| In 1877 James Manning purchased part of his mother-in-law’s land fronting Flushcombe Road at Prospect. It appears that James Manning built a hotel on the land soon after his purchase, hoping to capitalise on the construction of the nearby Prospect Reservoir and the establishment of a stone quarry on Prospect Hill. The site was ideally located next to Fluschcombe Road, the main access between the quarry and Blacktown Railway Station. He was issued with a publican’s licence for the Royal Cricketer’s Arms Hotel on 16 September 1880. He also operated a racetrack and cricket pitch on the property. |  |
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