This is from a booklet written by Trevor Nurse in 2006.
Introduction.
This next part covers the Public Houses on “The Moor,” as the locals prefer to call it. The name “moor” depicting what it was before the Industrial Revolution. Because the land is relatively flat The Chesterfield Racecourse was there from about 1685 to 1924. The community was established on the boundary between Whittington and Newbold, therefore eight of the pubs are actually on Newbold Moor, but generally referred to as Whittington Moor.
Number of Pubs Still Open Closed Demolished
18 7 11 8
Whittington Moor and New Whittington began with the Industrial Revolution. Most of the Public houses in these two villages didn’t exist before 1855-60. At that time, anybody could sell beer by purchasing a Beer house license. To sell wine and spirits, they had to have a full license. This would bring them under the control of the magistrates. At that time, a full license may have been difficult to obtain. Beer houses sprang up very quickly. In many cases, most of these pubs didn’t obtain a full license until the late 1940s. In the early 50s, Beer houses were then encouraged to apply.
The lists of landlords have been taken from various directories and Electoral Rolls. The dates given are when I found them. In many cases, these dates will not be when they entered the establishment. In some cases, the lists will not be complete. This is particularly true if they were at the establishment for a short period of time.
At one time, Whittington had as many as 38 Public Houses. It is hard to believe. They were open to sell ale and spirits. As can be seen from the table above, Whittington Moor had the Lions share with 18. Sadly, less than half of these are open today. Six of the Moor pubs were demolished when the A61 by-pass was constructed. At that time, one had already closed. The others may have been struggling to stay open.
1. The two Pubs at the North side of Sheffield Road.
The map below shows the position of the two pubs that have now disappeared.
The New Inn was adjacent to the old racecourse.
THE NEW INN. 140 Sheffield Road. (Whittington Common)
This old Inn was on the corner of Sheffield Road and Dunston Rd. with Brimington Rd. In its hay-day it was on the edge of the Racecourse and must have done very well on race days. It had a full license and was bought by the Brampton Brewery Co. Ltd. in 1900. The plan shows it just before the inside was altered on 5th Oct. 1954. It was demolished in 1978. The demolition made way for the A61 bypass. The bypass runs over the top of where it was.
A list of past landlords.
1861. William and Mary Sheldon, he was 33 born at Rothwell, she was 32 and born Whittington.
1864. Robert Marshall.
1868. ditto
1879. Watery Carknowskie. Also Grocer and Provision merchant.
1881. John Yeomans. He was 53 and born Littleover, Eliza his wife was born at Ripley aged 38. Their son George was 18 and born Staveley.
1891. ditto
1895 Thomas Royster.
1900. ditto
1901. Jacob Jackson, then aged 44 and born at Rawmarsh. Lucy his wife was born at Elsecar and aged 40. They had 4 daughters and a son.
1925. Alice Elizabeth Johnson and George Victor Williams.
1932 ditto
1933. Alice Elizabeth Johnson. With Charles and Kate Topliss.
1936 Clifford Claude Teasel.
1945. Edith Hollingworth and Vera Teasel.
1946. John W. and Edith Hollingworth. Also Vera and Clifford Teasel.
1947. Vera and Clifford Teasel.
1972 Vera Teasel and Clifford C. Teasel.
1977. Malcolm and Jean Hitchman. Also Graham Crawford and David Houseman lived there. 640 Sheffield Road.
1979 Lewis R. and Kathryn Burgin.
1980 Not listed.
THE PRINCE OF WALES. 620 Sheffield Road.
This little pub was situated down Sheffield Road next to the Gilbert Heathcote School and not far from the junction of St. Johns Road. Like “The New Inn” it was demolished for the A61 by-pass in 1981. Richard and Annie Hollingsworth were there for over 30 years. In some old directories, it was given preferential listings over many other pubs on the Moor. This shows its popularity before and just after 1900. It was acquired by the Brampton Brewery in 1898 as a Beer house and obtained a full license in 1949.
Some of the landlords being;
1861. John Saddler aged 27 born at Tapton.
1868. James Gladwin.
1881 James French.
1895. Henry Redford.
1925. Richard and Annie Hollingsworth. 620 Sheff. Rd.
1932. ditto
1949 ditto.
