Lord Nelson (Boston)

Ordnance Survey extract from 1887. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/index.html). Of the two inns on the west side of High Street, the Lord Nelson is the southern one, the Royal Oak is the northern one.

Lord Nelson Brewery, 69 High Street, Boston, Lincolnshire

The premises - built sometime before 1784 - adjoined Barnard’s Brewery in 1814 (being a Barnard's tied house) and were auctioned in that year following the Barnard's bankruptcy. The Royal Oak adjoined the property to the north.

In 1851 George Young brewed at the premises. He continued to brew his home brewed ales until at least 1884. An advertisement of 1868 gives his addresses as Brewery, Lord Nelson Yard and residence at 88 High Street (on the corner of White Horse Lane).

Young died on 4 March 1888. The Lord Nelson was closed and demolished in 1969 to make way for the Haven Bridge Road.