Grove Inn

A bit of a mystery at the moment, as it is not entirely clear where this was located. By the sounds of things, it was very close to the two Pack Horse Pubs at Moor Top, which could explain why it didn't last very long. The premises do not feature in the 1861 census.

1841 - Trade Directory - Pigot & Co., National & Commercial Directory records James Bates as a retailer of beer, Cleckheaton
(NB - There is only one James Bates in the 1841 census for Cleckheaton. He is recorded as a card maker and residing at Hartshead Moor Top, with the New Pack Horse shown just a couple of doors away...was this the Grove Inn?)

6 Jun 1841 - Census entry - Hartshead Moor Top. Premises not named but are possibly at this location.
James BATES  60  Cardmaker (both born in Yorkshire)
Sarah BATES  55

30 Mar 1851 - Census entry - Grove Inn, Moor Top.
Joseph CLAYTON  Head  M  36  Hawker & innkeeper  Clifton

Mary Ann CLAYTON  Wife  M  33  Todmorden

John BROOKE  Lodger  U  44  Blanket weaver  Cleckheaton
George PRIESTLEY  Lodger  U  22  Wire drawer  Hightown 

1854 - Leader's Trade Directory - Hartshead Moor. Premises not named but believed to be here. Beerhouse keeper recorded as Joseph Clayton. 

8 Mar 1857 - Newspaper Article - Regarding the arrangement of running races between certain parties which can be made at the Grove Inn, Hartshead Moor, house of Matthew Mortimer.

7 Aug 1857 - Property Auction - To be held at the Railway Hotel, Cleckheaton.  One of the lots is a messuage or dwelling house now used as a beerhouse known as the Grove Inn, along with barn, stable, brewhouse and outbuildings in the occupation of Matthew Mortimer.