Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

The St Johns was defo a Thwaites house as was the Great Eastern on same Street. They were 2 of me dads locals.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

A friend of mine lives in York Cottage which was once a pub and he has deeds for it but would love to find a photo of his house when it was a pub.
It is on the right of Broadfield just past the school on the left.
His deeds go back to the 1500's and the house was a pub called The York in 1920 and the Brewery closed it a few years later.
He has lived there all his life (over 50years) and his parents before him, he has searched all over for a photo of the place when it was a pub.
As a last resort I thought that there was a slight chance one of out historians may have a photo for him.
He has all the history on his deeds with dates etc so there is no doubting that it was once a pub.
I hope someone on the forum can help him out.
Thanks.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

My brother's father-in-law, Billy Howard, was the landlord of the Eastern during the war and for a time after. My brother, who worked at Pioneer also worked in the pub.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

There has been the occasional listing of Ossie pubs on here, but most lists cover the borough of Accrington. I am not aware of a composite list for Ossie pubs.This pub would have been in the Lower Blackburn Police Division. Please come up with a name and some dates It may hen be easier to find it using a newspaper search on line, of the Blackburn Standard and old directories.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

As I said above.
The pub was the York Inn.
It is on Broadfield just below Spout House lane. Right hand side going uphill.
It was closed by the Brewery late1920's.
It has been York Cottage ever since.
My friend has the deeds and details but would like to see a photo.
I will ask him which brewery owned it.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

Without going to the bank to check his deeds my friend is pretty sure the pub owner was The Blackburn Brewery Company.

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I've not heard of that company. One of that name started up in the 1990s and used a logo which showed a BBC-type microphone. They were the last to occupy the Church Commercial. A Darwen chap called Tyson was head brewer. He started up on his own and his daughter now runs it - great beer. Although there will not be a photo, details of the closure will be found in the February report in the papers of the Church Brewster Sessions. It is likely that the brewery gave up the licence in exchange for being able to open another pub.- The Plough or the Stop & Rest maybe

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

I have added the York Inn.

We need pictures of all the pubs then and now and the brewery each pub was tied to.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

According to the Cotton Town website - In 1928, the Blackburn Brewery Co. Ltd was acquired by Duttons Brewery.

Unfortunately, the webmasters of that site believe that nobody uses desktop computers any more and have stopped some of the pages from scrolling.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

Whilst not wishing to throw cold water on the info about 'The York Inn', I think it inadvisable to enter this into what will be seen as a positive index recording of the pub without first confirming the information. For instance, if it was a beerhouse, selling beer only, it may not have had a name. I am in doubt about the brewery's name being correct. I will have a search made of directories.

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That's saved me some time - thanks. The Stop and Rest was a Dutton's pub

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

The records from the Emmanuel Church Oswaldtwistle show an Ellen Whewell resided at the York Inn Oswaldtwistle and was buried at the Church on the 19 July 1895 aged 42.

Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

Thanks for the link to the Duttons brewery web site.

I found the part I was interested in.

1928 15th July. Purchase of the Blackburn Brewery Co. which incorporated Crabtree’s Brewery Clitheroe, & Horsfall’s Brewery Brierfield, Blackburn.

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

A chap in Preston has collated information on all the town's pubs - landlords, brewers and much more info. We need somebody to take this task on. It needs hundreds of hours of research

Re: The Pubs of Accrington
 

Just found this site and noticed no mention of Oddfellows on corner of Little Blackburn Rd and Bank St also Boroughs on corner of Cross St and Oak St