Granby

Located on Bradford Road, just outside of the town centre. Known as the Granby Hotel, Granby Inn or just the good old Granby. No longer a public house.

30 Aug 1867 - Brewster Sessions - New licence application made by Thomas Blakelock of the Granby. Refused

28 Aug 1868 - Brewster Sessions - New licence application made by Thomas Blakelock of the Granby. Refused

27 Aug 1869 - Brewster Sessions - After several failed attempts, Thomas Blakelock of the Granby was granted his application for a new licence.

2 Apr 1871 - Census entry - Granby Hotel, Cleckheaton.
Thos BLAKELOCK  Head  M  44  Innkeeper & Cattle dealer  Cleckheaton

Mary BLAKELOCK  Wife  M  30  Pudsey

Halliday BLAKELOCK  Son  11  Cleckheaton

John BLAKELOCK  Son  8

Martha Ann BLAKELOCK  Dau  6

Joseph BLAKELOCK  Son  4
Jane BLAKELOCK  Dau  11m 

Feb 1875 - Licence transfer - The Granby. To Isaac Hepworth, ex-constable, of Woodlands.

Mar 1875 - Brewery - Acquired by Samuel Webster & Sons.

20 Jul 1876 - Court Case - Joseph Crowther, a labourer, was sent to prison for 2 months with hard labour for refusing to quit the Granby Inn and also with being drunk and riotous in the street.

1 Apr 1878 - Death Notice - Mary Swires, aged 24, daughter of Thomas Swires, landlord of the Granby Hotel, Cleckheaton, died from burns she sustained on March 2nd.

9 Jan 1879 - Court Case - John Brook appeared at the West Riding Court charged with refusing to quit the Granby Hotel and also with assaulting the landlord Thomas Swires. Fined 10s and costs for each offence.

18 Aug 1879 - Court Case - Thomas Swires, landlord of the Granby Hotel, was fined 10s under the Weights and Measures Act for having an unjust quart jug.

1 Jul 1880 - Court Case - Having only just received permission to sell, until the next licensing transfer date, the landlord of the Granby, Henry West, was found drunk on the premises by police. He was fined 10s.

3 Apr 1881 - Census entry - Granby Hotel, Chapel Street.
Henry WEST  Head  M  31  Licensed victualler  Birstall
Mary WEST  Wife  M  30
Sarah WEST  Dau  11  Scholar
Alfred WEST  Son  7  Scholar
Annie WEST  Dau  4  Scholar
Joseph WEST  Son  1

5 Apr 1891 - Census entry - Granby Hotel, The Nook & Bradford Road.
Joseph WILSON  Head  Wid  54  Landlord  Liversedge
Clara Annice WILSON  Dau  U  18
Sarah WEST  Step Dau  U  21  Birstal
Alfred WEST  Step Son  U  17  Card setting machine tenter
Annie WEST  Step Dau  14
Joseph WEST  Step Son  11  Scholar
Harry WEST  Step Son  8  Scholar  Cleckheaton

14 Jan 1897 - Licence transfer - Granby Hotel. To Ernest Fawell, son of the present tenant.

8 Apr 1897 - Licence transfer - Richardsons Arms, Oakenshaw. To Seth Priestley, who stated that for 20 years he had been a blacksmith and the last few years pianist at the Granby Hotel, Cleckheaton.

31 Mar 1901 - Census entry - Granby Hotel, Bradford Road.
Ernest FAWELL  Head  M  28  Licensed victualler  Liversedge
Florence FLAWELL  Wife  M  30  Hyde, Cheshire
Mary BURNS  Serv  U  22  General servant domestic  Goole

30 Nov 1901 - Probate Calendar - Ernest Fawell of the Granby hotel, Cleckheaton who died 26 Oct 1901 left an estate valued at £236 1s 5d.

4 Dec 1902 - Court Case - Florence Barker, widow of the above Ernest Fawell and now wife of Stanley Barker, landlord of the Granby Hotel, appeared at Hyde court in a domestic related case involving her recently deceased sister.

19 Jan 1905 - Court Case - William Pinder, a labourer from Cleckheaton, was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit the Granby Hotel and damaging a window there. Stanley Barker recorded as the landlord. Fined a total of 7s and ordered to pay the costs of the damage.

14 Jul 1910 - Licence transfer - The Granby. To Mark Clayton Seed. 

2 Apr 1911 - Census entry - 30 Bradford Road, Cleckheaton (8 rooms). Premises not named, but evidence suggests it was here.
Mark Clayton SEED  Head  M  37  Publican  Low Moor
Eliza Ann SEED  Wife  M  41  (15y, 2/2)  Assisting in business
Elethia SEED  Dau  14
George SEED  Son  13

3 Jun 1914 - Newspaper Article - Motor Accident at Low Moor. 6 people injured in car crash, one of them being recorded as Clayton Seed, landlord of the Granby Hotel.

19 Jun 1921 - Census entry - Granby Hotel (8 rooms)
John Illingworth SHACKLETON  Head  M  56y 2m, Shipley, Hotel manager, Samuel Webster & Sons brewers, At home
Sarah Ellen SHACKLETON  Wife  M  56y 5m, Shipley, Home duties
Clarice Stella SHACKLETON  Dau  U  20y 8m, Shipley, Home duties
Hilda STROUD  Dau  M  28y 7m, Shipley, Home duties
James George STROUD  Son-in-law  M  30y 3m, Woolwich, Steel wire cleaner, Spencer Wire Co., Cleckheaton
John Stanley STROUD  GrSon  1y 4m, Cleckheaton

10 Nov 1932 - Court Case - Landlord of the Granby Hotel, Harold Haley and his son Ramsden Haley were fined £10 and £3 10s for using the premises for betting.

29 Sep 1939 - 1939 Register entry - Granby Hotel, 30 Bradford Road
George H BUCKLEY  b. 14 Sep 1883  M  Licensed victualler
Abigail BUCKLEY  b. 19 Mar 1884  M  Unpaid domestic duties
George D BUCKLEY  b. 28 Nov 1916  S  Engineer's storekeeper
Gladys BUCKLEY  b. 28 Jul 1921  S  Wool winder (later married names FALLON & VARLEY)

11 Nov 1946 - Advert - Car for sale (a Chrysler Richmond 1935 saloon at £350). Apply to T. W Hemsworth of the Granby Hotel. Telephone number: 956.