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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Wardleys Pub

Wardleys was a pub on Wardley's Lane in the civil parish of Stalmine-with-Staynall, near the village of Hambleton, Lancashire. The building dated to the 18th century and occupied a location, on the eastern banks of the River Wyre and beside Wardleys Creek, believed to have been used since Roman times.

In the 1890s, during part of its life as a hotel, it was owned by Thomas Houghton. In the 1950s, R. F. Fyles was the proprietor. It was also a farm during that era, and a fire destroyed its barn in December 1899; the hotel was not affected.

After the pub's closure in 2005, the building fell into disuse and dereliction, during which time it was used as a marijuana-growing location on its upper floors and a Chinese restaurant on the ground floor. It closed in late 2010 and burned down on 25 April 2011. It was then demolished, and has now been replaced by a home, built by the last owner of the pub.

References

  1. ^ "Fire-damaged riverside pub to be demolished?" Archived 11 May 2021 at the Wayback MachineThe Garstang Courier, 30 January, 2012
  2. ^ The Hidden Places of England – Peter Long (2004), p. 328 ISBN 9781904434122
  3. ^ Wardleys Lane – FarrellHeyworth.co.uk
  4. ^ Hambleton, Wardley's Hotel c.1955Francis Frith
  5. ^ Shire Horse Stud Book, volume 17 – Shire Horse Society (1896), p. 653
  6. ^ The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory (1958)
  7. ^ The Mark Lane Express, Agricultural Journal (1899), p. 705
  8. ^ A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre – Nick Moore (2018), p. 119
  9. ^ The Wardleys, Hambleton – ClosedPubs.co.uk