Rickmansworth pub history index
In 1797, the First Good Fellowship Society was founded in Rickmansworth at the Swan by Thomas Dawbinney, the inn keeper. ***
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hertfordshire .
Residents at this address
1797 / Thomas Dawbinney /../../../ Three Rivers Museum ***
1839/Edward Boraston/Swan (posting and excise office)/../../Pigots Directory
1841/John Boraston/Publican/55/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/Thomas Boraston/..20/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/Elizabeth Boraston/../15/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/Thomas Gibbs/Male Servant/30/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/William Watts/Male Servant/20/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/James Beveridge/Male Servant/20/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/Eliza Fletcher/Female Servant/15/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/Martha Townsend/Female Servant/30/Hertfordshire/Census
1841/Cassia Carter/Female Servant/15/Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Wm Cudworth/Swan commercial & posting house/../../Post Office Directory
1851/William Cudworth/Inn Keeper/39/Donaston, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Caroline Cudworth/Wife/41/Wolverton, Essex/Census
1851/Jane Stock/Niece/17/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/William Hagger/House Servant/24/Baldock, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/James Beaveridge/House Servant/30/Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Mary Ann Salisbury/House Servant/24/Chalfont, Buckinghamshire/Census
1851/Louia Kirby/House Servant/20/London, Middlesex/Census
1855/William Annable Cudworth/Swan commercial inn & posting house/../../Post
Office Directory
1861/William A Cudworth/Inn Keeper/48/Cant;ey, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Caroline Cudworth/Wife/50/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
1861/Jane Stock/Niece, Barmaid/26/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Riddle/Housemaid/20/Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth Fond/Ktchenmaid/23/Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Agnes Robertson/Boarder/46/Lambeth, surrey/Census
1861/Alfred Hunt/Waiter/20/Bridgwater, Somerset/Census
1861/H W Higgin/Lodger, Landed Proprietor/65/Missenden,
Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/Frederick Turner/Lodger, General Clerk to Solicitors/40/Rickmansworth,
Hertfordshire/Census
1866/William Annable Cudworth/Swan/../../Post Office Directory
1871/William A Cudworth/Inn Keeper/57/Cantley, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Caroline Cudworth/Wife/62/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
1871/Jane Stock/Niece, Assistamt/35/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1871/James Harrison/Waiter/21/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/John Ford/Fly Driver/22/Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Jane Robins/Cook/23/North End, Warwickshire/Census
1871/Ann Watson/Housemaid/21/Harefield, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edward Hampton/Hotel Proprietor/52/Shenly Hill, Hertford/Census
1881/Elizabeth Hampton/Wife/57/Clanworth, Nottingham/Census
1881/Emily Hampton/Daughter/23/Bushey, Hertford/Census
1881/Alice Hampton/Daughter/8/Bushey, Hertford/Census
1881/Kate Hopkins/Servant Domestic/19/Aylesbury, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Allen/Servant Domestic/19/Buckinghamshire/Census
1881/George Sharp/Servant Domestic/22/Rickmansworth, Hertford/Census
1882/Edward Hampton/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/William Large/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/William Large/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Sidney T Large/Hotel Manager/28/Holborn, London/Census
1891/Elizabeth A Sivell/House Keeper/25/Chertsey, Surrey/Census
1891/Emily Sinfield/Waitress/21/Battlesden, Beds/Census
1891/Alice M Rose/Cook/26/Tottenham, London/Census
1891/Joseph H Arnold/Boots/19/Bovingon, Herts/Census
1895/William Large/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Sidney T Large/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/John Simmons/Hotel manager/28/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Emily Louise Simmons/Wife/27/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Violet Edith Parker Simmons/Daughter/3 months/Rickmansworth,
Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Rosaline Elenor Annie Polley/Hotel Barmaid/24/Kennington, London/Census
1901/Frederick Philbey/Hotel Boots/19/Hawridge, Buckinghamshire/Census
1902/Lance Tapley Simmons/../../../Post Office Directory
1912/Charles Jarvis/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Charles Jarvis/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/A C Noon/../../../Post Office Directory
My mum and dad (Reg and Trix Holland) ran the
Artichoke, for I think, a
year, in 1965. They had run The Swan Hotel in Rickmansworth High Street from
August 25th 1955 to September 12th 1964 when it was unbelievably pulled down
for redevelopment! Within a couple years, any building with a bit of
history, had a Preservation Order slapped on it! I have a list of the
Tenants there from 1656 to 1964! My parents then moved back to Essex, where
my grandparents had run pubs and hotels, and took over
The Victory Inn, at
Ashingdon for ten years until they retired in 1975. They are both dead now.
*
I have a scrap book of lots of information on The Swan. One newspaper
cutting (from September 5th 1891!) reports on a Carriage Accident, where
Mrs. Holland (my dad Reg's grandmother, who ran the Cart & Horses in the
High Street (corner of Bury Road, Ricky) "and some members of her family
were being driven in a 4-wheel carriage and the horse pulling it, fell down
and kicked furiously. The carriage was much damaged but neither the driver
nor the occupants were in any way injured." *
* Provided By Sue Bromberger
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Ray Glen
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