The Lion Pub, High Street, Dudley

[Wardy]

I would like to learn information relating to an old pub which used to be in High Street, Dudley which was called The Lion. I have ancestors who used to own & run the Windmill Inn in Dudley but have recently discovered in the 1891 census that following the death of her husband, Mary Harvey, then worked as manageress of The Lion in High Street presumably after selling the Windmill Inn.
If anyone can tell me anything about The Lion I would be most grateful & if anyone knows where I might be able to track down an old photo I would welcome being pointed in the right direction please.
With Many Thanks.

[linell]

Hi I can only find information on the 'Red Lion' Dudley, the archives hold a Ground Floor Plan:- MDU/8/3/58: Ground plan of the Red Lion Hotel, Dudley ([c1900-1910])

But there are hundreds of Books on Dudley, and the High Street has been very well recorded on print and pictures, so I would find some Local History Books on Dudley, either on line or try Dudley Library.

HTH Linell.

[Northern Lass]

if you put in the red lion on this site you should get a photo
http://blackcountryhistory.org/collecti ... 145_p_605/

Ref No: p/605
Date: 1958
Description: The "Red Lion " due for demolition.
Level: Item
Technique: Photograph
Tags: Public houses
For more information contact: Dudley Archives


not sure if that is your red lion though says bath street?

[Antie Em]

Courtesy of Tony Hitchmough - www.longpull.co.uk

RED LION
85-86, (86), Upper High Street, DUDLEY

OWNERS
Peter Walker and Son, Liverpool [1900]

LICENSEES
Henry Woodhouse [1860] – [1864]
T Parsons (1864 – [ ]
E Robinson (1868 – 1870);
George Saunders (1870 – 1871);
Samuel Parsons (1871 – 1872);
William Field (1872 – [1873]
John Stock [1880] – [1884]
Mrs. Mary Ann Stock [1888]
Thomas Edward Moore [1892]
Percy E Boughey [1903] – 1913);
Jeffries (1913 – [ ]
NOTES
MUSEUM [1860], [1864], [1871]
LION INN [1870], [1872], [1880], [1884], [1892]
RED LION
86, High Street [1872], [1880], [1884], [1888], [1892]
85-86, High Street [1881], [1905], [1910]
Upper High Street [1873]
It was a home brew house.

[1835]
Stourbridge Observer 19/11/1864 - Advert
“MUSEUM INN, High Street, Dudley / T. Parsons / Respectfully informs his Friends and the Public
generally, that he has taken the above Inn, and hopes by attention to business, keeping the best
articles, and doing his utmost for the comfort of those who may favor him with a call, to ensure a
share of their future patronage. / A ‘Free and Easy’ every Monday and Saturday evenings. / Ales,
Wines, Spirits, Cigars, &c, of First-class Quality.”

WINDMILL
10, Stafford Street, (Old Mill Street), DUDLEY
OWNERS
Frank Myatt Ltd.
Ansells Ltd.
LICENSEES
George Gwinnutt [1777]
Thomas Gwinnutt [1793]
James Brookbanks [1822] – [1828]
Thomas Yardley [1835] – [1845]
Edward Forrest [1850]
William Smith [1854] – [1865]
Solomon Crew [1867]
William Epsley [1872]
James Davis [1873]
Rosannah Constable [1875]
Stephen Amison [1880]
James Harvey [1881]
Mrs. Mary Harvey [1884]
Henry Hemmings [1888] – [1892]
W H Chambers [1901]
John Todd [1903] – 1904);
Edwin Viner (1904 – 1908);
John Cassere (1908 – 1909);
John Disturnal (1909 – 1910);
S C Whitehouse (1910 – 1912);
B Christopher (1912 – 1913);
Edwin John French (1913);
John Walsh (1913 – 1914);
James Joseph O’Dowd (1914);
Harry Roberts (1914 – 1916);
Henry John Dunn (1916 – 1918);
William Bridge (1918 – 1921);
Frederick John Thomas (1921 – 1923);
John Albert Morrissey (1923 – 1924);
Albert Ernest Hyde (1924 – 1926);
Thomas John Allsop (1926 – 1935);
Walter Edward Frederick Lilley (1935 – 1937);
John Thomas Allsop (1937 – [1941]
David Fellows [1940’s]
Wilfred William Portman [1955]
NOTES
Mill Street [1822], [1835], [1841]
Old Mill Street [1850], [1862], [1865], [1870]
10, Stafford Street [1872], [1910]
10, Old Mill Street [1888]
Thomas Yardley was also a soda water manufacturer. [1845]

Dudley Herald 23/2/1867
“To be sold by auction ….. old established public house…..”
Dudley Herald 15/6/1867 and 10/8/1867 and 31/8/1867
“Solomon Crew, begs to thank the inhabitants of Dudley and the district generally, for the very
liberal and cordial support they have given him during the several years he has had the pleasure of
being in business amongst them, and in order to meet the wants of his increasing business and afford
better accommodation to his numerous customers, he has the pleasure to inform them that he has
taken to that old established and well known house called the WINDMILL INN, Stafford Street,
Dudley, and much nearer High Street than his former residence.
Solomon Crew begs to inform his friends and the public that, in future, he will spare no expense and
lose no opportunity to supply them with the best of Ales, Wines and Spirits at the lowest
remunerative prices…..”

Dudley Herald 14/12/1872 and 21/12/1872 and 8/3/1873
“WINDMILL SPIRIT VAULTS ….. to be sold by private treaty ….. old established licenced inn,
with every accommodation for commercial travellers, now doing an extensive in and out door
business ….. situate near to the High Street, and at the corner of Five Ways, in the most important
part of town, the whole tastefully filled up with every requisite for the trade ….. recently painted and
grained, containing liquor vaults, smoke room, front parlour, back kitchen, brewhouse, maltroom,
large club room, and eight bedrooms, extensive cellaring ….. weekly brewing 360 gallons, well
supplied with hard and soft water. Fixtures and stock at valuation.
NB – The above offers a rare opportunity for making an independent fortune in a few years…..”
Dudley Herald 27/11/1875
“Rosannah Constable, landlady, WINDMILL INN, Stafford Street ….. obtained a protection order
against her husband George…..”
Stephen Amison was also a butcher of 41, Stafford Street. [1880]

An application for removal granted on 11th April 1946.
1952 – “To be taken down.”
Provisional Removal Order confirmed in April 1955
“to southern side of Wrens Hill Road, approximately 100 yards of eastern side of Hillside Road.”
- the CAVES


Maggie

[Wardy]

Thank you all for the wonderful information that you have posted for me. I am amazed at the kindness of everyone & am most grateful.