1950. Robert A. and Ivy Edwards.
1951 Frederick and Mona Johnson.
1955. Albert and Mary E. Green.
1960. Joseph and Mary Smith.
1970 Neville W. and Betty Busby.
1968. William and Mary O’Reagan.
1972-73 James and Kathleen Desborough.
1974-5. John and Olwyn Jackson.
1975. John and Francis Jackson.
1977. Derrick and Elaine Denton.
1978. Raymond and Jean Pridmore.
1982. Not listed.
2. Six Public Houses five now Demolished.
THE RAILWAY HOTEL. 52 Station Rd.
This was an elaborate building, built just after the Sheepbridge Station in 1871. The station served a large area and I would think the pub owners hoped that trade would come from it. William Stones owned it, and they had extensive alterations done in 1949-50. The toilets were built adjacent to the main building. They could be entered from inside. The main room was also extended. It was demolished to make way for the new roundabout and new by-pass in 1985-6. The photo shows it just before demolition. The plan was drawn in 1949 and shows it before the alterations. Previous to this the toilets were outside in the yard.
A list of landlords.
1871 Joseph and Elizabeth Marriott. He was 38 and born Sheffield and she 35 and born Whittington.
1879. Frederick Vickers.
1881. William Ball. He was 37 and born South Normanton his wife Hannah was 47 and also born in South Normanton.
1887. William Ball.
1891 ditto
1895 Henry Allen
1899. Mrs. Eliza Allen.
1900 ditto
1901. Mrs. Eliza Allen aged 53 widow born Morton. Son James age 12
1912. William Fretwell Frost. Station Rd.
1922. ditto
1925. William and Arthur Straw.
1926 John Burton and Jack Hambridge.
1927 William George and Eva Makins.
1931-2 ditto.
1933. George Willie Makins.
1936. Herbert and Mary Elizabeth Bamford.
1949. Charles and Nellie Quimby.
1953. ditto.
1954. William H. and Emily E. Coupland.
1957. William H. and Emily E. Coupland.
1962 ditto.
1964. ditto with Ann and John Coupland.
1975 ditto
1976-7. Terence D. and Jean A. Hatton.
1979-80. Keith A. and Margaret E. Glossop.
1982 Thomas and Ida Revill. Also David M. and Anthony E. Revill.
1983-4. Ken and Pam Evans. Also Steven Evans and Anthony E. Revill.
1984-5. Not listed.
THE FOUNTAIN INN. 39 Chapel Street.
This little pub was originally two terrace houses. The house doors were probably in the jennel, which ran down the middle. They must have been built in the late 1860s. The plans show it as it was before 1963. Then it was altered to bring the toilet block inside. The interior stayed much the same. The Brampton Brewery Co. Ltd. owned it then, they first acquired it in 1913. I would think it being turned into a pub in the late 1870s. A Solomon Dodd was the first landlord. It obtained a full licence in 1952 and was pulled down in 1979 to make way for the new road layout.
A list of some of the landlords.
1871. Solomon and Jane Ellen Dodd.
1881. Solomon Dodd. He was 49 and born Blowmorper Norfolk. His wife Jane was born at Whittington and 45 years old at that time.
1895. ditto Chapel St.
1901. William and Sue Smith. He was 55 born Brassington and she 46 born in Wolverhampton. Their six children were born in Newbold.
1925. William Harold and Martha Brown.
1927. John William and Mabel Walker.
1946. John William Walker. Chapel St.
1951 John W. and Mabel Walker. also there Mabel Roderick. 39 Chapel St.
1954. Mabel Walker and Lilian Walker.
1955. Lilian R. Bates.
1960 Elsie and Horace Burton.
1960. ditto
1962 Gerald and Edna Butcher.
1963 Sydney and Doris Cooper.
1966. John and Ada Scarborough.
1968. Edward and Peggy Middleton.
1973-74. Edward and Peggy Middleton. plus Eric H. Roderick.
1978-9. Edward and Peggy Middleton. plus Jennifer D. Middleton.
1979-80. Pub not listed. Therefore it must have been demolished.
