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EDWARD LAW
HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT HISTORY
INNS OF HUDDERSFIELD
C to D
An assembly of research notes garnered from a multitude of sources during the course of many years of local history research. The information is freely available for use by all, other than for the purposes of trade, subject only to due acknowledgement.
For details of sources see SOURCES.
| SOURCES | ||
| CHERRY TREE. | ||
| 1797 | John Oxley [note] afterwards C Kaye, The Cherry Tree Inn | RR |
| 1803 | Not in Brewsters list | |
| 20.9.1806 | Samuel Bottomley, Cherry Tree | Brewsters |
| 14.9.1807 | Samuel Bottomley, Cherry Tree | Brewsters |
| 1808 | Samuel Bottomley, Cherry Tree | KC 165/167 |
| 1818 | Nancy Bottomley, Cherry Tree, Westgate | Directory |
| 21.4.1821 | Mr Bottomley, Cherry Tree Inn, Huddersfield | Mercury |
| 1824 | Cherry Tree Inn | KC165/103 |
| 3.1.1824 | Married, Thursday week at Almondbury, Mr Joseph Bottomley, Cherry Tree Inn, to daughter of Mr Thomas Abbey, corndealer, Lockwood. | Mercury |
| 1828 | Joseph Bottomley, Cherry Tree | Recog |
| 1832 | Bottomley | Dispensary |
| 11.7.1868 | Cherry Tree Inn to make way for new Estate Buildings. This ancient inn, the oldest in the town of Huddersfield | Chron |
| 25.7.1868 | For sale, Brewing plant, Cherry Tree Inn | Chron |
| 1870 | Kayes, tenants of Cherry Tree Inn, not formerly on a principal street, came to occupy one of the best positions in the town. Building was very old and ruinous. Kayes were very old tenants. The whole pulled down two years ago | DD/RR/c/26.4 |
| CLOTHIERS ARMS. | ||
| 1778/9 | William Bradley, Merchants & Clothiers. West side of Southgate | RR/Survey |
| 1780 | William Bradley Clo. Arms | Survey |
| 1781 to 1794 | William Bradley Clors Arms. [The inn name is given to distinguish the various William Bradleys] | Land Tax |
| 1797 | William Bradley, Clothiers Arms | RR |
| 1798 | William Bradley, Clothiers Arms | Land Tax redemption papers |
| 19.9.1803 | William Bradley, Clothiers Inn | Brewsters |
| 1805 | House of William Bradley, The Clothiers Inn | QS1/144/2 |
| 20.9.1806 | William Bradley, Clothiers Arms | Brewsters |
| 14.9.1807 | William Bradley, Clothiers Inn | Brewsters |
| 1818 | George Bradley, Clothiers Arms, Kirkgate | Directory |
| 19.3.1825 | House of … Bradley (?) Clothiers Arms | Mercury |
| 1828 | George Bradley, Clothiers Arms | Recog |
| 1837 | Clothiers Arms | Manslaughter case in Briefs |
| 1840 | William & James Brooksbank, Clothiers Arms Inn | Grave 129 |
| 1842 | William Brooksbank, Clothiers Arms Hotel | |
| COCK. | ||
| 1803 | Francis Spence, Cock | Recog |
| 1803 | Francis Spence of Bradley Lane, innkeeper | Will of William Moore |
| 20.9.1806 | Francis Spence, Cock | Brewsters |
| 14.9.1807 | Francis Spence, Cock | Brewsters |
| COLLIERS. | ||
| 27.6.1736 | Spent with Michael Hanson colliers 6d. [May not be an inn] | Turner Diary |
| COMMERCIAL INN. | ||
| 1828 | Anby Beatson, Commercial Inn | Recog |
| 1842 | John Gill, The Commercial Inn | Hfx G |
| 1843 | John Gill, Commercial Inn | Hfx G |
