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Thursday 18 December 2014

HOTEL NATIONAL, Friargate

HOTEL NATIONAL   #
115 Friargate
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Formerly the "PLOUGH INN"
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MINE HOSTS:
1901                         John Bullen
1901                         Michael Tommony
1902 - 04                  Henry Atkinson
1907                         Michael Tommony
1910                         Mrs. Elizabeth Tommony
1911                         Mrs. Baldwin
1912                         William John "Billy" Lyon -  former PNE footballer.
1913                         James McDonough
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Taken from PNE Football Records Magazine up to the 1906 - 07 Season.
The advert relates to the year 1907.
Magazine provided by Ian Rigby, the Official PNE Historian

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This wonderful family photograph comes to us courtesy of Christine Robinson, whose great grand parents, Michael and Elizabeth Tommony appear on the front row.

They also spent time at the Empire Wine Stores, and the Duke of York Hotel
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Thanks Christine
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William John "Billy" Lyon, fined for serving alcohol after hours.  15th July 1912.
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Manchester Courier  1st April 1913
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CENSUS RETURN
1911
Mrs. Baldwin              Residing on her own. No further details at present.
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Wednesday 17 December 2014

WHITE LION, Syke Hill

WHITE LION   #
1 Syke Hill
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Arkwright House, Stoneygate, will give you your bearings for the "WHITE LION".
Shepherd Street runs to the left of the White Lion.
MINE HOSTS:
1808                        Henry Scott   -  wife died 29.11.1808 aged 38 'after a few days of illness'.
1812                        Henry / Thomas Scott   -  d. 26.5.1812 Thomas was probably a son.
1818 - 19                John Walmsley   d. 25.1.1819
1819 - 29                Jane Walmsley    - Jane married John Mayor in 1829. See below.
1829 - 31                 John Mayor
1834                        Richard Strickland
1834                        Thomas Hammond      d. 26.8.1834, see below
1841                        James Stirzaker
1845                        Joseph Park   -  Given in Preston Chronicle 16.8.1845 at the "BLACK LION"
                                                                - owned by Messrs. T. Clark and H. Armstrong
1850 - 54                 Henry Rich
1857 - 61                Thomas Martin
1862 - 63                Henry Rich
1865 - 66                Mrs. Elizabeth Martin  - in 1866 J.S. FOSS married Elizabeth Martin.
1866 - 73                Joseph Scott Foss - in 1870 J.S.F. was cautioned for allowing prostitues to frequent the White Lion.
1877 - 81                Mrs. Mary Seed
1881 - 98                William Reeder Walker - 1882 owned by Rev. Peter Holmes, Huyton, Liverpool.
                                                                    - bought by William Reeder Walker.
1899                        John James Crook        - property owned by Simon Child.
1900                        Simon Child
1900 - 01                Thurston Walker
1902                        Arthur Yates
1902                        Henry Hill
1905                       Charles William F. Chandler - note the conflicting date here
1905 - 07                Henry Haworth
1910 - 17                John William (Jack) Hutchins
1924                       Thomas Nichol
1931 - 32               Alfred Gommersall - wife, Margaret, d. 14.2.1931 aged 56 years.
1936                       Walter Langabeer
1940                       Seth Bond
1944                       Robert Moss
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DEATH:  On Tuesday last, Mr. Thomas Scott,
of the White Lion public-house, Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  30th May 1812
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DEATH:  On Tuesday last, Mr. Henry Scott,
of the White Lion public-house, Preston 
Lancaster Gazette  27th June 1812
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DEATH:  On Monday last, Mr. John Walmsley,
of the White Lion public-house, in Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  30th January 1819 
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MARRIAGE
On 7th April 1929, John Mayor, late of the Derby Arms, Preston, to Mrs. Jane Walmsley, of the White Lion, Sykes, Preston.
Lancaster Gazette   18th April 1929
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Preston Chronicle  21st May 1831
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ANY person who can give any account
of the Estate and Effects, or Debts owing
to RICHARD STRICKLAND, late of
the WHITE LION, public-house, Preston,
are requested to send the particulars to
JOHN NOBLE, Maudland Kilns, Preston.
Preston Chronicle 14th June 1834
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DEATH:  On Tuesday last, Mr. Thomas Hammond,
landlord of the White Lion public-house, Syke.
Preston Chronicle  30th August 1834 
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 The Era  31st March 1850
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The Era  16th February 1851
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Freeman's Journal (Dublin)   19th February 1857
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 Preston Chronicle – 18th September 1861

