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Swindon pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Wiltshire. The Wiltshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1855/Henry Pineger/Bell posting & commercial inn, High street/../../Post Office Directory
1859/Napolian King/Bell, & saddler, High street/../../Post Office Directory
1861/William Godwin/Inn Keeper/32/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Lucy A Godwin/Wife/34/Verulam, Hampshire/Census
1861/Alley Godwin/Daughter/3/Aldborough, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Ida Godwin/Daughter/1/Aldborough, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Mary Philmore/Cook/23/Liddiard Tregoze, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Lucy L Goodman/Waitress/19/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth Dew/Nurse/14/Wanborough, Wiltshire/Census
1861/John Watkin/Boots/21/Swansea, Glamorgan/Census
1861/Thomas Gardiner/Ostler/21/Cirencester, Gloucestershire/Census
1861/Thomas Lawrence/Lodger, Travelling with Horses/29/Newbury,
Berkshire/Census
1861/James Metcalf/Lodger, Travelling with Horses/31/Ripon, Yorkshire/Census
1867/William Godwin/Bell commercial inn & posting house, High street/../../Post Office Directory
1871/William Godwin/Hotel Proprietor, Brewer & Maltster/42/Swindon,
Wiltshire/Census
1871/Lucy A Godwin/Wife/44/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Lucy Godwin/Daughter/18/Chippenham, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Arthur Godwin/Son/9/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Herbert Godwin/Son/7/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Ann J Burge/Barmaid/25/Bristol, Somerset/Census
1871/William Reeves/Farmer/66/Blackford Weston, Somerset/Census
1871/Albert S Aston/Boots/../Lechlade, Gloucestershire/Census
1871/Mary A Lewis/Cook/20/Garsden near Malmesbury, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Ann Wood/Waitress/22/Langley near Chippenham, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Henry Parons/Groom/23/Highworth, Wiltshire/Census
1875/Richard Tarrant/Bell Hotel, & agent to Wilts Sack Hiring Co, High
street/../../Post Office Directory
1881/David Cole/Licenced Victualler Employing 4 Domestic Servants 2 Men 1
Boy/31/Birmingham, Warwick/Census
1881/Sarah Anne Cole/Wife/31/Handsworth, Stafford/Census
1881/Bertha Kathleen Cole/Daughter/3/Sutton Coldfield, Warwick/Census
1881/Edith cameron Cole/Daughter/1/Sutton Coldfield, Warwick/Census
1881/Mary Ann McLoughlan/Nurse/25/Tyrone Co, Ireland/Census
1881/Ellen Jane Deusham/Barmaid/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Field/Waitress /22/Brinkworth, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Alfred C Turpin/Guest, Accountant/20/Bath, Somerset/Census
1881/George Smith/Boots/15/Hungerford, Berkshire/Census
1881/Sarah King/Cook/27/Castle Eaton, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Frederick Pigott/Under Ostler/20/Salford Caines, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Henry Smith/Guest, Railway Contractor/60/Swineshead, Lincoln/Census
1881/Thomas Wright/Guest, Publican/30/Dorking, Surrey/Census
1889/Frederick William Scott/../../../Kellys Directory
1895/Walter Lawson Nicholson/../../../Kellys Directory
1903/Frederick Levi Wilson/Bell hotel, family & commercial & posting house,
42 High street/../../Kellys
Directory
1915/James John Brown/proprietor/../../Kellys Directory ***
1927/Chas Finn/../../../Kellys Directory
1939/Harry Day/../../../Kellys Directory