The Royal Oak Hotel

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The Royal Oak Hotel
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The pub in 2008
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The Royal Oak Hotel
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The Royal Oak Hotel
Former namesOld Oak
General information
Type Public house
Address Breck Road
Town or city Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Coordinates 53°51′03″N2°59′18″W / 53.85078748°N 2.9884419°W / 53.85078748; -2.9884419
Completed1842 (1842)
DemolishedJune 2018
Technical details
Floor count3

The Royal Oak Hotel was a public house and hotel in the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. [1] It stood on Breck Road at its junction with Station Road. [2] Built in 1842, it was, up until its demolition, the only hotel in the town. [2] It replaced an earlier building, known as the Old Oak, which had also been a dye works. [2] [3]

Joseph Redshaw was the pub's first tenant in July 1843. It was in 1860, during the time of the landlordship of Albany Featherstonhaugh (1791–1871) [4] that the pub was renamed the Royal Oak Hotel. It was home to the local branch of the Inland Revenue and an excise office. [2]

During its heyday, inquests and livestock sales were held at the pub. [1] It was also popular with workers on the adjacent goods siding, just south of the original location of Poulton-le-Fylde railway station. This station closed in 1896, and a new one opened a short distance away on Breck Road. The sidings were removed in the 1960s, and properties now stand on the site. [5]

It was named Chaplin's Bar between 2003 and 2009, at which point it closed.

The three-storey building was demolished in June 2018, after lying empty for several years. It was replaced by sixteen flats in 2022. [6]

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References

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  3. Porter, John (1876). History of the Fylde of Lancashire. W. Porter. p. 207.
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  5. "Historical images of Poulton-le-Fylde take you back to a long lost era". Blackpool Gazette. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  6. "Work under way to build apartments on site of Royal Oak in Poulton". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 4 February 2023.