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EDWARD LAW
HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT HISTORY
INNS OF HUDDERSFIELD
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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 | ||
| SADDLE, Westgate | ||
| 1778-79 | William Thewlis holds property to north of Westgate, including "Market or Cloth Shops". | RR |
| 1796 | William Thewlis, innkeeper. Inn not named, but children Richard & Elizabeth. | |
| 1800 | Theft case. Richard Thewlis. | KC165-315. |
| 19.9.1803 | Richard Thewlis, Saddle. | Brewsters. |
| 1804 | Richard Thewlis, Huddersfield, Innkeeper. | QS1/144/2 |
| 1805-07 | Richard Thewlis, Saddle Inn and saddler. | Directory. |
| 1816 | Richard Thewlis died age 50. | Hudds Grave 625. |
| 1818 | Elizabeth Thewlis, Saddle, Westgate. | Directory. |
| 4.10.1824 | Saddle Inn, Westgate, with brewhouse behind, leased for 10 years @ £100 pa to William Pickersgill by Elizabeth Thewlis. | KC 315 |
| 30.7.1825 | Tuesday age 56, Elizabeth relict of Richard Thewlis, saddler. | Mercury. |
| 10.2.1825 | William Pickersgill assigns lease to Thomas Blakeman of Stainborough, yeoman. | |
| 1825 | Elizabeth Thewlis died age 56 | Hudds Grave 625 |
| 1825 | Saddle. | KC 165/135. |
| 10.9.1825 | Sale, Saddle Inn with stabling, warehouses, market shops and brewhouse in occupation of Thomas Blakeman and two messuages adjoining in possession of Mrs Thewlis Deceased and Christopher Dawson. Supplied with spring water. They have an outlet backwards into Market Street and the Cloth Hall. | Mercury. |
| 26.11.1825 | Fire in stables of Saddle Inn, Westgate. | Mercury |
| 1827 | Building Society at house of Samuel Kirby, Hudds, innkeeper. | See Prince Regent. |
| 1828 | Samuel Kirby, Saddle. | Recog. |
| SADDLE 2 | ||
| 19.9.1803 | Thomas Appleyard. [Thewlis also appears] | Brewters. |
| 20.9.1806 | Thomas Appleyard Saddle. | Brewsters. |
| 14.9.1807 | Thomas Appleyard, Saddle. | Brewsters. |
| 1813 | Thomas Appleyard, Innkeeper. | Hudds Apprentice Book. |
| 15.4.1815 | Notice of appeal by Thomas Appleyard of Huddersfield, innkeeper, against conviction for allowing out of hours drinking on night of Saturday 31.12.1814. | Rad Papers. |
| SHEARS INN | ||
| 1827 | Enoch & Nancy Booth, Shears Inn. | Hudds Grave 74. |
| 1838 | Enoch Booth died age 45. | Hudds Grave 74 |
| 24.3.1855 | Sale at house of John Bickerdike, The Shears Inn. | Chron. |
| 1909 | Licence refused for Shears Inn, Market Place, Tadcaster Brewery Co., understood it was the oldest house in the Borough. | 13.3.1909 |
| SHIP | ||
| 1794 | Will of John Wilson, huddersfield, innkeeper. Son Thomas. All my vessell or keel with the mast and sails. | Misc. Will. |
| 1803 | Does not appear. | Brewsters |
| 20.9.1806 | Joseph Mappleson, Ship. | Brewsters. |
| 14.9.1807 | Joseph Mappleson, Ship. | Brewsters. |
| 1818 | Dan Scarlett, Ship, Back Green. | Directory. |
| 1825 | James Carleton, Ship Inn. | Sessions. |
| 1825 | James Carleton, innkeeper. | Misc Will. |
| 16.9.1828 | Inquest at Ship Inn. | Mercury/Ahier. |
