregson Lane, and on leaving the house quarreled outside. Preston was seen to strike his wife blow on the head...
Published: Tuesday 14 May 1878
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
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| 1880 Electoral Role James Gregson |
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| 1881 Census George Holland |
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| 1885 Electoral Role John Pearson |
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| 1891 Census Joseph Allinson |
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| 1891 OS Map |
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| 1895 Kelly's Directory Alice Rigby |
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| 1901 Census William Tattersall |
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| 1909 OS Map |
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| 1911 Census Summary William Slater |
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| 1911 Census William Slater |
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| 1921 Census Arthur Whiteside |
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| 1922 Marriage Certificate of Arthur's son |
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| 1929 OS Map |
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| 1934 Electoral Role Robert Smith |
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| 1939 Register Arthur Whiteside |
The Castle remained open through to the start of next century, finally closing in 2004 and later being demolished to make way for new housing.
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| Google 2022 Castle Court, which stands on the site of the Castle Hotel |
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