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The
Royal Oak, Penkhull
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The Royal Oak - Penkhull
photo c.1960
operated as a beer house from c1866 to 1912
View down Manor Court Street with Newcastle
Lane running off to the right.
The church to the left of the picture is St. Thomas's and the shop sign
reads....
The Village Stores
F & H BRUNT
high class
Groceries &
Provisions
The same view in March 2009
On the corner of Manor Court Street (which was called Church Street until the early 1950's) and Newcastle Lane (which was Newcastle Street), stands this small building. Part of a small row of cottages with this shop on the end. In 1866 the cottages were purchased by a John Royal, they are described as eight houses but with two of them "lately converted into one and used as a beer house occupied by William Benbow" The beer house was still occupied by William Benbow in 1870 but by 1884 was in the hands of the Shenton family - there is a gravestone in St.Thomas's church yard which reads:-
In Loving Memory of We shall miss thee
sadly Mother also DAVID SHENTON, In 1889 Parker's Brewery of Burslem
purchased the property and continued with the name "The Royal Oak"
until 1912. After Brunts "Village Stores" closed
the building was converted back into two small cottages. Sources: "Penkhull Remembered Again" R.Talbot; 1881 Census
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looking from Penkhull New
Road down Newcastle Lane
on the left is the old Royal Oak and on the right is the old
Primitive Methodist Church
The 1881 census reveals that the Shenton family were already living in Church
Street (the previous name for Manor Court Street), and although David Shenton is
described as a "Potters Fireman" it was not unusual for landlords of a beer
house to have a "proper" occupation as well.
1881 census:
Dwelling: Church St
Census Place: Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
David SHENTON | M 45 M | Head | Stoke | Potters Fireman |
Mary A. SHENTON | M 42 F | Wife | Stoke | |
Albert SHENTON | 20 M | Son | Stoke | Joiner |
Beatrice SHENTON | 17 F | Daur | Stoke | Dressmaker |
David SHENTON | 11 M | Son | Stoke | Scholar |
Eveline SHENTON | 8 F | Daur | Stoke | Scholar |
Noveller SHENTON | 6 M | Son | Stoke | Scholar |
Oscar SHENTON | 4 M | Son | Stoke | |
Blanche SHENTON | 1 F | Daur | Stoke |
The Royal Oak on Newcastle Lane
- now a hairdressers 'hair today'
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