THE ANGEL INN. 41 Duke Street
This little pub was made from two terrace houses. Truswells Brewery made
Extensive alterations were made both inside and outside in November 1924. While they modernised the toilets, they left them out in the yard. The plan shows it before the alterations. They added two bay windows outside. This change made the very small rooms a little bigger. A full licence was granted in 1949. In 1957, a toilet block was built at the back. The entrance to the toilet block was from inside the pub. The Angel closed around 1966 and was turned into flats. It was demolished to make way for the A61 by-pass.
Some of the past landlords.
1895. Edward Bennett. Duke St.
1899. Robert Wilson.
1900 Robert Wilson.
1925. Joseph J. and Elizabeth Wilkinson. Also Edward and Graham.
1931 Arthur and Annie Elizabeth Baston.
1936 Herbert Robert and Eliza Sadler.
1938. George Dawson and Gladys Aitken.
1941 Norman Windle.
1955. Norman and Mary A. Windle.
1960. ditto also Harold N. Windle.
1962. William and Lilian Malcolms.
1966. Arthur and Ethel E. Booth. Also Alan Booth.
1968. The pub not listed.
1974. Turned into Flats.
THE BLACK HORSE. 447 Sheffield Road
This was a well-known pub, which stood on the junction of Sheffield Rd. and Station Road. Due to its position it seemed very popular, the New Whittington bus stopping just outside its door. Just across the Sheffield Road stands the Red Lion. The Brampton Brewery also bought this in 1898, its full license was granted in April 1949. It was demolished in July 1981 to make way for the new by-pass.
Some of the landlords.
1868. Samuel Mycroft
1881. Joseph and Mary Wood, he was37 and born Denby, she was 33 and born Hoyland. They had seven children. Also there was Emma Goodlad aged 20, she was a servant and born at Eckington.
1888. Samuel Beach.
1914 Elijah Sharpe
1925 Albert and Rose Gadsby, they had a son George.
1926. Albert and Rose Gadsby.
1928-9. Thomas Henry and Ada Buddington. and Frederick Blackemore.
1932. George Robert and Agnes Drury. Also Thomas Elsie and Ethel.
1941 Ditto.
1945 George R. and Agnes Drury. Also there Alfred and Agnes Bargh.
1957. George W and Mary E Cooper
1959. ditto.
1960. ditto
1962. Henry G. and Dorothy Peet
1964. Eric and Martha Ellis.
1978-9. Eric and Martha Ellis. plus Eric C. Ellis.
1979-80. ditto.
1981. No entry on Electoral Roll, must have been demolished.
THE RED LION. 570 Sheffield Rd.
The Lee family had this pub from 1870 and it could have been a beerhouse as early as 1860, as the family lived there than. They also owned the adjacent row of houses, which was called “Lee’s Row”. George Lee was a tailor as well as a publican.
A few of the landlords.
1871. Isaac and Caroline Lee. He was 29 and born Newbold, Caroline was 30 and born Hull. They had three children Mary Jane, Eliza and Harriet Ann all born Newbold Moor.
1881. George and Caroline Lee He was 36 and born Newbold she was 40. Their daughter Mary had a shop in the same row.
1888 W. Smee.
1895. Mrs Elizabeth Sneath.
1899. Harold Cooke.
1900. ditto
1909. Albert Cooke.
1922. John Madin. 139 Sheffield Rd.
1925. John and Louise Madin.
1938. John Madin on his own. 570 Sheffield Road also there Henry and Harriett Colman.
1946 Kenneth and Florence Bargh.
1952. Kenneth and Florence Bargh.
1955. Douglas R. and Ena Mosley.
1960. ditto
1964 Samuel W. and Margaret A. Pashley.
1966. Alfred B. and Mary Priest.
1972. Kenneth and Mary R. Biggin.
1977. Wilfred and Marie Portas.
1985-6. David C. Hooley and Christine Jones.
1987-8. Keith and Christine R. Jackson.
1990-1 ditto.
1991-2. Karen S. Seymour and Vernon J. Seymour.
1993-4. Barbara and Joseph A. Snell.
1994-5. Eunice K. and John C. Pleasance.
1997-8. Anthony and Patricia Walsh.
1999. Jayne Rutherford and Martin G. Rutherford.
2002. Robert Middleton and Lyndsey Coates.
2004. Maureen Tropman.
2006. ditto.
