The White Horse Hotel was an inn at least since 1851, although Barry Ledgard tells us that a licensee of the White Horse Inn, William Jackson, was charged with running a stage carriage without a licence, every Market day, to Halifax, and was caught…
There had been an inn on this site since 1851. The White Horse Hotel closed its doors 1960 and was demolished in 1962, the site is now a car park. There are two holly trees and these still remain.
The holly tress are still there (2014) but the inn has gone and the area is now a car park The water tower, seen here on the top on the left hand building on the corner of St Georges Square, has since been removed. Hangingroyd House can be seen part…
Situated on the Long Causeway between Blackshaw Head and Mereclough. Print from old negative. Sign above the door shows man with a gun and dog. The licensee is George Greenwood. PH3F
Keith Stansfield says: I believe the date of this photo is…
In this photograph, taken from Dale Street, the public house seen on the left is The Royal George Inn which, until the end of the 18th century was known as The Ship Inn. Interestingly there was a watergate passage under the adjoining coal merchant’s…
In the middle of the 18th century it was called The White Swan and renamed The Lord Nelson after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) It is in Luddenden Village opposite the church.
It was built by Gregory Patchett whose initials are on the gable window dripstone. The Inn was frequented by Bramwell Bronte during his time working at Luddendenfoot Station (1840/42) and it had a lending library at that time.