The white house adjacent to the current Coach and Horses pub was the original Inn. The image above the front door is a passing reference. It was converted to a private house before the Second World War.
In 1871, William Duxberry aged 37 was the inn-keeper. Between 1881 and 1911 his widow, Margaret Duxberry was the licensee. When the Bretherton Estate was auctioned in 1920, the property included ‘a high class bowling green, a club house and stabling for three horses’ (Auction Catalogue 1920).
With acknowledgement to Sue Adair
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The image at the top was taken in the 1930’s and shows a ‘new’ trolley bus outside the Coach & Horses. Courtesy of ‘A History of Transport Through Rainhill’ by Rainhill Civic Society.
