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.
Queens Tap, 74 Station road, Swindon, Wiltshire
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1855/John Rouse Phillips/Queens hotel, