Bull's Head

Another public house that is long gone. It was located on Westgate between South Parade and Westcliffe Road.

Brewery: Wilsons (dates not known)

2 Apr 1871 - Census entry - Iron Street, Cleckheaton. Premises not named but evidence suggests it was here.
Joseph CROWTHER  Head  M  32  Mason & beerhouse keeper  Brighouse

Eleddy CROWTHER  Wife  M  31

John NICKELSON  Wife's father  M  59  Miner  Dainby?

Harriet NICKELSON  Mother  M  55  Bradford

Charlotte NICKELSON  Sister  13  Scholar  Clifton

Samuel SHACTON?  Boarder  U  21  Slater  Bradford

Joseph WHITTENBURY  Boarder  U  24  Still man  Greenwich, Kent

James PICKERING  Boarder  U  22  Slater  Bradford
Samuel BOCKING  Boarder  42  Still man  Derby 

Apr 1877 - Licence Transfer - Bull's Head, Westgate. From George Taylor to Samuel Goldsbro.

3 Apr 1881 - Census entry - Bull's Head, Iron Street.
Joseph CROWTHER  Head  M  42  Beerhouse keeper  Brighouse
Lydia CROWTHER  Wife  M  40
Abraham CROWTHER  Son  14  Mechanic's ap
Anne CHARLESWORTH  Serv  15  Domestic  Heckmondwike
Albert SMITH  Boarder  U  32  Blacksmith  Gomersal

5 Apr 1891 - Census entry - 1 Iron Street, Cleckheaton. Premises not named but evidence suggests it was here.
Jabez GOTT  Head  M  43  Publican  Yeadon
Hannah GOTT  Wife  M  39
James GOTT  Son  12  Doffer
William WARREN  Lodger  U  31  Cooper  Tewkesbury, Glos.

31 Mar 1901 - Census entry - Bull's Head, Cleckheaton.
Henry PATCHETT  Head  M  48  Publican  Halifax
Elizabeth PATCHETT  Wife  M  49
Joseph W PATCHETT  Son  U  17  Green grocer
Gertrude PATCHETT  Dau  16
Harry PATCHETT  Son  14  Message boy
Ethel M PATCHETT  Dau  12
Mable PATCHETT  Dau  6  Cleckheaton
Morris PATCHETT  Son  2

3 Mar 1910 - Bradford Brewster sessions - Police objected to several Cleckheaton licences. One being that of the Bull's Head, tenanted by William Miller. The objection was on the grounds that the number of public houses in the district was greatly in excess of requirement and the premises were old and structurally unsuitable. Licence renewed.

2 Apr 1911 - Census entry - Westgate, Cleckheaton. Premises not named but evidence suggests it was here.
William MILLER  Head  M  49  Innkeeper  Kirby Overblow
Ada MILLER  Wife  M  47  (27y, 7/6)  Heckmondwike
Annie MILLER  Dau  U  26  Filler up  Hightown
Edith HOLT  Dau  M  25  (5y, No children)
Ernest MILLER  Son  14  Iron shafting turner  Cleckheaton
Ellen MILLER  Dau  12  School
Bertha MILLER  Dau  9  School

19 Jun 1921 - Census entry - 111 Westgate, Cleckheaton (6 rooms). Premises not named but evidence suggests it was here.
John Henry HOLT  Head  M  38y 7m, Brighouse, Motor waggon driver, P & C Garnetts, Wharf Works, Cleckheaton
Edith HOLT  Wife  M  35y 5m, Home duties
Nora HOLT  Dau  6y 10m, Cleckheaton, School whole time
Lucy Gwendolyn WALKER  Domestic  U  21y 8m, Hartshead, Public domestic servant for head
(NB - Edith is the daughter of the earlier mentioned William Miller)

1925 - Electoral Register - Bull's Head Inn, 111 Westgate. Occupants recorded as John Henry & Edith Holt.

1930 - Electoral Register - Bull's Head Inn, Westgate. Occupants recorded as Walter & Elizabeth Sheard and Emily Chappell.

1935 - Electoral Register - Bull's Head Inn, Westgate. Occupants recorded as Clarence & Edith Anderson.

11 Apr 1935 - Court case - Licensee of the Bull's Head Inn, Cleckheaton, James Bryan and his wife Ellen, both fined £2 for supplying intoxicating liquor during non-permitted hours.

29 Sep 1939 - 1939 Register entry - 111 Westgate. Premises not named but evidence suggests it was here
Percy WHITLEY  b. 8 Jun 1884  (M)  Publican
Ida A WHITLEY  b. 25 Jun 1889  (M)  Publican assistant

1940 - Electoral Register - Bull's Head Inn, Westgate. Occupants recorded as Percy & Ida Annis Whitley.