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<big>'''Elizabeth Rostron''', ''61 Higher Market Street, Farnworth, Greater Manchester.''</big> | <big>'''Elizabeth Rostron''', ''61 Higher Market Street, Farnworth, Greater Manchester.''</big> | ||
Recorded in | Recorded in 1880s-1890s. | ||
''Rostron's pubs:'' | |||
* Black Horse Hotel, 61 Higher Market Street, Farnworth. Site of the brewery. | * Black Horse Hotel, 61 Higher Market Street, Farnworth. Site of the brewery. | ||
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By the 1880s the Founders Arms, 18 St Georges Street, Bolton, was owned by Elizabeth Rostron. She also owned two other pubs in the Bolton area: the Bridge on Bridge Street and the Gibraltar Rock on what was then known as Pikes Lane but which was renamed Deane Road in 1896. Right up until the Founders Arms' closure "Rostron’s Founders Arms" could be seen etched into the window above the front entrance. | By the 1880s the Founders Arms, 18 St Georges Street, Bolton, was owned by Elizabeth Rostron. She also owned two other pubs in the Bolton area: the Bridge on Bridge Street and the Gibraltar Rock on what was then known as Pikes Lane but which was renamed Deane Road in 1896. Right up until the Founders Arms' closure "Rostron’s Founders Arms" could be seen etched into the window above the front entrance. | ||
The image below, courtesy CAMRA, shows the window at the Founders Arms: | |||
[[File: BoltonFoundersArms_Camra.jpg|300px]] | |||
[[category:Greater Manchester]] | [[category:Greater Manchester]] | ||
Revision as of 19:22, 12 August 2020
Elizabeth Rostron, 61 Higher Market Street, Farnworth, Greater Manchester.
Recorded in 1880s-1890s.
Rostron's pubs:
- Black Horse Hotel, 61 Higher Market Street, Farnworth. Site of the brewery.
- Bridge Inn, Bridge Street, Bolton. Demolished 1930s.
- Founders Arms, 18 St Georges Street, Bolton. To Joseph Sharman.
- Gibraltar Rock, Pikes Lane, Bolton. Later Magee's.
- Kings Head Hotel, Deane. Later Tong & Sons Ltd.
- Boat House Hotel, Magazines, New Brighton. Later West Cheshire Brewery.
By the 1880s the Founders Arms, 18 St Georges Street, Bolton, was owned by Elizabeth Rostron. She also owned two other pubs in the Bolton area: the Bridge on Bridge Street and the Gibraltar Rock on what was then known as Pikes Lane but which was renamed Deane Road in 1896. Right up until the Founders Arms' closure "Rostron’s Founders Arms" could be seen etched into the window above the front entrance.
The image below, courtesy CAMRA, shows the window at the Founders Arms:
