Also known as the White Swan. The address of this pub is today given as 26 Bank Street. **+
Braintree pub history index
Swan, High Street, Braintree - in November 2014
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
The licensee in 1792 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Challis, at the Swan.
The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Cousins, at the Swan.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Cousins, at the Swan.
1822/John Hodge/../../../Pigots*
1823-4/John Hodge/../../../Pigots
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Hodges, at the Swan.
1828-9/John Hodges/../../../Pigots
1832-3/John Hodges/../../../Pigots
1839/James Willis/../../../Pigots
1845/James Willis/../../../Post Office
1848/James Willis/../../../Whites
1851/James Willis/../../../Post Office
1851/James Willis/victualler/49/Great Easton, Essex/Census
1851/Mary A Willis/wife/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1851/Eliza Linsell/house servant/20/not known/Census
1852/J. Willis/../../../Kellys*
1855/J. Willis/../../../Kellys*
1861/James Willis/Inn Keeper/59/Great Easton, Essex/Census
1861/Mary A Willis/Wife/59/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/Emma Such/General Servant/18/Wethersfield, Essex/Census
1862/James Willis/../../../Kellys
1867/George Denton/../../../Post Office
1870/William Johnson/../../../Kellys
1871/William Johnson/../../../Post Office
1874/Jeremiah Pettitt/../../../Post Office
1878/Thomas Martin/../../../Kellys
1881/Thomas Martin/Carrier & Publican/44/Wethersfield, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Martin/Wife/46/Sunbury, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frank Martin/Son/18/Wethersfield, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Horne/Servant/16/Marks Tey, Essex/Census
1881/John W. Everard/Lodger, Tailor/52/Braintree, Essex/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/Thomas Martin/../../../Kellys
1886/Thomas Martin/../../../Kellys
1890/Thomas Martin/../../../Kellys
1891/Thomas Martin/../55/Wethersfield, Essex/Census**
1894/Thomas Martin/../../../Kellys
1895/Thomas Martin/../../../Kellys
1898/Mrs. Frances Starkey/../../../Kellys
1899/Mrs. Frances Starkey/../../../Kellys
1902/Robert Belsan/../../../Kellys
1906/Robert Belsan/../../../Kellys
1908/Robert Daniel Belson/../../../Kellys
1910/Robert Daniel Belson/../../../Kellys
1911/Robert Daniel Belson/Licensed Victualler/48/Martham, Norfolk/Census
1911/Matilda Belson/Wife/43/Orpington, Kent/Census
1911/Harry Belson/Son, Law Clerk/19/East Ham, Essex/Census
1911/Connie Belson/Daughter, Shop Appretice/16/East Ham, Essex/Census
1911/Robert Belson/Son/8/Braintree, Essex/Census
1912/Robert Daniel Belson/../../../Kellys
1914/Thomas Coxshall/../../../Kellys
1917/Thomas Coxshall/../../../Kellys
1922/Thomas Coxshall/../../../Kellys
1925/Thomas Coxshall/../../../Kellys
1929/Thomas Coxshall/../../../Kellys
1933/Thomas Coxshall/../../../Kellys
* Provided
by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Ann Duncan
**+ Provided by Stephen Harris