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FLOOKBURGHAwindowintotheFlookburghareathroughthenewspaperarticlesthatrefertotheCrownInnon
MarketStreetinthe19thcentury.
TheCrownInninFlookburghwassoldbyauctioninFebruary2017.ItwasdescribedinthecatalogueasasubstantialGradeIIListedearly18thCenturyformerpublichousewithextensiveaccommodationarrangedoverthreefloorstogetherwithanattachedbarn,largecarpark,courtyardareas,agarageandagarden.Inallaround0.38acres.
ThisarticlewilllookattheparttheCrownInnplayedintheFlookburghcommunityinthe19thcentury.TheCrownissituatedontheoldoversandsroutefromLancastertoUlverstonandwastypicalofinnsthatgrewupbesidemajorhighwaysinthecoachingera.ItwouldhavebeenusedbyvisitorsusingthepopularCartmelspaatHumphreyHead.
TheInnwasusedformanyyearsasthevenueforland,farmandbuildingsauctions.AfewexamplesbelowgivefairlycomprehensivedescriptionsofbuildingsandlandforsaleinFlookburghandthesurroundingarea.
InAugust1808theCrownwasthevenuefortheLettingbyTicketoftheEstateorFarmofWilliamWilkinson,deceasedinFlookburgh.WilliamwasthebrotherofJohnWilkinson,ironmaster.JamesStockdalestates“ThelateMr.WilliamWilkinson,brotherofJohnWilkinson,…purchasedin1798,aconsiderablequantityofthecommonlandonWinderMoor,andfortheaccommodationofthisandotherland,erectedtheverylargefarmbuildingsnowstandinginFlookburgh.”AnnalsofCartmel,JasStockdale1872IsthisMiresideFarmonWinderLaneorFlookburghFarmjustoffFlookburghSquare?
LancasterGazette13August1808
TheinnkeeperisnowJohnRobertsandthe3estatesorfarmstoletaresituatedatCartlane,BirkbyandFlookburgh.Noticethat2ofthefarmsaretithe-free–oneobjectoftheEnclosureActswastogetridoftheobligationtopaytithes.
LancasterGazette15August1818
LancasterGazette23September1815
ThefreeholdlandatWestPlainistobesoldorletandincludesthefarm,land,2thrashingmachines,partoftheseaembankment,saltmarshandonesixthofthespaatHumphreyHead,hereknownasCartmelSpa.
TheWykefarmistobesoldwithayoungwood,limestonequarry,beautifulsurroundingcountryandfineviews.ItisclosetoCartmelSpaandincludes2furtherfieldsinFlookburgh,aturfmossandoneshareintheLancastercanal.Atthistimeitisfreeholdandtithefree.
LancasterGazette4November1820
LancasterGazette26May1827
TheabovepropertyisnowknownasJeremyHillinthecentreofAllithwaite.JohnRobertsisstilltheinnkeeperattheCrownInn.On17October1829thealmostexactnoticewaspublishedintheLancasterGazetteagain.Wasitsoldagain2yearslaterorwasitnotsoldin1827?
LancasterGazette10April1841
TheinnkeeperattheCrownInnisnowJamesJohnson.ItisnotclearisLot1andLot2areinFlookburghorHestBankasthepreviousowner,deceased,livedinHestBank.AsthemainroadtoFlookburghwasacrossthesandsHestBankwouldhavebeenseentobeinclosevicinitytoFlookburgh.
AuctionsandsalesattheCrownInnwerenotlimitedonlytofarmsandestatesbutwoodswerealsosoldasshownbelow.
LancasterGazette17October1835
TheCoppiceWoodisbeingsoldbyJamesStockdale,theowner,andisoverseverallotsintheareaofHowbarrow,Burns’sandSpeelbankestates.
InquestswerealsoheldattheCrownInn,usuallyforvictimswhohaddrownedintheFlookburghsandsarea.
