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| The Pack Horse c.1960. |
The Pack Horse or the Old Pack Horse as it was called at various times in its lifetime was situated at 3 Rochdale Road (previously Royton Street). It was built sometime before 1790 and had been in operation as a beerhouse since 1792. The first name on record for the beerhouse was the Farm Yard in 1804. The pub went through an identity crisis the next few years so I'll just list the names of the pub with dates for now: Unknown (1792-c.1803), Farm Yard (c.1803-1806), the Abercromby (1806-1811), Lord Abercromby (1811-1823), the Old Ship (1823-1828), Turf Tavern (1828-1836). In 1836 the pub became the Pack Horse. It closed in 1964 and demolished shortly after to make way for road improvenments and the building of Oldham College. The site of the former Pack Horse today is part of the grass verge between the college and Rochdale Road.
I'd be interested to know if you are able to find out who ran the pub in the mid 1800's. My great-great grandfather, John Lomax, was a publican by trade. He ran an inn in Tyson Road, Crumpsall in 1851, and one in Rochdale Road in 1861. But I see that there was more than one pub on this road and I do not know if this is the one. I believe neither still exist. He was married to Sarah, known as Sally, Whittaker.
ReplyDeleteAnswer for Johann Vanderbijl [please forward]: in 1861 the Pack Horse Inn, Oldham was run by our ancestor Mary Howarth née Grime. [1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 3014; Folio: 5; Page: 6; GSU roll: 543065]
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