THE QUEENS HOTEL. 548 Sheffield Road
In its Hay-day this was probably the finest hotel on the Moor. It had two lovely bay windows at the front and a crown bowling green on the back. It was one of three fully licensed pubs on the Moor, the others fifteen being Beer houses. It can also boast being the home for a few years of Joe Davis the world snooker champion. From here as a boy, he started his career in snooker and billiards. The Pub stood where the supermarket is now, a little way up from the Red Lion. The first silent movies were also shown at the Queens, about a year before the Lyceum Picture Theatre was built, this again was when Joe Davis was at the pub.
Fred Davis was the landlord of the Queens in 1910, and came here from the Travellers Rest across the road. His son Joseph was eleven then. Fred started the first moving picture theatre in the village before the Lyceum was built, this was at the Queens about 1912. He joined up for the 1st. World War in 1915, because of this his wife wasn’t allowed to run the Queens on her own and so moved down King Street. To make ends meet, she and the family moved to the corner shop on King Street, where she sold meat. When Fred came out of the army, he got a job as manager of the Lyceum and about a year later they moved to a better house, number 17 Queen Street. When his son Joe got married, he also lived there with them for a few years
Some of the landlords. 1867 John H. Ramsden
1868 G. Wallis.
1871. John H. and Ann Ramsden. He was 73 and she was 58 both born in Yorkshire
1879. William and Elizabeth Short, they were both born in Chesterfield he was 37 and she was 39, they had eight children. Also living there was Ellen Wagstaff aged 16 and born Brimington.
1887. Elias Taylor.
1888. William.Fox Pearson.
1891. William and Sarah A. Pearson. He was 44 and born Ault Hucknall, she was 55 and born Chesterfield. Their daughter Emma and her family lived with them her husband was John Jones aged 35 and born in Wolverhampton. They had two children Mabel 13 and Violet aged 8. Also living there was a servant Annie Hopkinson she was 19 and born Grassmoor.
1899 William Fox Pearson.
1900 Ditto
1905 Matthew Gregory.
1919 Herbert Stead.
1910 Frederick and Elizabeth Davis. Also picture theatre.
1922 Edward and Annie Mettam.
1934 ditto.
1936. John William and Mary Ellen Booth.
1941. Claude Henry Chaplin. 548 Sheffield rd.
1951 Claude H. and Margaret A. Chaplin.
1952 ditto.
1960. John and Shirley A. Scarborough.
1964. Ernest and Annie Wilson.
1968. Marjorie E. Hollman.
1970. Levi and Irene Nicholls.
1973 William and Caroline Thorpe.
1974. Jesse Griffin and Ann Griffin
1975. Ivor and Marjorie Shuck.
No 3. Three Central Pubs on Sheffield Road.
THE TRAVELLERS REST. No 425 Sheffield Road.
Brampton Brewery bought this little beer house in 1898, which was re-built sometime after 1913. The building as it was, can be seen on the photo of the Colin Campbell Arms on page 24. In 1912 Derbyshire’s the Outfitters was built next to Dann Newton’s printing shop and when the Travellers was re-built, this shop was incorporated in the building. It seems to have had quite a few landlords, although the Fawcett family had it for nearly 30 years.
Fred Davis the father of Joe Davis had it in 1903, then it would be just a small Beer house. It didn’t get a full licence till 1950.
The Landlords.
1857. William Longdon and Ann Longdon.
1868 William and Anne Longdon, he was 50 and born Unstone.
1881. William Barber. He was 35, a coal miner and publican, born in Chesterfield. His wife Harriett was 36 and born in Ilkeston.
1895. Jabez Randall.
1903 Fred. Davis. He was the father of Joe Davies the Snooker Champion.
1925. Joseph Dixon and Elizabeth Fawcett.
1927. Joseph Gladstone and Harriett Fawcett.
1931-2. Joseph Gladstone and Harriett Paxton Fawcett.
1941. ditto.
1945 Alice A. Barber and Harriett P. Fawcett.
1949. Samuel and Gladys M. Hollis.
1950. Gladys M. Hollis and Frederick Hollis.
1954. Ada Jackson.
1955. Ada Reddish and Raymond Reddish.
1960. Cecilia E. and James Balshaw.
1962. Cecilia E. and James Balshaw.
1964. Doris Pacey and Stanley F. Sycamore.
1966. Edna Parkinson, Alexander Mc’Fadyen and James Leach.
1972. Basil D. Goodrick. Audrey M. Goodrick. Also Horace and Elsie M. Chamberlain.
1982-3. Basil D. and Audrey M. Goodrick. Also there Samuel H. and Elsie M. Chambers.
1984. John L. and Irene Hutton. plus Mark Hutton.
1987-8. Walter J. and Margaret Bryan.
1990-1. ditto.
1994. Joseph A. and Barbara Snell.
1995. Stuart and Fiona A. Bedford.
1998 Stuart Bedford on his own.
2000. Stuart Bedford.
2002. Charles Trainer.
SIR COLIN CAMPBELL ARMS. No 413 Sheffield Rd.
This popular Public House was named after a Field Marshal who suppressed the Indian Mutiny in 1857. It must have been built around that date. Colin Campbell was born in Glasgow in 1792 and died in 1863. He was a Field Commander in the Crimea War from 1854 to 1856. He was responsible for the British victory at the Alma River. He also drove back the Russian attack at Balaklava. He was made Baron Clyde of Clydesdale in 1858.
The pub must have been one of the oldest on Sheffield Road. It belonged to the Brampton Brewery and obtained a full licence in 1869. Only two other pubs had a full licence at that time, which shows how popular it was. It closed in 1958. Derbyshire’s the tailor and outfitters was built at the side of it in 1912. Around the same time, the pub was re-furbished. The front was altered by installing two large oval bay windows on each side of the door. From the electoral roll it seemed to be discontinued as a pub in 1957.
The building was then used for many years as a sales outlet for engine driven garden implements. It specialized in large mowing machines. Charles Fernie, the owner of the business lived in the flat upstairs. It later became a Tanning Studio. It is presently the home of ‘Afat’s Grill’.
Some of the past landlords.
1861-62 John and Elizabeth Woodward. He was 61 and born Ashover, she was born in Alfreton.
1868. William Bettison.
1871. Joseph and Ann Barnett. He was 52 born Newbold she was 46 and also born in Newbold.
1879. Massey.
1881. George Williamson. Age 46 Pot burner and Publican born Whitwick, Lecester. Ann his wife was 40 born Lecestershire. They had two sons and two daughters.
1888. George Dodd. He was 34 and born Doltham suffolk. Harriett his wife was 34 and born in the village. They had three sons and two daughters.
1895. ditto
1900. ditto
1909. Robert Britt.
1912. Henry Brailsford.
1922. William and Alice Outram.
1925. ditto
1926. William and Alice Outram.
1928-29. ditto.
1931. John Bertie and Ethel Maud Bluff. (413 Sheffield Rd.)
1933. Albert Methuem and Margaret Holt.
1935. Frank Ellis and Emma Wood.
1936. Arthur Lewsley and Marion Taylor.
1941. Robert Wood. 413. Sheffield Rd..
1945. Robert W. and Edna J. Wood. Also James and Zena.
1951. Edna J. Wood James E. Wood. Zena M. Wood. Isobella E. Hayes.
1957. ditto.
1958. No entry in Electoral roll. Therefore I would think the Pub was discontinued.
1970 Ernest and Elizabeth Lister.
1970. Charles and Doreen P. Fernie. 1973-4. Flats.
THE STAR INN. 411 Sheffield road. Now Star of Saul.
This Inn is now an Indian restaurant, and I would think like many pubs in that area, it started out as a terrace house. The building has been renovated and changed a little from it being a pub. The main entrance door was on the corner, which is now bricked up as can be seen on the photo. It first sold ales from the Rawsons Brewery of Sheffield, a full licence granted in 1950. It closed as a pub in the latter half of 1989, then it was a Tetley house.
Some landlords from the past.
1868. William Hardy.
1871. William and Harriett Hardy, he was 38 and she 46 both born Newbold.
1881. James Walker. He was 43 and born Crich, his wife Lucy was 27 and born Calow. They had a son 5 and daughter 2.
1888. J. Richardson.
1895. Thomas Madin.
1901. Thomas Madin and wife Alice. He was 36 and Alice 25, both born Whittington.
1925. John Lonsdale and Fanny Marie Scott.
1927-8. Thomas and Ada Bowler.
1931-2. ditto.
1941. Thomas and Ada Bowler. 411 Sheffield Rd. With Hilda and Elsie.
1946. Maud and William Martin.
1949. George and Jean Sadler. Also Iris Sadler.
1951. Victor and Margaret Bull.
1955. Norman and Ivy Kirk.
1961. Norman and Ivy Kirk. also Doris K. Kirk. and John A. Womble.
1962. ditto.
1973-4 Ivy Kirk. and John Womble.
1976. ditto
1977. Barry Chambers and Patricia Scallion.
1985-6. Barry and Patricia Chambers.
1987-8. Brian and Carol Jenkins.
1989. Closed. Turned into the Star of Saul Restaurant.
THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL, Derby Tup. 387 Sheffield Road.
This pub is situated on the corner of Sheffield Rd. and Shaw Street. Its address is Sheffield Road but has more frontage on Shaw Street. Shaw Street was named after the man who owned property and land down the street. In 1870, it was called Brunswick Street for some reason. This name lasted for about 15 years, then it changed back to its original name. From this I would think the pub was called after the street, or the street called after the Pub! At the end of 1983 Whitbread’s sold the pub (I think the landlord at that time bought it), he then changed its name to the Derby Tup selling real ales.
A few of the past landlords are;
1868 W. Compton.
1871. Charles and Lavinia Bradbury he was a Mining Engineer they were both born in Lancashire.
1881. John Massey. Age 61 born in Ecclesfield, his wife Sarah was 50 they had 5 children
1888. R. Holmes. Sheffield Rd.
1895. Thomas Pateman.
1901. Thomas and Charlotte Pateman. He was 46 and she 41, they were born in the village.
1925. George Williams and Millicent Heathcote.
1927. Peter and Elizabeth Ann Elliott. Also there Harold Sadler and Henry Goul.
1931-2 Peter and Elizabeth Ann Elliott. And as above. With Hilda May Elliott.
1938-9. ditto
1941. Frederick William Mead
1945. ditto also there George Sheppard
1946. Frederick W. and Marjorie Mead. Also Eric A. Mead.
1955. ditto Also there were Dennis and Marjorie Hinde
1960. Geoffrey C. and Violet Pearson.
1972. Violet Pearson on her own.
1977. Violet Pearson and Trevor Pearson.
2006. Violet Pearson
4. The Public Houses of Shaw Street
THE VICTORIA INN. 14 Shaw Street.
Apparently sold in 1871 as a house that sold beer. In 1898 it was sold to the Brampton Brewery, its full licence was granted in 1952.
Some landlords.
1863. Edmund Forrest Beer house keeper.
1871. Edmund Forrest was 42. He was a pork butcher as well as a beer house keeper. His wife Ann was 44, and both were born in Chesterfield.
1891. Annie Smales. Widow age 40 born in Bramley Yorkshire.
1895. Henry Wilkinson. Shaw St.
1901. Johnathan and Priscilla Neale. They were both 38, they had 6 children all born at Brimington.
1925. William Henry and Elizabeth Smith. 14 Shaw Street.
1932. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith. Leonard and Hilda Smith. Children.
1936. Walter and Annie Harriett Bedford.
1941. Walter and Annie H. Bedford.
1952. Ditto.
1955. Wilfred and Dorothy Hepworth.
1962. Wilfred and Dorothy Hepworth.
1968. Joseph and Marjorie Troth.
1970. Joseph and Marjory Troth.
1977. ditto.
1078. Frederick T. and Sheila Brown.
1981. Patrick and Clarice McDonnell.
1991. ditto
1996. David and Beverley A. Gledhill.
1997-8. Alan Wright.
1998. Not Listed.
2000. Lisa Greenwood.
THE ROYAL OAK. Shaw Street.
This little pub was at the bottom of Shaw Street. A few residents of that area can just remember it. It was leased out to John Smiths in 1907 and closed in 1908. At one time it was more popular than its neighbour the Victoria.
The Landlords.
- George Fretwell, he was 56 and also was a greengrocer as well as publican. He was born in Sheffield. Elizabeth his wife was 46 and born Duckmanton, they had 5 children.
