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High Wycombe pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Buckinghamshire. The Buckinghamshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
My 2x great grandfather William ABBOTT was twice the Licensee of the Swan
Inn, Paul's Row, High Wycombe. According to Pigott's Trade Directory he was
the Licensee there between 1842 and 1850. At the time of the 1851 census he
was "Out of business” and living in Little Kingshill, Buckinghamshire with
his wife and six children. Two more children were born there, Joseph and
Sarah Ann ABBOTT. In 1857 William again took over the license for the Swan
Inn. *
1852/William Abbott/../../../Slaters Directory ***
The Bucks Herald, Saturday Jan 24 1857 :
BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS. SATURDAY, JAN 17.
(Before William Henry Hayden, Esq., and W. J. Gregory, Esq.)
TRANSFER OF LICENSES. -The license of the Swan Inn transferred from Alfred
Heald to William Abbott. *
William died there on 9 Jun 1858. *
Bucks Herald, Sat 26 Jun 1858 :
DEATHS. Abbott.—On the 9th instance, at the Black Swan, Marketplace, High
Wycombe, Mr. William Abbott, aged 53 years.
The newspaper report gives the address as the Black Swan but his death
certificate gives it as Swan Inn.
His widow Maria ABBOTT (nee TILBURY) took over the license. My great
grandfather Joseph ABBOTT’s obituary states "His mother, whose husband, Mr.
William ABBOTT, died many years ago, was for a long period licensee of the
Swan Inn, Paul's Row, High Wycombe.” Certainly she was the licensee at the
time of the 1861 census. *
Bucks, Chepping Wycombe, Corn Market, Swan :
ABBOTT Maria, Head, Widow, 48, Inn Keeper, Bucks, Hyde Heath, *
ABBOTT William, Son, Unmarried, 16, Chair Maker, Bucks, Wycombe,
ABBOTT George, Son, Unmarried, 13, Scholar, Bucks, Wycombe,
ABBOTT Caroline, Dau, 12, Scholar, Bucks, Wycombe,
ABBOTT James, Son, 10, Scholar, Bucks, Wycombe,
ABBOTT Sarah A, Dau, 7, Scholar, Bucks, Little Missenden,
TILBURY Amelia, Visitor, Unmarried, 23, Bucks, Great Missenden,
WARD Fanny, Servant, Unmarried, 18, House Servant, Bucks, Lacey Green,
GOULD Richard, Lodger & Boarder, Widr, 45, Baker, Oxon, Watlington,
BAIRD Thomas, Lodger & Boarder, Married, 35, Baker, Bucks, Northend,
GIFKINS William, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 17, Militiaman & Chairmaker,
Bucks, Kingshill,
HIGGS George, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 15, Militiaman & Ag Lab, Bucks,
Bletchley
MORGAN John, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 21, Militiaman & Shoemaker, Bucks,
Olney,
COOPER William, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 16, Militiaman & Shoemaker,
Bucks, Olney,
WALKER Henry, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 16, Militiaman & Shoemaker,
Bucks, Aylesbury,
PUSEY Thomas, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 21, Chairmaker, Bucks, Wheeler
End,
BARRET James, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 21, Chairmaker, Oxon,
Stokenchurch,
SMITH Benjamin, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 16, Militiaman & Lab, Oxon,
Salford,
ELLIOTT Thomas, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 18, Militiaman & Lab, Oxon,
Salford,
HEAL Alfred, Lodger & Boarder, Widr, 46, Labourer, Bucks, Wooburn,
BEECH John, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 23, Dealer, Middlesex, Uxbridge,
HALL George, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 22, Dealer, Middlesex, Uxbridge,
LAWRENCE John, Lodger & Boarder, Married, 58, Map Mounter, Surrey, Richmond,
BURROWS John, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 22, Papermaker, Bucks, Wooburn,
HEIRS Will, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 21, Labourer, Bucks, Wooburn,
DAVIS George, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 26, Labourer, Bristol,
NASH Thomas, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 18, Labourer & Militiaman, Bucks,
Great Missenden,
DOWNEY George, Lodger & Boarder, Unmarried, 19, Labourer & Militiaman,
Bucks, Great Missenden,.
1863/Mrs Maria Abbott/../../../Duttons Directory ***
1899/William K Melsome/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1915/Mrs Mary Phillips/../../../Kellys Directory
1924/Thomas W Powell/../../../Kellys Directory
1928/Charles James Langley/../../../Kellys Directory
1931/Charles James Langley/../../../Kellys Directory
1935/Charles James Langley/../../../Kellys Directory
* Provided By Gill Watkins
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