WEST END TAVERN, Dunderdale Street

WEST END TAVERN   #

1 Dunderdale Street

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The original intention was to call Dunderdale Street, 'Wallace Street' (legal Document of 1847)
In the event it was named after the local coal merchant and who's son Robert, was the first landlord of the "WEST END TAVERN," Robert Dunderdale.

MINE HOSTS:

1851 - 62                Martha Dunderdale    -  husband Robert died in, or prior to, 1847. See below.

1853 - 56                William Morgan. - possibly a manager for Martha, above?

1861                        Matilda Dunderdale

1869 - 91                 John Polding

1892                        William Gahey

1894 - 95                 William McGahey  -  presumably the same as above 'Gahey'.

1895 - 99                 Margaret McGahey

1899 - 1900             Thomas Wright

1901 - 02                 Walburga Wright

1902 - 13                 Robert Baron

1917                        John Westwell

1926 - 37                Joseph Hodgkinson

1940                        William Dean
1944  - 46               Richard and Margaret Jane Speight
c. 1960    CLOSED

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Legal Conveyance - extract.

1847 Beerhouse on the south side of Wallace Street.

The late Robert Dunderdale, coal merchant........

.................all that parcel of land situate on the south

side of a new street leading westward from Maudland 

Bank in Preston, called, or intended to be called

Wallace Street, bounded on the south by premises

belonging to Lawrence Harrison, on the north by the 

said street, and on the west..............

..............with Beerhouse, Brewhouse, Stable, and other

buildings...........

The original intention was to call the street Wallace Street. After his death 
it was amended to Dunderdale Street. Must have been an important character?
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The following is an abridged version of this sale notice:-

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION

At the White Horse, Friargate, on 23rd March 1852

LOT 1.     ALL that newly-erected and well-accustomed

TAVERN, called the "WEST END TAVERN," with

Brewhouse, Stable, and other Outbuildings, situated in

Dunderdale Street, Maudland Bank, Preston, in the

occupation of Mr. Robert Dunderdale.

The premises are fitted up with every convenience

for carrying on a remunerative business, and are well

worthy of the notice of a purchaser who would give it 

his entire attention.

Preston Chronicle  13th March 1852

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 Preston Chronicle  10th May 1856
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Preston Chronicle  28th October 1876

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Preston Chronicle  28th June 1884
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Lancashire Daily Post  16th October 1934
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Lancashire Evening Post  16th January 1945
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Lancashire Evening Post  31st January 1945
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Lancashire Evening Post  19th March 1945
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 Lancashire Evening Post  26th September 1946
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CENSUS RETURNS

1851
Robert Dunderdale                   45 years        Coal Merchant / Retail Brewer      b. Preston
Matilda Dunderdale                  40                                 Wife                             b. Longridge
Jane Dunderdale                       19                                 Daughter                      b. Preston
Elizabeth Dickinson                   54                                Servant                                  do
Alice Pauban ??                        19                        Lodger / Milliner                            do
John Machell                            17                        Lodger / Druggist's Operative         do

1861

Matilda Dunderdale                  52 years widow             Beerhouse Keeper       b. Longridge
Sabina Dawson                         8                                  Niece / Scholar            b. Brighton
Mary Leeming                          29                                 Domestic Servant         b. Chipping

1871

John Polding                            37 years                         Beerseller                     b. Chortley

Ann Polding                             40                                  Wife                            b. Inglewhite

Margaret A. Polding                 6                                   Daughter                      b. Preston

Walburga Polding                     3                                   Daughter                              do

William Polding                        13                                  Son                                      do

1881

John Polding                            48 years                         Beerseller                    b. Chorley

Ann Polding                             49                                  Wife                           b. Inglewhite

Margaret A. Polding                 16                                  Daughter                    b. Preston

Walburger Polding                    13                                  Daughter                            do

1891

John Polding                            58 years                         Beerseller                    b. Chorley

Ann Polding                             63                                  Wife                           b. Inglewhite

1901

Walburga Wright                     37 years    - widow.       Innkeeper                    b. Preston

John Francis Wright                  6                                   Son                                     do

Thomas Polding Wright             5                                   Son                                     do

Arthur Wright                           3                                   Son                                     do

Walburga Gertrude Wright        1                                   Daughter                             do

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