1881. Henry Bullimore. He was 32 and born in Hexton Rutland.
1891. Edward Tingle he was 61 and born at Wigan. His wife Anne was 60 and born in Gloucester. Lodger John Woodward age 19 and born Worksop.
1895. Edward Tingle. Shaw St.. In 1888 he lived at Stonegravels and sold beer.
1900. Edward Tingle he was 69, his wife Ann was the same age. He was born in Gloucester and his wife was from Wigan.
1901. George Woodward he was 29, the lodger 10 years previous.
1908. The pub closed.
5. THE JUNCTION INN Originally The Stone Bottle.
This little beer house on Pottery Lane was listed in the census returns of 1861. It was under the name of Joseph Bargh. I would think its name coming from the pottery, as they made stone bottles there at that time. It is interesting to see ten years earlier in 1851, Joseph Bargh ran a shop. There was no mention of the Stone Bottle. Therefore, between 1851 and 1861, he must have obtained a Beer house license.
He then started selling beer. In 1881 it was still “The Stone Bottle.” The stone building is very old. I would think it is one of the oldest buildings on Pottery Lane. Also living around there at that date was a Hannah Coates listed as a Publican. (Was this the Junction?) In 1851 also living in that community was Elizah Madin age 47 with his wife Charlotte with son Aaron age 11. He was listed as a Beerhouse keeper and I would think the brother of the Pottery owner.
It is interesting to see that in 1891 on the census returns, the pub was called “The Railway Inn”. Its name “The Junction,” probably coming from the railway which came through in 1871.
Landlord’s of The Stone Bottle.
1851. Elizah and Charlotte Madin. Beer House keeper.
1861. Joseph and Maria Bargh. Then he was aged 39 and born at Newbold. His wife Maria was born in Whittington. Then “The Stone Bottle.”
1871. John and Elizabeth Wright had two children. John was 58, and Elizabeth was 55. Their daughter Etheldrea, aged 21, worked at the Pub. Their son Daniel was 15 years old.
1881. William and Frances Ball. They were both 40 years of age, he was born in Brimington and she London. They had five children the two eldest boys were coal miners. He left to be the landlord of the Railway Hotel.
1891. Isaac and Lydia Wagstaff. He was 46 and she was aged 40. All the family was born in Chesterfield. They had seven children the eldest two sons were coal miners, the third son was a brick maker. Also there at that time was Flora Collins she was 15 and a servant.
1899. ditto. “ The Junction Inn.”
1901. Joseph. S. Troth. He was 38 born Belper. He was also a coal-miner. His wife’s name was Eliza age 36 and born Clay Cross.
1925. Edmund and Cora Biggin.
1931. William and Mary Johnson.
1933-4. ditto
1935 James Gascoyne and wife Lilly. He had a nickname of Donkey Jim.
1946. ditto. Their children being Betty, Joel, Dorothy, Silvia and Jim.
1952. James and Lily Gascoyne. They also had two lodgers Arthur and George Blair.
1955. John W. and Harriet Athey. Their children Darrell and Jean.
1962. Ditto. They previously lived at 144 Pottery Lane.
1964. Edwin and Joyce Bradley
1972. Karoline and Sydney Oldfield.
1977. ditto
1987. William H. Yates. And Joanne Edwards, also there June, Dianne and John Yates.
1990 ditto
1991. David C. and Valerie Harper.
1993. John Greaves
1994-5. John and Andrew Greaves and Marion Greaves.
1996. Patricia and Terrence R. Greaves.
1997-8. John Greaves.
2002. ditto
6. Pubs on the South side. In Newbold Moor.
THE RACECOURSE TAVERN. No 1 Stand Road. This tavern was likely popular during the time of the Racecourse. It stood on the straight about 150 yards from the winning post. It was a very popular pub at that time and re-built about 1924. This was the year of the last race. It didn’t obtain a full licence till 1950. It was sold to the Kimberley Brewery in 1991. The tavern finally closed its doors in 2003. It is now home to Lillekers Funeral Directors.
A list of landlords.
