Name: The Oddfellows' Arms
Address: Tannery House, Chorley Old Road, Whittle-le-Woods
The property pictured above was originally called Tannery House and was the home of a James Miller (farmer & tanner) in the mid-1800's. The below census record from 1861 shows James living at the property, which is located between Hall's Terrace and Rock Villa Road on Chorley Old Road at the top of Cow Well Lane.
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| 1861 Census Tannery House |
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1909 Map showing Tannery Farm and Oddfellows a short distance down
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Ten years later the 1871 census shows James (now a retired farmer) living next door to John Parker, beer seller and who is confirmed as the landlord of the Oddfellows' Arms in a later press article from 1875. A further article from 1880 also confirms James Miller continued to frequent the Oddfellows' Arms in retirement.
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| 1871 Census |
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| Chorley Standard and District Advertiser 13 February 1875 |
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| 1881 Census |
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| Chorley Standard and District Advertiser 11 December 1880 |
In 1881 John Parker and his wife Jane were still running the Oddfellows' but there is no trace of James Miller and in the years to come the Parkers also moved on. The landlords at the property included William Hartley (1891), Robert Mayor (1901), Paul Haydock (1901), James Calvert (1908-1911) and Joseph Greaves (1917-).
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| Lancashire Evening Post 07 February 1924 |
The property is now known as Prospect House as the window above the door shows below.
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| Lancashire Evening Post 02 May 1924 |
Further information and a fabulous group photo outside the Oddfellows' Arms can be found on the link below to a post by local historian Boyd Harris.
My grandfather James Pearson, grocer, lived here with his wife Alice and six children until 1950 or thereabouts. The shuttered building attached was where he stabled the horse and cart used for deliveries.
ReplyDeleteThe business was later sold to Jim Snailham who continued as a grocer without the horse and cart.
James and Alice retired to Riverside, Penwortham. John Tustin john413767@gmail.com