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Preston Chronicle   19th December 1863
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Preston Chronicle  6th October 1866
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 Preston Herald – 11th January 1871
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Preston Herald   27th May 1871
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Preston Chronicle  26th October 1872
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Preston Guardian  15th February 1879
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 Lancashire Evening Post   20th September 1905
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
James Stirzaker                      34 years                     Publican
Ann Stirzaker                         38                              Wife
James Stirzaker                     10 months                   Son

1851
Henry Rich                             41 years                     Innkeeper                 b. Woodplumpton

1861
Thomas Martin                       36 years                    Innkeeper                              ?
Elizabeth Martin                      32                             Wife
Thurston Martin                       4                              Son
Thomas Henry Martn              5                               Son
Margaret Ellen Martin              1                              Daughter

1871
Walter Scott Foss                  29 years                    Innkeeper                  b. Preston
Elizabeth Foss                        42                             Wife                          b. Bolton ?
Walter Foss                             4                              Son                           b. Preston

1881
William Walker                     21 years                     Lic. Vict.                    b. Preston
Margaret Ellen Walker          21                              Wife                                    do
Thurston Walker                   1                                Son                                     do
    see 1861 census for the link.

1891
William Walker                     31 years                     Publican                     b. Preston
Thurston Walker                   10                              Son                                     do
Margaret E. Walker              31                              Wife                                    do
    
1901
Thurston Walker                   22 years                     Publican                     b. Preston
Margaret U. Walker             22                              Wife                                    do
William Walker                     7 months                    Son                                     do
      see the 1881 census for another link.

1911
Jack Hutchins                       34 years                     Publican                     b. Gateshead
Ellen Hutchins                       38                   Wife / Assisting in business    b. Upholland
Heorge Hutchins                    4                              Son                            b. Blackpool
Jack Hutchins                        3                              Son                                       do
Robert Morris                      14                       Nephew / School              b. Winson Green, Birmingham
Fred Hutchins                      31      Brother / Out of work cabinet maker   b. Gateshead
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Sunday 7 December 2014

MITRE INN, Fishergate

MITRE INN        #
18 Fishergate
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 Just two doors away from Cannon Street, the entrance to the Mitre Hotel (Inn) can be seen
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MINE HOSTS:
1768                  Thomas Topping
1790          Already well-established, the licence having been transferred form the Market Place "Mitre Inn"
1796                   John Taylor - A total of £329 19s. 7d was the total expenditure incurred at the Mitre Inn, in the lead up to the 1796 elections. DDK/1683/58
                                                                    John Taylor died 14.7.1816  -  see below.
1802 - 07           Henry Aspinall
1807 - 09           Mrs. Aspinall
1808 - 23           John Hilton
1825                   Michael Whitehead  -  April 29th 1826 - Bankruptcy hearing.
1828 - 32           Thomas Lowe
1833                   James Pearson
1836 - 39           Samuel Wood(s)  -  Moved from the New Cock Inn.
1840 - 43           William Mercer
1845 - 54           George Parker - Auctioneer also.
1854 - 62           Thomas Bibby   -  d. 12.4.1862, aged 38 years, after a lingering illness.
1864 - 67           Henry Brown
1867 - 71           Thomas Bailey  -
1871 - 73           John Ryding
1873 - 81           Joseph Banks
1881 - 85           Thomas Wareing
1885 - 88           Isabella Wareing
1888 - 99           Henry Baldwin - Wife, Leah, d. 7.6.1890 at the Mitre Hotel, in her 25th year.
1900 - 01           Albert Redmond - my notes from the Court Register shows the name Albert Baldwin in 1900
1901                  William Ignatius Swarbrick
1901 - 07           Peter Crook
1910 - 17           James Hothersall
1924                   Richard Henry Jennings
1929 - 32           William C. Hayward
1936                   Charles Butler
1937                   Harold A. Spencer  - wife, Alice May, d. 21.11.1937 (see also, Hearts of Oak, Adelphi)
1940 - 48            Richard Rigby
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AN  EXTRACT  FROM  A COURT CASE FOLLOWING THE 1768 ELECTIONS
 And that persons supporting Sir Frank Standish were

often distributing money amongst the said rioters

John fforgey then describes an event on the 23rd January, 1768 where he was pursued by several persons and escaped into the Black Bull.  A few minutes later a large mob of people gathered outside the Church.   Sir Frank Standish and others, including Alexander Nowell then appeared out of the King’s Arms in Church Street and Nowell proceeded to give orders to James Heald and Henry Brewer the younger, two of the ringleaders of the said mob.  According to the testimony the mob started arguing amongst themselves so Sir Frank Standish came out and said:-

