Fig 2. Image courtesy of Lancashire Archives (CNP/3/1/11).
The properties are assigned to three separate columns in the original document: Fields, Houses and Sundries, with a number for each (see Fig 2 left). The Fields category is self-explanatory, the Houses category is not. Although the column heading specifies number of houses it is clear from the context that in some cases the number refers to individual buildings and in others to multiple occupancy of individual buildings. The Sundries column includes non-residential buildings such as shops; again, the numbers can refer to individual buildings or parts of a building.
In some cases the annual rental values and acreages are not assigned to individual occupants but are given for the whole property. This is indicated in the entries below thus: annual rental value (joint) and acreage (joint)
Occasionally more than one location is listed in an entry. In these cases the locations given below refer to the occupants listed above them in the entry.
Sometimes the name of the occupant is followed by ‘etc’. This would seem to suggest additional occupants in the property.
The date refers to the day on which the survey of these properties was carried out.
Fig. 3. The plan prepared from the 1685 survey of Preston forms the basis for the above plan. Additional detail is taken from Lang’s 1774 plan of the town. Inset is a detail from Boyer’s 1715 rebellion map showing the houses in Church Street set on fire by the King’s forces.
Coverage South side of Church Street from the present Stanley Street to the present Manchester Road.
Note The surveyors began their task at the property owned by Mr John Garlicke, near the start of Ribbleton Lane. Mr Garlicke owned a number of fields close by at this time, and by the time of Lang’s survey in 1774 the land where the prison now stands was known as Garlick Fields. They then recorded the properties on the left of the present Stanley Street before crossing over and returning towards Church Street, following the south side of that street as far as Cocker Hole (the present Manchester Road).
The 1665 survey of Preston shows the barrs on the town side of the junction of Manchester Road and Church Street. This survey clearly locates them further east, for a few of the properties are recorded as ‘without the barrs’ and more as ‘within the barrs’. The later location is indicated on the 1822 version of Shakeshaft’s map of the town below, and is shown on the plan above.
Source: Preston Digital Archive curated by Barney Smith
This repositioning of the barrs could have been one of the consequences of the 1715 Battle of Preston in which many of the houses in Church Street were set on fire by the government troops, as shown on Abel Boyer’s plan of the battle (section shown inset above). [1] This destruction of much of Church Street might have altered the layout of the street, meaning that the 1685 plan might not accurately represent the property boundaries in 1732. However, given the desire of property owners to maintain their boundaries and the example of the rebuilding following the Great Fire of London, it is probable that most of the original property boundaries were maintained.
Another effect of the firing of Church Street could have been the end of the Talbot Inn (then commonly known as the Dog) which is recorded in the Bellingham/Rawstorne diaries at the position show on the above plan (property reference 23). It seems to have been reborn by the time of this survey as the Dog (now the Old Dog) further up Church Street.
Longton School, which was the grammar school for the parish of Penwortham and was shortly to move to Hutton [2], owned a number of other properties in Preston in addition to the ones listed below. The school owned the property (No 22 in the list below) which is the site of the present Blue Bell. Whether it was a hostelry at this time is not indicated in this source, and whether the ‘disorderly house’ known as the Blew Ball and kept by Widow Hall in April 1716 is this Blue Bell is uncertain. [3]
For a full account of the later history of the Old Dog and the Blue Bell see Steve Halliwell’s website .