| 1828 | Frederick Richardson, Ship. | Recog. |
| 1831 | Huddersfield Committee of Operatives met at Ship Inn. | Wm Croft, History of Factory Movement. |
| SHOULDER OF MUTTON | ||
| 1778-79 | Richard Blackburn, Shoulder of Mutton. North side of Temple Street. | RR & Survey. |
| 1797 | Richard Blackburn, Shoulder of Mutton. | RR |
| SLIP INN, Market Place. | ||
| 1818 | Matthew Hanby, Slip Inn, Market Place. | Directory. |
| SPREAD EAGLE. | ||
| 1778-79 | William Wilson (abroad). Spread Eagle and brewhouse. Between Market Street and Upperhead Row | RR & Survey. |
| 1778-79 | And John Ward. | Recog. |
| 1781 | John Ward. | Recog. |
| 25.4.1795 | Richard Battye, the Spread Eagle, letting of Birstall to Huddersfield Turnpike tolls. | Mercury. |
| 7.8.1795 | Richard Battye, the Spread Eagle, letting of Huddersfield to Halifax Turnpike Tolls. | Mercury |
| 31.10.1795 | Richard Battye, innholder, assigned goods to his creditors. | Mercury. |
| 1797 | Widow Wilson, Spread Eagle. | RR |
| 1798-99 | Hirst, widow of William, Spread Eagle, £1.5.0. | RR |
| 1798-99 | Wilson widow of William & Joseph Brooksbank, Spread Eagle £13. | RR |
| SPRING GARDEN COFFEE HOUSE | ||
| 1818 | Widow Sykes, Spring Garden Coffee House, Spring Gardens. | Directory. |
| STAG | ||
| 19.9.1803 | John Dawson, Stag. | Brewsters. |
| 22.9.1806 | John Dawson, Stag. | Brewsters. |
| 14.9.1803 | John Dawson, Stag. | Brewsters. |
| STAR. | ||
| 1796 | Cottage at Huddersfield Bridge end occupied by John Coats as a public house. | Will Wm. Heaton. |
| 19.9.1803 | George Robinson, Star. | Brewsters. |
| 20.9.1806 | George Robinson, Star. | Brewsters. |
| 14.9.1807 | George Robinson, Star. | Brewsters. |
| 1816-17 | Star Inn Club, James Brooks | RR |
| 1818 | James Brook, Star, Bridge-end. | Directory. |
| 1828 | Joseph Brook, Star. | Recog. |
| 1836 | Star Inn, Bridge End, Mr Brook, surveyor. | Chron. |
| SUN INN | ||
| 1803 | Not recorded | Brewsters |
| 20.9.1806 | Richard Senior, Sun Inn. | Brewsters. |
| 14.9.1807 | Richard Senior, Sun Inn. | Brewsters. |
| 12.2.1825 | Sun Inn, Cross Church Street. | Mercury. |
| 1825 | Sun Inn, Hnnah wife of Thomas Marshall, Huddersfield, tapster. | Sessions. |
| 1828 | Richard Fox, Sun. | Recog. |
| 1832 | Richard Fox, Sun Inn. | Court Roll. |
| SWAN. See White Swan | ||
| SWAN WITH TWO NECKS | ||
| 19.9.1803 | Nancy Clayton, Swan With Two Necks. | Brewsters. |
| 20.9.1806 | Nancy Clayton, Swan With Two Necks. | Brewsters. |
| 14.9.1807 | Nancy Clayton, Swan With Two Necks. | Brewsters. |
| 1818 | G Clayton, Swan With Two Necks, Westgate. | Directory. |
| 1825 | Henry Pollitt, Huddersfield, innkeeper | Sessions. |
| 27.12.1827 | Henry Pollitt, plumber. He and wife Grave at Swan With Two Necks. Elizabeth Clayton, single woman, calls Henry Pollitt her father in law. | Sessions. |
| 1828 | John Clayton, Swan With Two Necks. | Recog. |
| 18.5.1863 | Benjamin Catton, builder, Birkby, to pull down buildings in Westgate, Swan With Two Necks and the old Stamp Office within 30 days. | DD/RE/113/9 |
| 1864 | Swan With Two Necks and old Stamp Office pulled down. | Hordern. |