The Bay Horse

Architectural Heritage Dossier

covering Thornton, (FY5), Lancashire

Compiled by Mike Pollard, 2009   Second Issue

Picture by Mike Pollard 2004

No accurate date information has been found for the Bay Horse on Station Road, but the first map it can be found on is dated 1892.  There may have been a number of inns in this area and the 1851 census shows a blacksmith who was also a retailer of beer, but this may not have been the Bay Horse. 

With the first opening of the railway station in 1840 there would have been plenty of business.

The 1841 census shows a "Waggon & Horses" but this was not functioning as an inn.

Picture Postcard

Little has changed at the front of the Bay Horse since this picture was taken during the Thornton Gala in 1910.  The doorway and window ranges are the same.