“my brave fellows don't fall out amongst yourselves but when you meet with any of the other party knock them down and drive them to the Devil & go into ffishergate, break into their Houses and play Hell with them”

The mob then went to the Mitre (the house of Thomas Topping*) in Fishergate and did considerable damage.  Early the next morning they attacked the house and shop of Wm Stuart, bookseller, and did further considerable damage.  Another incident was described where John Burgoyne was walking down Church gate when Sir Frank Standish started throwing stones from the upstairs windows of the Red Lion.
 
*Thomas Topping was one of the voters rejected by the Mayor and would have voted for Burgoyne and Hoghton.
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MARRIAGE:- On Sunday last, Mr. Alexander Allen,
of London, to Miss A. Bengough, daughter of Mrs. Aspinall,
of the Mitre Inn, Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  28th December 1805
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Further Notes:
Reference was made above to the ownership of the premises by Anthony Hewitson, the Proprietor of the Preston Chronicle.
Hewitson bought the premises in 1874, and it would seem likelythat he was still in possession of them at the time of his deathon the 26th October, 1912 - a total of 38 years.
This additional information has come courtesy of a great great niece of Anthony Hewitson, Margaret Dickinson. 
If you would like to know more about Margaret's eclectic mix of interests, then visit her website. Click here.
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DEATH:  Mr. Henry Aspinwall, of the Mitre Tavern, Preston,
aged 37 years, after a short illness, on the 27th October 1807.
Lancaster Gazette  31st October 1807
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DEATH:  On Wednesday, last, aged 57 years, Mrs. Aspinwall, 
relict of Mr. Henry Aspinwall, of the Mitre Tavern, Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  4th February 1809 
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Lancaster Gazette  26th June 1813
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Liverpool Mercury  3rd September 1813
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DEATH:  On Sunday last, at an advanced age,
Mr. John Taylor, formerly of the Mitre Inn,
Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  20th July 1816 
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Lancaster Gazette  22nd March 1817
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Lancaster Gazette  28th February 1818
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Liverpool Mercury  12th January 1821
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Lancaster Gazette  26th May 1821
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Preston Pilot  12th November 1825
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Derby Mercury  29th August 1827
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Preston Chronicle 2nd March 1833
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE CREDITORS OF THOMAS LOWE, late of the
Mitre Inn, Fishergate, Preston, Innkeeper, will be paid
a Dividend of 5s in the Pound, on the amount of their
respective debts, on application at the Vaults of 
Mr. James Irving, Spirit Merchants, Church Street,
Preston, on or after Monday 15th instant.
SOUTHWARD & ASCROFT - Attorneys
Preston Chronicle  13th April 1833
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See:  Thomas LOWE, below -
Preston Chronicle  18th February 1837
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Preston Chronicle  6th July 1844
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TARLETON FAIR
On Thursday 23rd April, George PARKER, of
the Mitre Inn, Preston, was appointed Mayor
of Tarleton for the ensuing year.
Preston Chronicle 25th April 1846
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MITRE INN, FISHERGATE
JANE IRWIN
BEGS to inform her Friends and the Public that she
has taken the BILLIARD ROOM adjoining her house, 
lately in the occupation of Mr. Jos. Robinson,  (entrance
Cannon Street) and which will be RE-OPENED on 
MONDAY NEXT, the 9th inst. She has at considerable
expense, redecorated the room &c., she trusts that she
will merit a portion of public patronage and support, and
it will be her study to give every comfort and general
satisfaction.
N.B. An experienced marker in attendance.
Mitre Inn, Fishergate.
Preston Chronicle 7th November 1846
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LECTURE BY P.A. WHITTLE
.........In the same year (1715) the Shambles
leading out of Church Street were erected by
Thomas Molyneux, Esq., a Turkey Merchant,
who, with Sir Thomas Stanley, was a member 
of Parliament for the borough in 1695.

