Red Lion

Not entirely certain on the exact location of this pub, but it was certainly one of Cleckheaton's earliest. It seems that it was somewhere opposite the current Wickham Arms and was a one storey cottage.

23 Jan 1770 - Newspaper Article - Navigation from Dewsbury to Bradford: Whereas it is apprehended that a navigable canal from Dewsbury to Bradford, by means of Spen rivulet, will open an easy communication between the rivers Air and Calder, of the greatest convenience and utility to the populous, trading towns of Bradford, Horton, Wibsey, Bowling, Byerley, Okenshaw, Hunsworth, Tong, Birstal, Gomersal, Cleckheaton, Hightown, Littletown, Roberttown, Heckmondwike, etc. It is therefore requested that all persons disposed to promote an undertaking, evidently calculated to advance the general interest of trade, and founded in the most liberal and extensive views, will be pleased to meet at Mr Abraham Smyth's, the Red Lyon, Cleckheaton, on Thursday the First of February 1770, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon; when and where an actual survey and estimate, made by the ingenious Mr Longbottom, will be submitted to their consideration.

1771 - Alehouse Licence - Earliest record of alehouse licences being granted in Cleckheaton to just two unnamed premises, one being owned by Abram Smith.

1773 - Alehouse Licence - Licences granted to three unnamed premises in Cleckheaton, one being owned by Abraham Smith.

3 Nov 1800 - Newspaper Article - A meeting of Joshua Mann's creditors will take place at the Red Lion, Cleckheaton, the house of George Garside.