Woodman Inn - Castleford

[pjyorkie]

does anybody recognize the pub in the photo below ?

The Woodman Inn was apparently located somewhere near Castleford, and was owned (and possibly built) by my gtgt-grandfather Henry Wilson.. sometime in the late 1880s to early 1890s.

He vanished in the mid 1890s and I'm hoping that locating the pub might help find further details on him.

thanks,


Shane

[pjyorkie]

The woodman innwas located on the boundary between castleford and pontefract on pontefract road, it was closed and used to billet the construction workers when the M62 motorway was built. it was located at the pontefract side of the m62 at junction 32, it was demolished after the motorwas construction was completed.

Phil

[onefortheroad]

it was located at the pontefract side of the m62 at junction 32, it was demolished after the motorwas construction was completed.

Phil

Sorry Phil but I think you'll find it was located on the Glasshoughton side of the M62, almost exactly where the eastbound sliproad is now.
PerthTiger's 'youtube' clip clearly shows the proximity of the pylon (still there), the Stainburn and Park Rd houses and the field inbetween that's now used for storing containers.

David

[Chipesch]

The Woodman Inn was definitely north of the M62. The pylon on the Aire and Calder picture is still there and the street in the background is Stainburn Avenue.. I am only down the road.

Amos Beaumont,  a relative, was landlord in 1881.

Someone I know used to work in the coke ovens in Glasshoughton and used the Pub.

When the railway was built in the 1840s Pontefract race course was "chopped off". It used to come close to the M62 area where the pub was.

Tunnels were dug beneath the railway (still there) to allow cattle to be moved off the race course.

Bob

[shanew147]

The Woodman Inn was definitely north of the M62. The pylon on the Aire and Calder picture is still there and the street in the background is Stainburn Avenue.. I am only down the road.

Amos Beaumont,  a relative, was landlord in 1881.
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do you know how long your relative was Landlord for ?

My GtGt-Grandfather Henry Wilson supposedly either owned or managed the pub sometime around the 1890s..


Shane

[Chipesch]

No, he is just on 1881



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The family also had the Lord Nelson on the river at at Penbank Lock Altofts.

Your Ancestor wouldn't have built the original pub as it was there before the railways. Could have done a rebuild.

Bob

[shanew147]

many thanks... the 1881 details help narrow down the dates for us.

Our family story was that he built it and ran it, but have not found anything to confirm that.


Shane

[baz 4]

My Grandmother Nellie Ambler was born on 28 September 1901 at Woodman Inn and I understand her mothers grandmother was Inn keeper. Her name was Mary Batty, she was aged 59 Inn Keeper Woodman Inn, Glasshoughton, Castleford listed in 1901 Census.