The rebellion also took place in this year (1715);
and on the 9th November the Pretender entered
Preston, and remained until the 14th. Immediately
on their entrance the rebels proclaimed James III
of England and VII of Scotland, after which a 
council was held at the Mitre Inn, Fishergate, 
which continued as their Head Quarters during
their stay here.
Preston Chronicle  10th November 1849
This seems very early for the Fishergate Mitre Inn.
Was Whittle correct?

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MARRIAGE:  On Tuesday 22nd August 1854,
Mr. Thomas Bibby, Innkeeper, to Miss Mary Smith,
both of this town.
Preston Chronicle 26th August 1854
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Lancaster Gazette  23rd September 1854
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DEATH:  On Thursday 24th September 1857, 
Mary, wife of Thomas Bibby, of the Mitre Inn, in
this town, aged 27 years.
Preston Chronicle  26th September 1857
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DEATH: On the 16th January 1859,
Frederick, only surviving child of 
Mr. Thomas Bibby of the Mitre Inn,
aged 4 months.
Preston Chronicle   29th January 1859
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FAMILIES supplied with prime Mild and Bitter ALES, and first-class WINES and SPIRITS, at the 
MITRE INN,  FISHERGATE,  PRESTON
Preston Herald   24th January 1863
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This was the prelude to the next article:
Preston Herald  22nd August 1863
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Preston Herald  22nd August 1863
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Preston Herald  15th August 1863
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MARRIAGE
On Tuesday 8th November, 1864, at the Parish Church, Preston, Joshua Shorrock, hosier, to Miss Alice Brown, of the Mitre Inn, Fishergate, Preston.
Preston Herald   12th November 1864
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Preston Herald  28th October 1865
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Preston Chronicle  14th July 1866
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Preston Chronicle   1st September 1866
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Preston Herald  6th July 1867
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Longworth's Advertiser 1873
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Preston Chronicle  2nd May 1874
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Preston Chronicle  7th November 1874
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Preston Herald  23rd October 1875
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Preston Herald  30th October 1875
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Preston Chronicle  28th July 1877
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Preston Chronicle  25th October 1879
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Preston Herald  7th January 1882
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Preston Herald  28th June 1893
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Mr. PETER CROOK wishes to inform his numerous friends and the public generally,  that he has now taken possession of the Mitre Hotel, Fishergate, Preston, next door to Liptons, and hopes that they will favour him with a call.
Lancashire Evening Post  4th October 1901
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 Lancashire Evening Post   27th November 1929
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 Lancashire Evening Post 19th November 1930 
Was this the former home of William C. Hayward - see
article, above. 
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 Lancashire Evening Post  9th September 1933
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 Lancashire Evening Post  22nd November 1937
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 Lancashire Evening Post  26th November  1937
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 Lancashire Evening Post  29th September 1938
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CENSUS RETURNS
1841
William Mercer                   25 years                  Publican
Jane Mercer                        30                           Wife
John Mercer                        7                             Son
James Mercer                      4                             Son
Mary Mercer                       3                             Daughter
Jane Mercer                        1                              Daughter

1851
George Parker                    48 years                   Auctioneer & Approaiser   b. Hoole
Sarah Parker                       37                            Wife                                  b. Lancaster
Fanny Parker                       14                            Daughter                           b. Preston
George Parker                     7                              Son                                            do

1861
Thomas Bibby                    37 years                   Innkeeper                           b. Walton-le-dale
Isabella Bibby                    21                             Wife                                   b. Preston

1871
Thomas Bailey                   34 years                    Innkeeper                           b. Preston
Mary Bailey                       34                             Wife                                           do
Richard Bailey                    11                             Son                                            do
William Bailey                     9                               Son                                            do
Elizabeth Bailey                   7                               Daughter                                    do

1881
Thomas Wareing                38 years                    Innkeeper                 b. Bamber Bridge
Isabella Wareing                 38                             Wife                                 b. Preston
Florence M. Wareing          2                               Daughter                                  do

1891
Henry Baldwin                   39 years              Licensed Victualler                b. Burnley Wood?
Jane Hill                             30                             Servant / Barmaid             b. Blackpool

1901   
Albert Redmond                35 years                    Publican                            b. Burnley
Mary Redmond                 34                             Wife                                  b. Preston
Willie Redmond                 12                             Son                                             do
Walter D. Redmond            9                              Son                                             do
Jane Godkin                       69                             Mother-in-law                  b. Longridge

1911
James Hothersall   NOT YET TRACED - 
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