| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington | Ashton-in-Makerfield, 154 Bolton Road | Caledonian | In the right-hand bay window, an etched window with 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. This window replaced by 2018. A Tetley lantern survives over the front door. | SP 2006; Google 2018 and 2021 | . GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester | Aspull, 615 Bolton Road | Gerrard Arms | To the right of the front door, an etched window with 'GERRARD ARMS HOTEL ... Boddingtons'. Replaced by 2015. | BHK photo 2006; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd Warrington | Golborne, 124 Church Street | Red Lion (former) | 'Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool' etched windows. TB reports in 2006 that " this fine set of old Greenalls windows has been removed and replaced with plain glass". Pub converted to a house by 2015. | SP 2006; TB 2006; Google 2015 | . GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Matthew Brown Blackburn | Hindley, 103 Atherton Road | Off-Licence | Facing Atherton Road, a projecting box sign featuring a large 'red lion' illustration - the Matthew Brown trade mark. Only one face survived by 2018, but the sign had gone by 2022 | BHK photo 2009; Google 2022 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
QUERY | Hindley, 5 Castle Hill Road | Horse Shoe Tavern (former) | At first floor level, a roundel with a horseshoe and 'JB Ltd'. The property is now a house. The premises were occupied by John Berry, beer retailer, between 1869 and 1876. Was JB a brewer? | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester | Leigh, 15 Lord Street | Musketeer | One etched window on the front - 'Boddingtons ... MUSKETEER' around the brewery's trademark of a cask with bees. Replaced by 2014. | SP 2006; BHK photo 2006; Google 2014 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Bedford Brewing & Malting Co Ltd Leigh | Leigh, 2 Market Place | Boars Head | Fine-looking pub, rebuilt 1900. Above the door in terracotta - 'BB' monogram twice. Also Walker's plaques (qv). | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington | Leigh, 2 Market Place | Boars Head | Fine-looking pub, rebuilt 1900. Plaques adjacent to the front and back doors with the 'queen on horseback' trade mark and 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. The front one was obscured by a modern sign in 2024. Also 'BB' monograms (qv). | SP photo 2006; Google 2024 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Bedford Brewing & Malting Co Ltd Leigh | Leigh, 42 Church Street | Court Hotel (former) | Victorian corner pub with 'RG' in the keystone above the door. Could be 'R Guest', whose brewery became Bedford Brewing & Malting. Brewery needs confirmation please. Pub closed 2006. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
George Shaw & Co Ltd Leigh | Leigh, 436 Manchester Road | Boundary Hotel (former) | Etched windows with monograms 'G S CO LTD'. Converted to housing in 2011. | BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd Warrington | Leigh, 7 St Helens Road | Bridge Inn (demolished) | Five etched windows on the front with monogram - 'GW & Co Ltd'. Demolished by 2020. Site redeveloped with flats. | SP photo 2006; Google 2020 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington | Leigh, 73 King Street | A pizza takeaway | High on the gable wall, a fading painted sign - part obscured, part missing - 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Leigh, 88 Chapel Street | Standard Mower (former) | A small oval Bass plaque under the hanging sign: 'Bass' (script) ... 'ESTd 1777 ... BURTON-ON-TRENT'; and a red triangle. The hanging sign was removed by 2016, when the pub was converted to other uses. | BHK 2012; Google 2016 | . GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd St Helens | Orrell (Longshaw), 190 Upholland Road | Unicorn | Stone panel on the front elevation: 'GREENALL'S St HELENS ALES.'