Manchester pub history index
Licensing registers list the Minshull Arms, 72 Downing Street from 1763 to 1962. A Groves and Whitnall Pub. It is also known for a short while in the 18th century as ‘The Half Moon and Star'. *
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Manchester, Lancashire.
Residents at this address
1780/John Cooper/../../Alehouse Recognizance Records *
1783/John Cooper/../../Alehouse Recognizance Records *
1784/John Cooper/Half Moon and Star/../Alehouse Recognizance Records *
1786/Stephen Moorhouse/../../Alehouse Recognizance Records *
1822/George Holland/../../Pigot’s Directory *
1825/George Holland/../../Manchester Guardian *
1829/William Hunt/../../Pigot’s Directory *
1841/William Shiers/../../Pigot & Slater’s Directory *
1847/William Shiers/../../Slater’s Directory *
1850/William Shiers/../../Slater’s Directory *
1863/Roger Wilson/../../Slater’s Directory *
1876/William Bagshaw/../../Slater’s Directory *
1877/William Henry Combes/../../Manchester Guardian *
1881/John Williams/Manager (Inn Keeper)/36/Manchester, Lancashire,
England/Census *
1881/Mildred Birch/Housekeeper/62/Stockport, Lancashire, England/Census
1881/Thomas Pickering/Barman/21/Manchester, Lancashire, England/Census
1881/Ernest Whittaker/Barman/13/Manchester, Lancashire, England/Census
1886/John Williams/../../Slater’s Directory *
1891/John Williams/Licensed Victualler/47/Manchester, Lancashire/Census *
1891/Mildres Burch/Housekeeper, widow/71/Stockport, Cheshire/Census
1891/David Booth/Barman/26/Cross, Cheshire/Census
1891/Samuel Thompson/Barman/21/Barrow on Furness, Lancashire/Census
1895/John Williams/../../Slater’s Directory *
1903/David Dyson/../../Slater’s Directory *
Manchester Courier 04 November 1905 : Listing of the oldest licensed houses still remaining on their original site, with the years in which their licenses were granted.
1763 Minshull Arms, 72 Downing street
1911/Alfred Wilkinson/../../Slater’s Directory *
1929/Jn Jas Brade/../../Slaters Directory
* Provided By Tony Yardley