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The Royal Oak Hotel

Coordinates: 53°51′03″N 2°59′18″W / 53.85078748°N 2.9884419°W / 53.85078748; -2.9884419
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The Royal Oak Hotel
The pub in 2008
The Royal Oak Hotel is located in the Borough of Wyre
The Royal Oak Hotel
The Royal Oak Hotel
Location within the Borough of Wyre
The Royal Oak Hotel is located in Lancashire
The Royal Oak Hotel
The Royal Oak Hotel
The Royal Oak Hotel (Lancashire)
The Royal Oak Hotel is located in England
The Royal Oak Hotel
The Royal Oak Hotel
The Royal Oak Hotel (England)
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Former namesOld Oak
General information
TypePublic house
AddressBreck Road
Town or cityPoulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°51′03″N 2°59′18″W / 53.85078748°N 2.9884419°W / 53.85078748; -2.9884419
Completed1842 (1842)
DemolishedJune 2018
Technical details
Floor count3

The Royal Oak Hotel was a public house and hotel in the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.[1] It stood on Breck Road at its junction with Station Road.[2] Built in 1842, it was, up until its demolition, the only hotel in the town.[2] It replaced an earlier building, known as the Old Oak, which had also been a dye works.[2][3]

Joseph Redshaw was the pub's first tenant in July 1843. It was in 1860, during the time of the landlordship of Albany Featherstonhaugh (1791–1871)[4] that the pub was renamed the Royal Oak Hotel. It was home to the local branch of the Inland Revenue and an excise office.[2]

During its heyday, inquests and livestock sales were held at the pub.[1] It was also popular with workers on the adjacent goods siding, just south of the original location of Poulton-le-Fylde railway station. This station closed in 1896, and a new one opened a short distance away on Breck Road. The sidings were removed in the 1960s, and properties now stand on the site.[5]

It was named Chaplin's Bar between 2003 and 2009, at which point it closed.

The three-storey building was demolished in June 2018, after lying empty for several years. It was replaced by sixteen flats in 2022.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hunt, Richard (14 January 2020). "New future for site of Royal Oak pub in Poulton". LancsLive. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre – Nick Moore (2018), p. 290
  3. ^ Porter, John (1876). History of the Fylde of Lancashire. W. Porter. p. 207.
  4. ^ Family News – The Featherstone Society, November 2003
  5. ^ "Historical images of Poulton-le-Fylde take you back to a long lost era". Blackpool Gazette. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Work under way to build apartments on site of Royal Oak in Poulton". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 4 February 2023.