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Tuesday 20 March 2012

WHITE HART, Gin Bow Entry

WHITE HART   #
5 Gin Bow Entry
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Let me give you a few bearings:
Gin Bow Entry stood where Harris Street now stands. The road down the right 
of the plan is Lancaster Road. Everything below Gin Bow Entry is now
covered by the Harris Museum and Art Gallery.
Yes, that's right! We had to sacrifice SEVEN or EIGHT pubs, (possibly as many as TEN) 
just to make way for the Museum.
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MINE HOSTS:
1805 - 06               William Pollard  -  Sold by the Earl of Derby to James T. FORSHAW, in 1806. Pollard
                                                                               was the tenant. The property had stables, a brew-house, and other       
                                                                                                                    outbuildings. LRO. DDX824/2
1807                       Thomas Crompton
1808                                                                 Regarding the stables, see Auction Notice dated 9.1.1808, below.
1812 - 21               Richard Shepherd    d. 4.6. 1844  aged 74 years
1821                       Mrs. Mary Shepherd  d. 11.6.1858 aged 85 years.
1825                       Margaret Garth
1831                       Mr. Shepherd - Richard Shepherd. Please see comments at the bottom.
1839 - 51               Robert Lucas
1851 - 63               John Leeming  d.27.9.1863 aged 40 years. Son, Thomas d. 11.3.1856 aged 5yr 7mths.  Infant daughter, Frances Agnes Ellen, d. 4.5.1859, aged 5 months.
1863 - 65               Mrs. Ellen Leeming   I'm at Gin Bow Entry (1861) and noticed that  
                                          John Leeming's son  Robert Leeming has an 
                                          unclear middle initial so I checked it on the 
                                          birth records and he was Robert L. The L stands
                                          for Lucas and I notice on your site that the 
                                          previous innkeeper was Robert Lucas with a 
                                          daughter Ellen. She married John Leeming in 
                                          Mar 1846, so effectively the Inn was in the 
                                          same hands for 24 years.  Thanks to Deidre L.
1865                      William Turner  
1865 - 66               James Gould
1868 - 70              John Hubbersty   - married Alice Lucas, eldest daughter of Robert Lucas (above)
1870 - 72               Peter Longton  - d 1872 aged 52 years. Formerly at the Anglers' Arms / Home.
1872 - 79               Mrs. Eleanor Longton
1879                      Richard Worden
1879 - 82               John Park   Owned by John Hubberstey and Mrs. Ellen Turner: sold to Corporation for £1825.
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DEATH: On Thursday, last, at Preston, 
Mrs. Pollard, wife of Mr. William Pollard
of the White Hart
Lancaster Gazette  23rd March 1805 
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MARRIAGE:  On Tuesday se'ennight, at Preston, 
Mr. William Pollard, of the White Hart Inn, to
Miss Elizabeth Nightingale, late of this town.
Lancaster Gazette   9th November 1805
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See Lot. 4
Lancaster Gazette  9th January 1808
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Preston Chronicle  3rd March 1821
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DEATH:  On the 4th May 1821, at the
White Hart, Preston, Anne Walmsley,
aged 24 years, niece to Mrs. Shepherd.
Lancaster Gazette  12th May 1821
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FELONY
On Tuesday, at the Town Hall, a young man named William Connell, a labourer, was charged with stealing three shillings and ten-pence in copper, from the White Hart public-house, Gin Bow Entry.
It was stated that the prisoner went into the house, and called for a glass of ale; while the prosecutor, Mr. Lucas, was absent to draw it, he went into the bar, and abstracted the money from the till. The prisoner denied having taken the money, but he was fully committed for trial.
Preston Chronicle   22nd June 1839
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 Preston Chronicle  1st May 1841
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 Preston Chronicle  30th November 1844
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 Preston Chronicle  30th November 1844
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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
At the house of Mr. Robert Lucas, 
the White Hart Inn, in Preston, 
on Friday 20th December 1844, at 6 o'clock in the evening.
LOT 1.    ALL that old and well-accustomed MARKET HOUSE
and INN, called or known by the name of the "WHITE HART,"
situate in Gin Bow Entry, in Preston, with the Brew-house and
Stable thereunto belonging, and now in the occupation of the 
said Robert Lucas.
Preston Chronicle 7th December 1844
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Preston Chronicle  2nd January 1847
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Preston Chronicle  4th December 1847
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 Preston Chronicle  27th April 1850
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Preston Chronicle  1st November 1851
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The Leemings were not the last to make the move from the Anglers'Arms to
the White Hart. Peter Longton and his wife made the same move 20 years
later.  I wonder if there was a closer connection between them?
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 Preston Chronicle  1st May 1852
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 Preston Chronicle  6th January 1855
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 Preston Chronicle  19th March 1859
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Preston Chronicle  3rd September 1859
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Preston Chronicle  18th September 1861
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 Preston Chronicle  12th October 1861
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Preston Chronicle  11th January 1862
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 Preston Chronicle  9th April 1862
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 Preston Chronicle  12th April 1862
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 Preston Chronicle  20th January 1866
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 Preston Chronicle  10th September 1870
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Preston Chronicle 15th June 1872*
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Preston Chronicle 19th November 1881
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Extract from a report of Preston Corporation meeting in 1882:
"...........also that the offer of Mr. John Park be accepted, and that 
there be purchased from him, his leasehold interest of, and in, the
White Hart Inn, Gin Bow Entry, for £500.
Preston Guardian  18th February 1882
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
Robert Lucas                         45 years                      Publican
Dorothy Lucas                       55                               Wife
Ellen Lucas                            20                                Daughter
William Lucas                        20                                Son

1851
Robert Lucas   Re-married?     55 years                      Innkeeper                      b. Garston?
Elizabeth Lucas                          52                               Wife                              b. Eccles

1861
John Leeming                        38 years                      Innkeeper                       b. Lancaster
Ellen Leeming                        24 (this should be 44?) Wife                              b. Charnock Richard
Robert Leeming                     13                               Son                                b. Preston
Jane Leeming                          9                                Daughter                                 do

1871
Peter Longton                       57                                Innkeeper                      b. Whittle
Eleanor Longton                   55                                Wife                               b. Salmesbury
Job ?  Longton                      25                                Son                               b. Clitheroe
Peter Longton                       19                                Son                               b. Preston
Elizabeth Longton                  17                                Daughter                                do

1881
John Park                              29 years                       Publican                        b. Preston
Margaret Park                       25                                 Wife                                     do
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3 comments:

  1. My third great grandfather was Richard Shepherd, one of the mine hosts listed above.

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  2. Thanks for that, Vicky.
    Do you have any family details similar to Census details, that you are willing to share?
    It all helps to build up the bigger picture. I have been astounded how many families have been involved with individual pubs - many by marriage - but with changes of name by marriage have made it less obvious.

    Steve.

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    1. The only census info I have for him is for 1841. He lived in Avenham Road, there was also someone called James Norris at the same address + a servant. He died in 1844 aged 74 and I have a copy of his death notice from 19th Century British Library Newspapers which says: "June 4, suddenly, aged 74, Mr Richard Shepherd, formerly of the White Hart Inn, Preston". His wife Mary died in 1858 aged 85 and lived in Frenchwood Street, her death certificate says she was widow of Richard Shepherd, Proprietor of Houses, which may suggest he was involved with more than one pub. Their only child I know of at the moment was Joseph Shepherd (my second great grandfather), Professor of Music/Musician I'm afraid he possibly enjoyed drinking too much to run a pub! I am hoping to get a copy of Richard's will, which may shed light on if there were any more children, who could possibly have carried on in the pub trade.

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