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Petworth pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Sussex .
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1851, Charles Dempster, Swan commercial Inn, Market place .. Post Office Directory
1867, Charles Dempster, Half Moon family hotel & posting house, Swan commercial Inn, & posting house, Ralilway Inn, maltster and brewster.
1874, Charles Dempster, Half Moon family hotel & posting house, Swan commercial Inn, & posting house, Ralilway Inn, maltster and brewster.
1905, William Benjamin Green, Swan Hotel, Petworth .. Post Office Directory
1930, Swan Hotel, Trust Houses Ltd, proprietors, Saddlers row & Market square .. Post Office Directory
West Sussex Gazette. 10 March 1932
The license of the Swan Hotel, Petworth was temporarily transferred from Henry Bernard Pritchard to Arnold Ernest Joseph Sargent
West Sussex Gazette. 13 December 1934
The license of the Swan Hotel, Petworth was temporarily transferred from Arnold Ernest Joseph Sargent to Arthur Atterbury
In 1939 at the Swan Hotel, Saddlers row
Arthur Atterbury, Hotel Manager born on 13 Sep 1891
Edith Atterbury, Hotel Manageress born on 27 Oct 1894
plus many other staff