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Churchgate, BOLTON, BL1 1HJ

This pub on Churchgate was originally The Swan Hotel, a grade II listed building, built in four phases between c1800 and c1900.

The Swan public house, at the corner of Churchgate Image and Bradshawgate was an old coaching house dating back to the 17th century. The Manchester Mail Coach used to run from here. It is Grade II listed and has had a variety of different owners since the 1900s including the Crown brewery, Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton and Burtonwood Brewery.

The Swan public house, at the corner of Churchgate and Bradshawgate Image was an old coaching house dating back to the 17th century. The Manchester Mail Coach used to run from here. It is Grade II listed and has had a variety of different owners since the 1900s including the Crown brewery, Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton and Burtonwood Brewery. On the right is the Market Cross Image

This Grade II listed public house dates back to 1251, the date of the charter permitting a market, which was held in the area very close to this building. Only the vaulted cellar dates that far back, a datestone inside the building shows 1636 as a rebuilding date, and some of the internal beams and features are original from this time. A plaque outside states "In this ancient hostelry, James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby passed his last few hours of his life previous to his execution Wed 15th October 1651".

Churchgate leads from Deansgate down to St Peter's Church Image The Market Cross is at the entrance to Churchgate, close to the spot where James Stanley, the Earl of Derby was executed after the Civil War. Bolton was granted the charter to hold a market in 1251; it was held here on Mondays until it became too large, when it moved to Market (now Victoria) Square in 1824. According to the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/4405/ "Scholes' History of Bolton dates the first Churchgate cross to 1482. According to Taylor, this structure was probably replaced by an Elizabethan or Jacobean cross which survived until 1776 when it was removed as an obstruction to the markets. John Wesley preached from this cross in 1748. The current structure was presented to the town by Liberal MP George Harwood in 1909 and was welcomed in a town which was "none too full of monuments and statues", and "somewhat lacking in these interesting memorials of the town." It has four plaques which record significant events in the town's history." Image Image Image Image

This public house dates back to 1251, the date of the charter permitting a market, which was held in the area very close to this building. Only the vaulted cellar dates that far back, a datestone inside the building shows 1636 as a rebuilding date, and some of the internal beams and features are original from this time. A plaque outside states "In this ancient hostelry, James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby passed his last few hours of his life previous to his execution Wed 15th October 1651".

Public house on Churchgate.

Public house on Chuchgate, Bolton

On the right is Prestons of Bolton Image who after a century of trading are closing their hometown store. In the middle is the Market Cross Image On the left is The Swan Image