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Magpies Inn
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Date of photo: c1921 |
Picture Source: James Walker |
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The Magpies Inn was situated at 32 Waterside North.
This pub was present by 1794.
Upon closure in 1907 it became The Royal British Legion Club and is currently
the Waterside Social Club. |
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Formerly the Magpies Inn (present by
1791) after which an early bridge over the river was named. At least
1820-1850 it was known as the three Magpies and was variously addressed in
the 19th century as 3 or 9 Magpies Square, 31 or 32 Waterside North. For a
period around 1911 it was British Brush Works. Mr Ruston and Mr Shuttleworth
purchased it in 1913 to be used as St Swithins Parish Hall/Mission Room and
Coffee Palace. 1940-1944 it was a NAAFI club and later returned to being a
public house. It became the Royal British Legion Club 1956 and on 16th
November 2001 the Riverside Social Club. It was converted to flats in 2003.
Directory and census entries include; 1791 Thomas Moore; 1826-1852 George
Rumble (1852 also chemist, high st.); 1851 Ann Rumble; 1855-1861 David
Conlon (& brewer, maltster, wine & spirit merchant); 1867-1872 Henry
Billyard (& family brewer & wine & spirit merchant); 1881 Eliza Bryn; 1885
William Murfin Cliff; 1889-1891 George Oliver James (& joiner - James &
Reeve); 1892-1894 Arthur Longdon; 1896 Arthur Burniston; 1897 Charles Sims;
1900 William Brumby; 1901-1905 Alfred Richard Yates; 1911 Former public
house uninhabited; 1913-1919 St Swithins Mission Room and Coffee Palace,
(1919 caretaker Benjamin R Webber); 1965 British Legion Club.
Steve Turner (January 2022) |
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From The Archives |
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On 12th August 1842 Caroline Holmes, single
woman, of 13 Union Place was accused at Lincoln Quarter Sessions of stealing a sovereign from George
Rumble, publican. |
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From The St Swithin's, Lincoln Parish Register:
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Daniel Smith, a stranger from The Magpies
Inn, Water-side was buried 15th February 1818 aged 36 years. |
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Other Photos |
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Picture source: Chris Lightfoot |
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Picture Source: Richard Croft |
