The history of The Clickham Inn/Station Hotel, Blencowe, Nr Penrith

[Keith Sherwood]

Alan,
How exciting this all is! This thread lying dormant and neglected/ignored for 18 months, and suddenly a light is shone  brightly on certain details of this hostelry's past, bringing Misses Hannah and Doris wonderfully to life again, somehow.  What a storm in a teacup, or should I say a drop of ale in a beer glass...
Keith

[AlanBoyd]

Yes Keith, it was a different world then wasn’t it!

[hanes teulu]

Alan,
That Oct 1877 "Clickem Inn" find was spot on. Seems there was another "Clickem Inn" in nearby  Appleby/Longwathby/Melmerby.

Penrith Observer, 21 Aug 1866
"Mr Cant applied for a spirit licence to the beerhouse called Clickem Inn, in the occupation of Mr Robinson, and situate on the Greystoke Road - Application granted"

[hanes teulu]

1871 Census
John Robinson, Head, Marr, 68, Innkeeper and Landowner, born Warcop, Westmorland

Address - Station Hotel

[AlanBoyd]

Clickem comes from a North Country dialect word 'click' meaning to steal. A clickem is a thief or even a body snatcher. "Clickem Inn" is a name applied to lonely wayside public houses. Also appears in "it was got at Clickem Fair" meaning it was purloined.


source: The English Dialect Dictionary p 639
Ed. Joseph Wright, Ma, Ph.D, D.C.L Volume I London: Published By Henry Frowde Amen Corner EC 1898

[hanes teulu]

Thanks for that information. There are certainly a number of "Clickems" around.

[hanes teulu]

1861 Census
John Robinson, Head, Marr, 58, Beer House Keeper, born ?, Westmorland

FindMyPast have transcribed the address as "Gaid Port, Hoggart Hill, Newbiggin" but I read it as "Guid Post".

The '61 addresses run " ... Newbiggin, Hoggart Hill, Riggs, Guid Post, Moss Thorn, Pallet Hill ..." 

[hanes teulu]

Carlisle Journal, 4 Mar 1843

" ... GUIDE POST HOUSE, on the road between Penrith and Greystoke ... Proposals will be received by John Robinson of 1 Guide Post House, the owner ..."

This is from the extract returned when I search BNA - but the original image is not being displayed.

[AlanBoyd]

I read John Robinson’s birthplace in the 1871 census as Warcop, and there is indeed a Warcop about 25 miles SE of Blencow, beyond Appleby.

Also I’m not sure if you spotted the significance of Guide Post, see here

https://maps.nls.uk/view/121144688