TRYING TO DATE THE FIRST LORD NELSON PUB IN BRIGG IS NOT PLAIN SAILING

BY A FORMER BRIGG RESIDENT

A question concerning the first Nelson pub down The Butchery in Brigg...
As our young Horatio rose up through the ranks ... Rear Admiral ... Vice Admiral etc,  and then finally Admiral Lord Nelson in 1797/8, what date can we put on that first inn? 
Was it actually known as The Lord Nelson and in what year did it transfer to the site in Bigby Street? 
If the latter building pre-dates 1805 (which it looks as if it does), when Nelson was killed at Trafalgar, then that's OK. 
The Butchery Nelson can only have had a very short life, at a time when many pubs across the nation were named after our folk hero, but The Butchery was only known as such until 1869 when several street names in Brigg were changed, and were duly given blue and white enamel plates along with house numbers to prepare for the arrival of the postal system. 
The Elwes wanted 'the disgusting name' changed because they had tenants in houses they'd built down there. Elwes Street sounded much more classy. 
The question remains, when did the Butchery Nelson's building first appear, and was it always called The Lord Nelson? 
Over to members of B.A.S.H. (Brigg Amateur Social Historians)...

Our picture shows the current Lord Nelson pub/restaurant in Brigg Market Place.


N.F. ADDS  A REMINDER ABOUT THE NAAFI BREAK BREAKFAST LAUNCH COMING UP AT THE NELSON.  Follow this link...