LancasterGazette16June1827
Itappearsthat3peoplehaddrownedinthebay,onlyonebodyhadbeenwashedup.TheywerecrossingtheSandsroutebuthadmisjudgedthetideasithadnotgoneoutcompletely.
WestmorlandGazette30January1841
TheabovetwoinquestswereheldbeforeoneoftheLancashirecoroners,JohnGardner.JohnGardnerlivedinGarstangandwasacoronerfrom1803to1852(almost50years)whenhedied,aged72years,stillworkingasacoroner.HewascoronerfortheLonsdaleHundredandhetravelledfromLancastertotheCartmelpeninsulaonaregularbasis,crossingthesandsregularly.
TheCrownwasfirstandforemostadrinkinghouseandthenewspaperswouldonlyprintanythingoutoftheordinarywhichhappenedattheCrownin1855.
LancasterGazette29December1855
Theguiltymanandthehusbandofthevictimwereanavvyandagangerontherailwayrespectively.TheUlverstoneandLancasterRailwaywasbeingbuiltatthistimeandtherewouldhavebeenmanynavviesinthearea.
TheCrownInnwasalsoaregistrationpointforlocalcompetitions,includingPloughingcompetitionswhichwereadvertisedin1856and1857.
WestmorlandGazette28February1857
Itisinterestingtonotethatthewinnershavetopayapartoftheirprizetowardsthesecondprizeandalsothattheboyshavetoproduceacertificatetoshowtheyareunder18yearsofage.
Thefinaltwonewspaperclippingsaredated1940.
LancashireEveningPost24May1940
In1940SarahMackerethwas80yearsold
LancashireEveningPost21December1940
EmmaRepton,innkeeperwasfined£1forfailingtoobscurelightsintheCrownInnduringtheblackoutinWorldWarTwo
Fromcenuses,newspaperarticlesandGrangeRedbooksIhavetriedtolisttheinnkeepersattheCrownInnfromthe1800s,althoughitwasbuiltintheearly1700s.Therearegapsinthelist.
1808-JohnWhittle1818-1829-JohnRoberts1841-JamesJohnson,describedaspublican,aged55with3daughtersand4sons.1851-JaneTodd,publicanwithher3childrenandalodger.(ThomasButlerlivesnextdoor,accordingtothecensus,acarrieroversandswithhisfamilyandaservant.Ishethepublicanwhentheassaulttookplacein1855)1855–ThomasButler
1856–1861JohnButler,Innkeeperandblacksmith,aged45,withhiswifeand7children,ason-in-law,alodgerand2servants.1871–JohnButler,aged26,sonoftheaboveJohnwhodiedin1869.Johnliveswithhis4brothers,brother’swife,2nephewsandaservant.Johnisdescribedonlyasablacksmith,notapublican.1881–JosephPage,innkeeper,aged36withhiswife,her2sons,andtheirsonandavisitor1891–JosephPageisnowanagriculturallabourerandhiswife,Sarahistheinnkeeperwiththeir2sons.1901–JosephPage,now53,isahotelkeeper,hiswifeSarahisagrocerandtheyhaveonesonandaservant1911–JamesMackereth,age49andhiswifeSarah,age48whoisthepublican.Theyhave6sonsand4daughtersin9rooms.1939Thenextcensusisthe1939register.SarahMackerethisawidowandinnkeeper.1940EmmaReptontakesoverthetenancyfromSarahMackereth.1948–1954TerenceO’Neill1957-1963EandIWard1965–E.Williams1966–1969–GordonRawlins1969–1976–EileenRawlins(Gordon’swife)FollowedbyRobNixon,RobinMitchellandTheCrownInnwasaHartley’spublichouse.HartleysBrewerywasfoundedabout1755.1896theOldBrewerywasconveyedfromthetrusteesofJohnBoothtoRobertandPeterHartleyandin1919Hartleys(Ulverston)Limitedwasincorporated.InJuly1982thecompanywasacquiredbyFredericRobinsonLimitedofStockportwhosoldtheCrownInnin2017.
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