1879. George Marriatt.
1881 Ditto
1891. David and Ellen Mellor. He was 33 and born Ashover. They had two sons Harry 5 and David John 4, both born Newbold.
1901. Ellen Mellor she was a widow 43 and born Warwickshire. She had two daughters and two sons.
1925. Charles and Ellen Butler.
1932. ditto
1936. ditto with Ida Booth.
1945. ditto.
1946. Horatio and Catherine Sanderson.
1949. Aaron and Elizabeth Barratt.
1955. William C. and Elizabeth Taylor.
1960. William C. and Elizabeth Taylor.
1962. ditto
1970. ditto with Keith and Betty Helliwell.
1971. Keith and Betty Helliwell.
1977. ditto
1978. Michael H. and Maureen Conway.
1980. Michael H. and Maureen Conway.
1980-1 Maureen Conway on her own.
1985. Thomas and Ida Revill.
1987. Thomas and Ida Revill.
1989. Bryan and Edna Catherwood. Also Gary and Bryan junior.
1990. Barry and Margaret A. Horton.
1994. John M. Sutcliffe.
1995. Ian M. and Lesley Rae.
1996. Margaret Mann and Margaret Savage.
1997-8 John R. and Hazel Curtis.
2000. Steven and Shirley Henshaw.
2001. ditto.
THE ROSE AND CROWN. 378. Sheffield Road.
This Public House is quite away out of Whittington but is still in the Electoral roll for Whittington Moor. It is situated just opposite the old Dema glass works. It was built when Sanforth Street was laid down, this is why the front isn’t in line with Sheffield Road. It had extensive alterations in 1938 and obtained a full licence in 1949.
List of Landlords.
1881. David and Ann Newton, he was 50 and born Shirebrook, she was 60 and born in Leicestershire. Living there was a servant Brigit who was 19 years old and born in Killamarsh.
1888. H. Smales.
1891. Henry and Elizabeth Smales. He was 47 and born Brampton, she was 32 and born in Chesterfield. At that time they had an Irish family living there.
1901. Henry Smales. Age 57 and born Cutthorpe.
1925. Walter and Ann Elizabeth Peet.
1931-2 Harold and May Hebdidge
1933. Ditto. John Bembridge living there.
1938. ditto.
1945 Not listed.
1946. Justice W. and Florence Rose.
1949. John Bembridge.
1955. ditto with Harold Goodwin.
1960. John Bembridge and Lucy H. Newton.
1977. John Bembridge.
1982-3 ditto.
1985-6. Michael and Eleanor Evans.
1989-90. Cathryn Oldfield.
1990-1. Claire A. Thompson. And Shaun W. Wright.
1991. Claire A. Thompson and Alan A. Thorpe.
1993. Michelle M. Hemingway.
1998. Michelle M. Hemingway and Lee B. Hemingway.
2002. Michelle M. Hemingway on her own.
2006. ditto.
The pub is now called ‘Glassworks’. This name remembers the Dema Glassworks which was across the road. The home of Chesterfield F.C. now stands there.
THE MINERS ARMS. 62 Sanforth Street.
This is also listed in the electoral roll for Whittington Moor, it being situated just over halfway up the street. Sanforth Street was named after the Gentleman Farmer who once owned the land. In 1870, James and William Sanforth were still farming in that area.
The map shows the Miners Arms very clearly in 1874, Nelson Street wasn’t thought of then. Miners were in the families of the first two landlords on the list and therefore quite understandable where its name came from. The map shows one building and so it could have been a Public House then
“The Miners Arms” seemed to be struggling to stay open in 1924, as its license was refused. At that time it was only selling an average of two barrels of beer a week. The landlord then was Charles Stamps, he obviously survived this hiccup and went on to be landlord till 1930.
A list of Landlords.
1881. John and Ellen Fern. He was 62 and born South Normanton. She was 63 and born Birchwood. Also there was a son John aged 30 a coal miner.
1890. William Green. He was 55 and born Hucknall. He had two sons and a daughter William 27, Charles15 and Nance 24. His sons were coal miners.
1904. Robert Francs. Beer Retailer Sanforth Street.
1925. Charles and Rosanna Stamps.
1931. ditto with George and Doris Alton.
1935. George and Elizabeth Booth.
1938. ditto with Ida Ellen Booth.
1945. George Booth and Ida Booth also there Sydney and Sarah Hutton.
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