1 Owner: Mr John Garlicke Occupant: William Carter etc; property: 2 houses; annual rental value: £2 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate Town End south side Tenure: yearly rental
2 Owner: Borough Occupant: Thomas Crook; property: house; annual rental value: £1 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate Town End south side Tenure: leasehold
3 Owner: Borough Occupant: Widow Alford; property: 2 houses; annual rental value: £1 10s. 0d. Location: Churchgate Town End south side Tenure: leasehold
4 Owner: Borough Lessee: George Osbaldeston Occupant: Thomas Hollinghurst; property: house Occupant: Thomas Ronson; property: house Annual rental value (joint): £2 10s. 0d. Location: south of and next Alms-houses Tenure: leasehold
5 Owner: Mr William Wall Lessee: Stephen Ellet Occupant: John Cross; property: house Occupant: Jennet Marsden; property: house Occupant: John Butterfield; property: house Occupant: Thomas Ellet; property: house Occupant: John Cumberbatch; property: house Annual rental value (joint): £6 11s. 0d. Location: on the hill leading to Walton east side Tenure: leasehold
6 Owner: Borough Lessee: Richard Sudell joiner Occupant: William Moss; property: house Occupant: James Greenwood; property: house Annual rental value (joint): £2 0s. 0d. Location: on the hill leading to Walton east side Tenure: leasehold
7 Owner: Lawrence Wall esq Lessee: Ellen Myers widow Occupant: Widow Bryers etc; property: field and 2 houses; acreage: not given; annual rental value (land): £1 10s. 0d.; annual rental value (housing): £1 13s. 0d. Location: lane returning from Walton west side Tenure: leasehold
8 Owner: John Winckley esq Lessee: John Cook Occupant: William Garstang etc; property: 5 houses; annual rental value: £4 7s. 0d. Location: The first house next the above, rest follow on south side Church-gate returning towards the church Tenure: leasehold
9 Owner: Longton School Lessee: Thomas Bullen Occupant: Thomas Bullen etc; property: 2 houses and shop; annual rental value: £5 10s. 0d. Location: Churchgate without barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
10 Owner: Longton School Lessee: Mr William Loxham [of] Longton Occupant: John Fell etc; property: 2 houses; annual rental value: £1 15s. 0d. Location: Churchgate without barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
11 Owner: Longton School Lessee: Richard Rawlinson Occupant: Margaret Noblet; property: house; annual rental value: £1 6s. 0d. Location: Churchgate without barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
12 Owner: Longton School Lessee: Richard Gregson Occupant: George Singleton; property: house; annual rental value: £4 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate without barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
13 Owner: Mr William Wall Occupant: Thomas Heath; property: house and shop; annual rental value: £3 10s. 0d. Location: Churchgate without barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
14 Owner: Mr William Wall Occupant: John Petty; property: house and shop; annual rental value: £1 15s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
15 Owner: Mr William Wall Occupant: Thomas Thellow; property: house; annual rental value: £1 5s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
16 Owner: Mr William Wall Lessee: William Beesley Occupant: empty; property: house; annual rental value: £1 15s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
17 Owner: Mr William Wall Occupant: John Woodruff as Cross [?]; property: house; annual rental value: £1 15s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
18 Owner: Mr William Wall Occupant: John Hoole; property: house; annual rental value: £2 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
19 Owner: Richard Shawe Occupant: William Shawe senior; property: house and woodyard; annual rental value: £8 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
19 Owner: Richard Shawe Occupant: Isaac Boaz; property: house Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
20 Owner: Henry Fleetwood esq Occupant: Edward Farnworth; property: field and house; acreage: not given; annual rental value (land): £1 10s. 0d.; annual rental value (housing): £4 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
21 Owner: Alderman Mr Thornton Occupant: John Gregson; property: field and house; acreage: 0.25; annual rental value (land): £0 15s. 0d.; annual rental value (housing): £7 5s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
22 Owner: Longton School Lessee: Jennet Seed widow of Thomas Occupant: Richard Leach etc; property: field, house and garden; acreage: 0.75; annual rental value (land): £2 0s. 0d.; annual rental value (housing): £8 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
23 Owner: Borough Occupant: James Bostock; property: house; annual rental value: £5 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
24 Owner: James Harrison Occupant: Mrs Lonsdell; property: house; annual rental value: £6 6s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
25 Owner: Madam Patten Occupant: Madam Patten; property: house; annual rental value: £6 5s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: owner occupied
26 Owner: Mr Hamerton Astley Occupant: Mrs Lucy Ashton; property: house; annual rental value: £17 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
27 Owner: Mr William Hardman Occupant: Alderman Mr Clayton; property: house; annual rental value: £9 14s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
28 Owner: executors of John Hardman Occupant: Mr Jeffry Roby; property: house; annual rental value: £7 11s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: yearly rental
29 Owner: Molyneux Lessee: executors of Richard Myers Occupant: Mr Stock; property: house; annual rental value: £20 0s. 0d. Location: Churchgate within barrs south side Tenure: leasehold
30 Owner: Mr James Bolton [of] Blackb. [Blackburn?] Occupant: John Baynes; property: field and house; acreage: not given; annual rental value (land): £5 0s. 0d.; annual rental value (housing): £4 10s. 0d. Location: Cocker Hole Tenure: yearly rental
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