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Stump Cross Inn

 











NameStump Cross Inn
AddressBritannia Road, Morley LS27 0DD
BuiltLate 1890s
ClosedNo
DemolishedNo
NotesF: Baines 1822. W.Smith 1898 refers to “...a new erection which has supplanted the old original house, in front of which was a stone with a cross in it” which means that the present building was built in the late 1890s. In 1891 Richard Ackroyd, a stonemason, bought the pub from John Dawson. A stone cross here marked the boundary between Morley and Woodkirk for many years. Licensees 1853 – John Dawson, 1905 William Hopkinson. Named on 1854 6” O.S. map. Brewery owner 1970 – Tetley’s

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