The Olde Ship Explained

The Olde Ship
Other Name:The Old Ship
The Ship Inn
Coordinates:53.929°N -2.9111°W
Location:Pilling, Lancashire, England
Area:Borough of Wyre
Built:1782
Designation1:Grade II listed building
Designation1 Date:17 April 1967

The Olde Ship is an historic building in Pilling, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1782 for sea captain and slave trader[1] George Dickinson (1732–1806),[2] and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England.

The building was used as a farmhouse, owned by a Mr Whiteside, in 1815,[3] while William Armer was landlord, when the property was a public house, for 36 years, retiring in 1927 at the age of 68.[4]

The village smithy adjoined the inn. It is now a private residence.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.visitlytham.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/History-of-Blackpool-Nick-Moore.pdf A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre
  2. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4397632 The Old Ship, Pilling
  3. General View of the Agriculture of Lancashire, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain), R. W. Dickson, William Stevenson (1815), p. 587
  4. https://thearmerfamilyoflancashire.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/william-armer-mary-bailey/ William Armer & Mary Bailey