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This pub is now closed and the premises have been converted to supermarket use – not much more than part of the facade survives. The 1881 census lists this as the White Swan, Market Place.** At Back street, Ware in 1847
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White Swan, 5 West Street, Ware - in June 2009
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Residents at this address
1787/William Dennis / Occupier /../../../per. Hertfordshire Inns by W Branch
Johnson **
1847/William Hudson/../../../Post Office Directory
1855/William Starling/../../../P.O. Directory **
1861/Thomas Pugh/Publican/63/Wolverhampton, Staffordshire/Census
1861/Mary Pugh/Wife/57/Epping, Essex/Census
1861/George Pugh/Son, Carpenter/23/Nazing, Essex/Census
1861/Mary Pugh/Daughter/14/Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire/Census
+ Boarders
1866/T Pugh/../../../Post Office Directory **
1870/Jeremiah Baker/../../../P.O. Directory **
1871/Jeremiah Baker/Coal Merchant & Publican/39/Cotton, Suffolk/Census
1871/Harriet Baker/Wife/38/Stoke Fenny, Norfolk/Census
1871/James T Williams/Nephew/13/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Elizabeth Williams/Niece/11/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alfred Duke/Boarder, Grocer out of business/24/Saffron Walden,
Essex/Census
1874/Frederick Dark/../../../P.O. Directory **
1881/Henry Mole/Inn Keeper/48/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Emma Mole/Wife/30/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Henry Frederick Mole/Son/11/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Albert John Mole/Son/10/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Ernest Mole/Son/8/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Nellie Mole/Daughter/5/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Walter Percy Mole/Son/2/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1882/Henry Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Henry Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/William Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Chapman/Licensed Victualler/36/Hertford, Herts/Census
1891/Mary Chapman/Wife/38/York, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Beatrice Chapman/Daughter/16/Watford, Herts/Census
1891/William Chapman/Son/12/Watford, Herts/Census
1891/Rose Chapman/Daughter/9/Watford, Herts/Census
1891/Thomas Welch/Servant, Butchers Labourer/26/Hertford, Herts/Census
1894/William White Chapman/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1899/Thomas Starmore(Kelly’s Hertfordshire Directory **
1901/Harriet Starmore/Proprietress Public House, Widow/48/Rutland/Census
1901/Susie Colley/Niece, Assistant/17/Ellington, Huntingdon/Census
+ Lodgers
1902/Alfred Calvert/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Thomas Packer/../../../Post Office Directory
1912/Adolphus Bender/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Henry Dell/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Henry Dell/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/Henry Dell/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/Wm Dell/../../../Post Office Directory
1933/Wm Dell/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Wm Dell/../../../Post Office Directory
1939/Wm. Dell/../../../Kelly’s Hertfordshire Directory **
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