Part or all of this row of four red roofed cottages on Long Lane, Heath Charnock, was once the Traveller's Rest, a beerhouse between the years of 1855 and 1868. It is located near the turning for the old Heath Charnock Isolation Hospital. The first trace we have is John Jolly listed as a retailer of beer here 1855. He would sell beer, most likely that they had brewed themselves.
 |
| The Traveller's Rest as it looks today |
John Jolly died here in 1861, aged 60. His wife Margaret Jolly continued running the beerhouse until her own death in May 1868. After this, there is no trace of the Traveller's Rest as a working beerhouse. There are rumours that it was ran by somebody with the surname 'Jewel', and the second chimney pot from the left has a diamond shape on it, which was apparently added by this landlord. After this, at some point, it turned back into housing. However, it continued to be labelled at 'Traveller's Rest' on maps for at least sixty years after its demise.
 |
| 1893 Ordnance Survey map showing the Traveller's Rest in red |