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The Punchbowl Inn, Brotherton with Mrs Rumelia Watson outside (centre) [Thanks to John Watson]

Here is a list of a small selection of the recorded buildings; but lacking detail as yet -

  • St Edward the Confessor Church
  • Congregational / Wesleyan / Independent / United Reform Chapel, North Road - different names for the same place?
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dixon Yard - ?? 1881 Census
     
  • Barr House
  • Bridge House - James Hanks (1861)
  • Brotherton Cottage - Robert Bramham (1861), John Jolliffe (1871)
  • Brotherton Hall - home of the Crowder family then MacKenzie family - more...
  • Brotherton House - Matilda Staniland (1851), William B Wilcock (1861) - more...
  • Brotherton Lodge - Henry Parker (1861), George Wadsworth (1871)
  • Byram Cottage
  • Byram Hall - home of the Ramsden family (Baronets Ramsden of Byrom - created 30-Nov-1689)
  • Byram Lodge - William Gill (1861)
  • Calx House - William Bulmer (1861), orphanage? in 1871
  • Chapel Cottage
  • Cross House
  • Emlock House
  • Field House
  • Frog Hall - Thomas Aldridge (1871)
  • Garden Cottage
  • Garden House
  • Lock House
  • Manor House - Matthew Jolliff (1861 / 1871)
  • Marsh (Heads) Cottage - John Wardle (1861)
  • Marsh House - Robert Green (1871)
  • Marsh Lodge
  • Orphanage, Low Street - recorded in 1881 with Mary Shore (of Horsham, Sussex) as Matron and 14 children resident
  • Primrose Cottage
  • Staniland House - Elizabeth Goodyer (1871)
  • Vicarage House - George Edge Sarden, Vicar (1851); Joseph Irwin, Vicar (1861 / 1871)

So far no less than 13 public houses and inns have been found in the public records. However by 2010 the only one still serving food and drink to weary travellers was the Thaal Indian Restaurant in what was previously the Fox Inn

  • The Anchor Inn / Hope & Anchor* - recorded in 1822 (William Jackson), 1829 / 1834 (Henry Midgley), 1861 Census (Catherine Laycock), 1871 Census (William Parker), 1881 Census (Samuel Ward), 1891 Census (Manasseh Greenwood)
  • The Commercial Inn / Swan - recorded in 1822 (Samuel Thwaites), 1861 Census (George Sharp), 1871 / 1881 Census (William Brooks Smith), 1891 Census (George Townsley) separate entry for the Marquis of Wellington
  • The Dog & Duck - recorded in 1861 Census (Daniel Thorpe), 1871 Census closed?
  • The Fox Inn* - recorded in 1809 (Edward Jenkinson), 1822 (John Jenkinson), 1834 (James Lunn), 1841 Census (George Lunn - however the Parish Records list George as publican from 1830 onwards), 1851 Census (George Jenkinson), 1871 Census (William Goodson), 1881 Census (John Bramham), 1891 Census (George Rooke); a public house until 2006 when it was sold and became a curry house
  • The Friends Good Will - recorded in 1861 Census (Eliza Cardwell)
  • The Horse & Jockey - recorded in 1822 (Anthony Woodhall), 1829 (Jeremiah Carter), 1834 (Thomas Coupland)
  • The Jolly Sailor, Low Street - recorded in 1822 (Joseph Milthorpe), 1851 / 1861 Census (Charles Eastwood), 1871 / 1881 Census (James Allen), 1891 Census (Hannah Allen)
  • The Lime Pit Inn, High Street - recorded in 1861 Census (Mary Shepherd), 1871 Census (John Bramham), 1881 Census (Ann Illingworth)
  • The Marquis of Wellington / Commercial Inn* - recorded in 1822 / 1829 / 1834 (Joseph Butterfield)
  • The Punchbowl / Ship & Punchbowl, Low Street - recorded in 1822 (W Acaster), 1829 (Henry Savage), 1834 (George Shephard Acaster), 1841 census (William Andrew Pease), 1861 Census (William Grace), 1871 Census (William Ward), 1881 / 1891 Census (Edward Watson) and still in use in 1999; now a private house
  • The Sailors' Adieu - recorded in 1834 (George Hargreave)
  • The Ship Inn, High Street - recorded in 1822 (Elizabeth Westerby), 1829 / 1834 (John Hodgson), 1841 Census (Maria Hodgson), 1851 Census (Samuel Pickering), 1881 Census (Stephen Chadwick); separate entry to the Ship & Punchbowl
  • The Three Horseshoes, High Street - recorded in 1822 / 1829 / 1834, 1841 Census (Maria Sanderson), 1851 Census (Thomas Maskill?), 1871 / 1881 Census (John Midgley), 1891 Census (Henry Midgley); still a public house in 2006 but now private property.

* These Inns are covered by short studies that are available to P&DFHS members only

 

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