Swan, Horndon-on-the-Hill

Horndon on the Hill pub history index

13th May 2001

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1769-80/John Vandervord/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1780-1800/James Slayter/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1801/John Jeffries/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1803-6/William Wood/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1806-28/Joseph Carver/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1828-9/Joseph Carrer/../../../Pigot's

1845/Charles Robinson/../../../Post Office

1848/Charles Robinson/Victualler/../../White's

1851/Charles Robinson/../../../Post Office

1851/Charles Robinson/widower, innkeeper/64/Shoebury, Essex/Census **
1851/Sally Robinson/daughter/41/North Benfleet, Essex/Census
1851/Ann Robinson/daughter/23/Hornchurch, Essex/Census
1851/George Jeffins/grandson/02/London/Census
1851/James Jonson/widower, ostler/62/Braintree, Essex/Census

David Beckwith was born 17th June 1791, in Messing Essex - the landlord of the Cock & Magpie, Stanford le Hope and also of the Swan, on Horndon on the Hill at the same time, until his death in 1866 at the age of 75.
His estate went to his second wife Mary who continued to live in the house attached, and behind, the Cock & Magpie for approx. forty years. His brother Thomas Beckwith was at the Western Arms, Silver End, Rivenhall. ***

I am a distant relative of Rueben Cottee through my 4 x Great Grandmother Elizabeth Cottee, she is the wife of my 5 x Great Grandfather, who is David Beckwith, born 1791, who was the Innkeeper to the Swan at Horndon on the Hill, Essex and Cock & Magpie at Stanford-le-Hope. David and Elizabeth's son - my 3 x Great Grandfather was the Innkeeper following Rueben Cottee at the Swan in Maldon. *+

1861/David Beckwith/Victualler/69/Messing, Essex/Census
1861/Mary Beckwith/Wife/53/Rayne, Essex/Census
1861/Thomas Clarke/Lodger/34/Rochford, Essex/Census
1861/Charles Taylor/Lodger/41/Warwick/Census
1861/Robert Inglis/Ostler/61/Maidstone, Kent/Census

1862/David Beckwith/../../../Kelly's

1867/Henry Brooks/../../../Post Office

1870/Henry Brooks/../../../Kelly's

1871/Henry Brooks/../../../Post Office

1874/Henry Brooks/../../../Kelly's

1878/William Thorogood/../../../Kelly's

1881/William Thorogood/Licensed Victualler/27/Romford, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Thorogood/Wife/36/Orsett, Essex/Census
1881/Ellen Thorogood/Daughter/2/Horndon on the Hill, Essex/Census
1881/Herbert Thorogood/Son/7w/Horndon on the Hill, Essex/Census
1881/John G. Brooks/Visitor/83/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
1881/Arthur Stanley/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/61/Felsted, Essex/Census
1881/Samuel Shelley/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/30/Rawreth, Essex/Census
1881/Joseph Banks/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/22/Horndon on the Hill, Essex/Census
1881/Jonathan Lawrence/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/22/Canewdon, Essex/Census
1881/Lydia Styles/Servant/18/Langdon Hills, Essex/Census

1882/William Thorogood/../../../Kelly's

1886/William Thorogood/../../../Kelly's

1890/William Thorogood/../../../Kelly's

1891/Emma Thorogood/Licensed Victualler/47/Orsett, Essex/Census
1891/Ellen Thorogood/Daughter/11/Horndon, Essex/Census
1891/Herbert Thorogood/Son/11/Horndon, Essex/Census
1891/Elizabeth Wright/Domestic Servant/15/Laindon, Essex/Census
1891/Joseph Brand/Wheelwright/34/Stanford le Hope, Essex/Census

1894/Clement Wright/Butcher/../../Kelly's

1895/Clement Wright/Butcher/../../Kelly's

1898/Clement Wright/Butcher/../../Kelly's

1899/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1901/Clement Wright/Licensed Victualler/35/Orsett, Essex/Census
1901/Agnes Wright/Wife/36/Orsett, Essex/Census
1901/Winifred Wright/Daughter/10/Horndon on the Hill, Essex/Census
1901/Bertha Merchant/Housemaid/14/Orsett, Essex/Census
1901/Alice Evans/Visitor, Housekeeper/24/London/Census

1902/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1906/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1908/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1910/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1912/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1914/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1917/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1922/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1925/Clement Wright/Farmer, Gore Ox Farm/../../Kelly's

1929/Clement Wright/Farmer, Gore Ox Farm/../../Kelly's

1933/Clement Wright/../../../Kelly's

1937/Peter John Pegrum/../../../Kelly's

* Provided by Simon Parker-Galbreath

*+ Provided by Jan Beckwith

** Provided by John Mead

*** Provided by Alan Blackwood