[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by jo jo

Thanks everyone that was a great help. We are tracing our family history and we have been led to believe that our Gt Gt Grandma was the landlady there, but could not find either the name of the pub or if there was even a pub in that area . (Family legend has it that she was the 1st ladylady in Accrington but dont know if this is true).

If your Gt Gt Grandma was the first, then she would have had competion.
Abbey Inn. Mary Ashworth. 1894
Bird in Hand. Sarah Grimshaw. 1869
Black Bull. Elizabeth Ratcliffe.
Colliers Arms. Mary Haworth 1869
Commercial. Jane Harrison.
Crown Inn. Martha Bentley. 1860
Globe Inn. Ellen Stuttard. mid 1800's

Those are just a few of the female landlady's
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