GRAPES AND PUNCHBOWL, St. John Street

GRAPES AND PUNCHBOWL

Also referred to as "GRAPES" and sometimes as the "PUNCH BOWL"

Probably just as abbreviations.

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7  or 12  St. John Street

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MINE HOSTS:

1812 - 18               Elizabeth Yates

1825                      George Clarkson

1829                      William Sandiford 

 I believe that there COULD have been a character called James 'Touch' Duckworth here in 1832.
1835 - 37              Thomas Carefoot
1838                      James Robinson

1839                      George Gray

1840                      Houghton Welch

1841                      Edward Tattersall
1847                     William Birchall

1849 - 60              Nathan(ial) Birchall

1861 - 63              James Balshaw

1863 - 65               Levi Balshaw - see below*

1865                      William Charnley

1865 - 67              Thomas Rogerson

 

*LEVI BALSHAW married 4 times.

On 5th June 1881 he married Mary Ann Craston, a talented concert singer, parish chorister, and amateur dramatist. Sadly, she ended her days in the Broughton Workhouse, dying in 1891.

BALSHAW then married a bigamist, Mary PYE / LIVESEY, in June 1895 in Blackburn.

THANKS to a reader for these Craston family-related details.

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The "Grapes and Punchbowl" was demolished to

make room for the "Imperial Hotel" at the corner

of Lord Street and St John Street (Tithebarn Street)

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Preston Chronicle  28th March 1835

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Preston Chronicle  8th July 1837
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Preston Chronicle  5th May 1838

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Preston Chronicle  March 23rd 1839

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TO BE LET BY TICKET

At the Grapes and Punchbowl Inn, St. John Street,

Preston, on Monday the 22nd inst., at 5 o'clock in

the evening, the aforesaid well-accustomed Public-

house, together with the Stables &c.

Possession may be had on the 1st May, next.

Further particulars may be had of

MR JOHN PORTER, Cross Street, Preston.

Preston Chronicle 13th April 1839

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Preston Chronicle  29th June 1839

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Disreputable Conduct:  on Wednesday at the Town Hall, Houghton Walsh, of the Grapes Public House in St. John Street, was charged with harbouring prostitutes and other disorderly characters in his house. The charge being proved the defender was fined in the full penalty of £5 and costs.
Preston Chronicle.  24th October 1840
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TO BE LET

For one year, or for a term of years, with possession

on the 1st May next.

The well-accustomed PUBLIC-HOUSE in St. John

Street, known by the sign of the "Grapes and Punchbowl."

For particulars apply to Mr. PORTER, Broughton, who 

may be seen at the White Horse Inn, any Saturday

previous to the time of letting.

Preston Chronicle  30th March 1844

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CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A
RECRUITING SERGEANT
William Walters, sergeant of the 44th regiment of foot, who has been engaged on the recruiting service, in this town, for some time past, was charged with stealing 12 pounds of tea from a bedroom of the Grapes Inn, in St. John Street, where he was billeted. The tea was found at the lodgings of the prisoner's wife, in the Vicarage, where he also was. He was fully committed for trial at the sessions.
Preston Chronicle   6th February 1847
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Preston Chronicle  3rd July 1847
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Preston Chronicle  16th June 1849

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WIFE BEATER

Nathan Birchall, the keeper of a Notorious house,

the GRAPES INN, in St. John Street, was summoned

by his wife for a gross assault.

The complainant, a cripple, stated that her husband

came home drunk and knocked her down. She got up

and went to her sister's house; he followed her there and

again assaulted her; and next morning, when she went

home, he thrashed her with a stick.

The police gave the fellow the worst of characters.

The Bench called him an inhumane monster, and

fined him 40s. plus costs; in default to be

imprisoned for one month in the House of Correction.

Preston Chronicle  10th October 1857

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Preston Herald  4th March 1865

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Preston Herald  1th March 1865

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The Punchbowl and Grapes, kept by Levi

Balshaw, has been fined 40s. plus costs 

this year, for harbouring prostitutes, and

at whose house thieves and prostitutes resort.

(1865 Licensing Meeting)

Preston Chronicle  2nd September 1865

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Manchester Courier  9th November 1895

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CENSUS RETURNS

1841
Edward Tattersall               30 years                     Publican
Alice Tattersall                   30                          
Margaret Dunn                   20                             Domestic Servant
John Williamson                 30                             Army
Ann Williamson                  30
Mary Williamson                 9
John Williamson                  7 months
Benjamin Briggs                 20                              Post Boy

1851

Nathan Birchall                  32 years                     Publican               b. Rivington

Mary Birchall                     31                              Wife                    b. Chorley

John Birchall                        9                              Son                              do

William Birchall                   7                               Son                              do

Elizabeth Birchall                 3                               Daughter              b. Preston

Sarah Birchall                      9 months                   Daughter                      do

1861

James Balshaw                  69 years                    Publican                 b. Leyland

Hannah Balshaw                65                             Wife                               do

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