| CRANE Probably known subsequently as Nags Head (qv) | ||
| 19.9.1803 | Peter Thornton, Crane | Brewsters |
| 1806 | Does not appear; Peter Thornton is of Nags Head | Brewsters |
| CRESCENT INN. | ||
| 1828 | John Smith, Crescent | Recog |
| 1843 | Benjamin Ainley, Crescent Inn, High Street | Hfx G |
| CROSS KEYS | ||
| ? 6.2.1732 | Joseph Sykes, landlord (Doubtful) | Turner Diary |
| 1766 | Edmund Sykes, the common bellman who keeps a public house | KC 165-73 |
| 1778/9 | Dorothy Sykes, a widow, Cross Keys. Widow of Edmd Sykes. South side of Westgate | RR & Survey |
| 1778/9 | Dorothy Syke, a cert (Which indicates a new Licence holder) | Recog |
| 19.9.1803 | John Thompson, Cross Keys.(Then to Red Lion qv) | Brewsters |
| 20.9.1806 | William Bottomley, Cross Keys | Brewsters |
| 14.9.1807 | William Bottomley, Cross Keys | Brewsters |
| 1813 | William Bottomley, innkeeper | Hudds Apprentice Book |
| 1818 | William Bottomley, Cross Keys, Market Street | Directory |
| 1828 | John Wilkinson, Cross Keys | Recog |
| 1832 | William Bottomley formerly innkeeper of the Cross Keys, Huddersfield | KC 165-270 |
| 1852 | Mrs Dyson, Cross Keys, High Street | Chron |
| DIAL. | ||
| 1778/9 | Joseph Walker, Dial. He also owned the Kings Arms and was married to Widow Ryley. West side of Southgate, adjoining Clothiers. | RR Survey |
| 1778/9 | Joseph Walker – a cert (which indicates a new licence holder.) | Recog |
| DOG. | ||
| 1797 | Joseph Walker, Dog public house | RR |
| 1798/9 | Joseph Walker, Dog | RR |
| 1803 | John Ryley, Dog | Rate |
| 1818 | John Leece, Dog, Kirkgate | Directory |
| 25.12.1827 | John Leece, Dog Inn | Sessions |
| 1828 | John Leece, Dog | Recog |
| 15.4.1839 | Marriage of Joseph Dalton, ropemaker, son of John Leece, innkeeper | Kirkheaton PR |
| 14.3.1840 | Mr Beaver’s the Dog Inn | Mercury |
| ND | Dog Inn in the Old Street | Hanson |
| DRUIDS HOTEL. | ||
| 1834 | George Mitchell, innkeeper. Enclosing part of a public footpath from Highfields to Birkby | Court Rolls |
| 1842 | Mitchell of the Druids Hotel | |
| 21.1.1843 | Meeting of Ancient Order of Druids at house of Bro. George Mitchell, Druids Hotel | Hfx G |
| 20.2.1844 | Mr Oastler made his speech (on return to Yorkshire) from the spacious area in front of the Druids Hotel on the Halifax Road | Fleet Papers |
| 1844 | Druids Hotel kept by ‘Father Mitchell’ | Croft History of Factory Movement |
| 1847 | The buildings of the Zetland Hotel originally stood in Temple Street, called the Druids Hotel. Re-erected in 1847 following station development | Wyles Buildings of Huddersfield |
| DUKE OF YORK | ||
| 20.9.1806 | John Leach | Brewsters |
| 14.9.1807 | John Leach | Brewsters |
| 6.6.1813 | William son of John & Grace Leece, Huddersfield, Innkeeper | Hudds PR Bap |
| 20.8.1815 | John son of John & Grace Leece, Huddersfield, innkeeper | Hudds PR Bap |
| 1815 | Jon. Lees, innkeeper, Hudds, Club called Duke of Wellington Club | RoD QE 18.206 |
| 1816 | Jon. Leech, Duke of York, Duke Street | Directory |
| 1818 | George Storey, Duke of York, Back Green | Directory |
| 1843 | Mrs H Lee, the Duke of York Inn | Hfx G |