In the 1851 census, Henry Ince is living down the Common, but isn't listed as selling beer. The first mention of the beerhouse itself is in a newspaper article in February 1860. The 1861 census shows Henry Ince aged 71, at Bee Hive Beer House, listed as a beer seller, living with his unmarried sons and a boarder. Almost anyone could buy a license to brew and sell beer, providing they were living in the premises.
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The Plough Brewery
The Plough Brewery, later to become famous as John Mercer's, started as a small brewery in Adlington, that grew out the Plough Inn on Market Street. This made its history difficult to research, as for many years, the lives of both the brewery and the inn were entwined.
Forgotten pubs: Traveller's Rest
Part or all of this row of four red roofed cottages on Long Lane, Heath Charnock, was once the Traveller's Rest, a beerhouse between the years of 1855 and 1868. It is located near the turning for the old Heath Charnock Isolation Hospital. The first trace we have is John Jolly listed as a retailer of beer here 1855. He would sell beer, most likely that they had brewed themselves.
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