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Title: The rising sun pub, whitwood
Post by: vnicholson on Saturday 18 July 15 20:07 BST (UK)

Hi there, does anyone have any historical info or old photos of The Rising Sun, Whitwood (nr Castleford) My family (Evans) ran this pub from 1918-1940 and i;m trying to put together some info to add detail to my tree/research, many thanks in advance

Title: Re: The rising sun pub, whitwood
Post by: perth tiger on Sunday 19 July 15 00:51 BST (UK)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x487969cc61586135:0x5ca25730adbaf460!2m5!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i100!3m1!7e1!4shttps://plus.google.com/107185486300189269782/photos?hl%3Den%26socfid%3Dweb:lu:kp:placepageimage%26socpid%3D1!5srising+sun+pub+whitwood+-+Google+Search&sa=X&ved=0CHoQoiowC2oVChMIvP20ye_lxgIVojSmCh1ndwDf

Title: Re: The rising sun pub, whitwood
Post by: Goughy on Sunday 19 July 15 10:12 BST (UK)

The building appears to be a Grade II Listed building.  Perhaps Historic England may be able to help you. The link to entry

http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1313209

Title: Re: The rising sun pub, whitwood
Post by: JCam on Sunday 26 July 15 17:21 BST (UK)

Hi,
According to the listing the existing ' Rising Sun' pub was originally a Miners Welfare Institute built in 1908, bought by Tetleys in 1948 as replacement for original Rising Sun pub. The current building is a grade 2 listed, as is the adjoining terrace of cottages, and was designed by CFA Voysey for the Briggs family. When I lived in Castleford they had the distinction of being the only listed buildings in Castleford - I'm saying nothing else  ;D !!
It would seem from this information that the pub that your family ran may well have been the original 'Rising Sun' which appears, according to this information, to have been a different building,
If you want a photo of the current 'Rising Sun' there is one on Flickr.