Drighlington Public Houses

Name Crown Point Inn Address Drighlington Built ? Closed Yes Demolished Yes Notes Document of change of ownership dated 4 July 1862. F:Kelly 1897. Licence removed 1903

  Name Cockersdale Arms Notes See Gashouse Tavern

  Name Fountain Inn Address Occupation Road, off Back Lane, Whitehall Road, Drighlington Built ? Closed Yes Demolished Yes Notes F: Baines 1830. White 1853. In a transfer of ownership document dated 27 August 1830 reference was made to the Fountain Inn being a newly erected Inn.

Name Gas House Tavern Address Whitehall Road, Drighlington Built ? Closed Yes Demolished No Notes D.Atkinson: Was called the Gas House Tavern until 22nd December 1953 when it changed to the Cockersdale Arms. Owned by Daniel Fielding of Halifax until June 1961. At some later date it was changed back to the original name of Gas House Tavern. Licensee 1905 Joseph Barker (Beerhouse). Brewery owner 1970 Websters. The last review on the web about the pub was in November 2008. The pub was converted to residential use after this date.  

  Name Malt Shovel Inn Address 290 Whitehall Road, Drighlington BD11 1BB Built ? Closed No Demolished No Notes F: White 1853. Robinson 1905. Licensees: 1853 Sam Booth, 1905 John William Connell. Brewery owner 1970, Tetley’s

  Name Masons Arms Address Adwalton, Drighlington Built ? Closed Yes Demolished Yes Notes Transfer of ownership document dated 28 December 1801. F: Baines 1822.

Name New Inn Address 144 Wakefield Road, Adwalton, Drighlington BD11 1EA Built ? but see photo of plaque by Clive McManus taken in 2007 Closed Yes Demolished No Notes Bradford Telegraph and Argus reported a police investigation of suspected arson at the pub on 25 September 2021. A car had been set on fire in the car park, a number of windows at the pub were also smashed and petrol poured ththrough during the incident. "What pub" website dated 30 December 2021 stated that the pub is closed and partially boarded up, which was still the case in October 2024.   On 24 October 2024 a planning application, was verified by Leeds City Council " Demolition of existing building; erection of eight new dwellings on vacant land, including four terraced townhouses, two semi-detached bungalows and two detached bungalows; associated access, parking, hard and soft landscaping works". F: Baines 1830, Pigot 1841, Robinson 1905. Licensees: 1853 William Hutchinson, 1905 Tom Smith. Brewer...