Houghton, Market Place, Market Tavern (Jolly Farmers)

HER Number:
15919

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton, Market Place, Market Tavern (Jolly Farmers)

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
There were once six pubs in Houghton's Market Place. The Market Tavern stood on Gilbert Place. It was renamed the Jolly Farmers before 1861. In 1861 George Bell was the landlord. The next landlords were Arthur and Sarah Ann Smith. In 1894 George Haswell was the victualler and a farmer. In 1901, 1904 and 1911 John Wheatley was the publican. John Wheatley was a confectioner. In the 1930s when the annual Houghton Feast fairground was underway in the Market Place, the showmen were allowed to use the wash house of the Jolly Farmers Inn. In the mid 1950s the Jolly Farmers was a Vaux house, managed by Robert Hunter. Gilbert Street was demolished probably in the 1960s. The address of the pub became No. 9 Market Place. In the 1980s it was managed by Pauline Charlton and Dave Cave. The name was changed to the Spring Inn. The Spring Inn closed in 2009. It was advertised for sale in 2011.

Easting:
3467

Northing:
4992

Grid Reference:
NZ34674992

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Lanagan, 2011, The Jolly Farmers, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk