Park Inn, Slack Lane / Monton Road, Monton. (c) Tony Flynn [1].
The original Park Inn was a beerhouse that opened in 1867 when Monton Road was known as Slack Lane. Monton was then described as a quiet hamlet in open fields stretching to Eccles and Winton. The Park Inn was replaced by a new Park Hotel, built in 1902 costing Joseph Holt's brewery £5,000 plus the beer licenses of the Park Inn, Robin Hood and Britannia Inn which were surrendered [1]. This grand Holt's house was itself replaced in 1971 by the new Park Hotel estate style boozer.
Former location of Park Inn, Monton Road. (c) Google 2014. View Larger Map.
1. A History of Eccles Pubs, Tony Flynn (1980).
My local, when I lived in Monton. Might just be rumour, but I believe the building predating the current one was rebuilt due to mining subsidence.
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