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Swan, High Street , Braintree

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

Swan, High Street, Braintree - in November 2014

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Residents at this address

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


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