. Converted to a restaurant, but the panel survives. | BHK photo 2006; Google 2024 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Orrell, 226 Orrell Road | Stag | The windows have four leaded panels - two with 'stag' ilustrations; two with 'PW' monograms. | BHK photo 2012 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington | Pemberton, Billinge Road | Hare & Hounds | On the wall at the back, a very faded painted sign 'WALKERS WARRINGTON ALES'. | DWh photo 2007 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Richard Barker & Co Huyton | Wigan - Centre, 14 Market Street | Crofters Arms (former) | Closed as a pub for many years, this is now a restaurant. Superb exterior with red glazed bricks, above which is a mosaic fascia with maroon lettering on ivory - 'BARKER'S ... CROFTERS ARMS ... CROFTERS ARMS ... BARKER'S HUYTON ALES'. From 2016, new board signs were applied to the Hallgate elevation, obscuring part of the original tiling. | SP photo 2006; CExc photo 2014; SP photo 2018 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington | Wigan - Centre, 5 Wallgate | Raven Hotel | A plaque adjacent to the front door with the 'queen on horseback' trade mark and 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Albion Brewery Co Ltd Wigan | Wigan - Centre, 70 Frog Lane | Colliers Arms (former) | Pub converted to a restaurant. Terracotta tiling above each of the two doors with initials 'AB'. | TB 2006; EMa 2009; IMcL 2009; SP photo 2018 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Wigan - Centre, 93 Standishgate | St John's CYMS (former) | On a church social club, a damaged projecting box sign featuring 'WHITBREAD TROPHY BITTER'. Sign removed by 2016. The premises converted to a gym. | WRB photo 2008; Google 2016 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Tetley Walker Ltd Warrington | Wigan - Centre, 94 Standishgate | Griffin Hotel | Formerly an Oldfield Brewery house. Above the door, an attractive lantern with leaded coloured glass featuring the brewery's 'Huntsman' device; there is no brewery lettering. | SP photo 2018 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Oldfield Brewery Ltd Wigan | Wigan - Centre, 94 Standishgate | Griffin Hotel | In a stone pediment above the central first floor window: 'OB Ld'. Above this, a large white-tiled panel with gold lettering: 'GRIFFIN HOTEL'. The pub is dated 1905. | SP photo 2018 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Wigan - Centre, New Market Street | Tudor House Hotel | A projecting box sign featuring 'Bass' in script and a red triangle. The hotel was closed in 2024, and the Bass sign was gone. | WRB photo 2008; Google 2024 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester | Wigan - Newtown, 134 Ormskirk Road | Bowling Green (demolished) | On the side elevation, a Boddington's yellow projecting sign in typical style. Pub demolished by 2024 and the site redeveloped with new housing. | BHK 2012; Google 2024 | . GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Oldfield Brewery Ltd Wigan | Wigan - Park Lane, 702 Warrington Road | Ben Jonson | Terracotta tiling above the front door, the initials 'OB'. Above this, a decorative terracotta panel with 'Ben Jonson HOTEL'. | BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington | Wigan - Springfield, 102 Gidlow Lane | Bird I'Th' Hand Hotel | Mosaic fascia with lettering, white on green: 'WALKERS ... BIRD I' TH' HAND HOTEL ... WARRINGTON ALES'. In the ironwork above the left-hand door, a 'W'. | SP photo 2018 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Magee Marshall & Co Ltd Bolton | Wigan - Springfield, 168 Gidlow Lane | Pagefield Hotel (former) | A magnificent building, grade 2 listed, rebuilt by Magee Marshall in 1902. Degraded stonework over the door: 'MAGEE MARSHALL & Co ... PAGEFIELD ... HOTEL'. Stone shield at high level with relief lettering: 'MM & Co Ld'. Two rectangular stone panels between ground and first floor windows with relief lettering: 'MM & Co Ld'. A stone panel above the side door with relief lettering: 'MM'. Several leaded windows with painted glass: 'MM & Co LTD'. The pub was closed and shuttered from 2016, but Google shows in previous years that most ground floor windows have original etched glass with 'MM & Co' monograms and in some cases the room names - hidden behind shutters in 2018. Proposals to convert to flats in 2024. | SP photo 2018; Google 2014-2016 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington | Wigan - Swinley, 106 Wigan Lane | Bowling Green | Two surviving front etched windows: 'A WALKER HOUSE' and 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. The pub is dated 1904. Windows all appear to have been replaced by 2015. | SP photo 2006; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Wigan |
Magee Marshall & Co Ltd Bolton | Wigan - Wallgate, 262 Wallgate | Seven Stars Hotel (demolished) | 'MM' in terracotta panels above two doors. Also the date 1902 over the front door. The pub became a Thwaites' tied house. A serious fire in 2008, following which it was demolished. | SP photo 2006; Google 2012 | Picture GONE |