The Eagle at Weeton

The Eagle at Weeton
The building in 2024
Map
Former namesThe Holy Lamb
The Eagle and Child
General information
TypePublic house
AddressSingleton Road
Town or cityWeeton, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°48′18″N 2°56′12″W / 53.805019°N 2.936607°W / 53.805019; -2.936607
Completed1585 (439 years ago) (1585)
Technical details
Floor count2
Website
eagleweeton.co.uk

The Eagle at Weeton (formerly the Eagle and Child) is a public house in Weeton, Lancashire, England. Dating to 1585, it is one of the oldest public houses in the county[1] and in north-west England.[2] A set of steps in front of the property date to the 18th century, and are listed.[2]

Situated on the former estate of Lord Derby,[3][4] the building was once a courthouse. Judge and Puritan activist Michael Livesey, who signed the death warrant for Charles I, is believed to have presided there.[1]

Matthew Anderton was the pub's landlord in 1851.[5]

The pub was known as the Eagle and Child until it underwent a £750,000 renovation in 2019, at which point its name reverted to its 16th-century name, the Eagle.[6] It has also been named The Holy Lamb.[1] The building had a thatched roof until a fire in the 1960s.[1][7]

Star Pubs and Bars, a subsidiary of Heineken, is the owner of the establishment.[6]

  • These steps in front of the building are listed
    These steps in front of the building are listed

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Here are 6 ghostly pubs in Lancashire... that go bumb in the night!" – Lancashire Post, 31 October 2019
  2. ^ a b "Eagle and Child Inn, Weeton". Red Rose Collections from Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ^ Clarke, Allen (1933). Windmill Land; Rambles in a Rural Old-fashioned Lancashire Countryside, with a Chat about Its History and Romance. W. Foulsham. p. 52.
  4. ^ "Builders swoop in at Fylde pub Eagle and Child for £750,000 revamp" – Blackpool Gazette, 13 March 2019
  5. ^ History, topography, and directory, of Westmorland; and of the hundreds of Lonsdale and Amounderness in Lancashire ... by Mannex & Co. authors. 1851.
  6. ^ a b "The Eagle at Weeton: First look inside one of the Fylde coast's best known country pubs after £750,000 refurbishment" – The Gazette, 18 June 2019
  7. ^ "Pubs, windmills and scenes from Fylde's past" – Blackpool Gazette, 2 October 2020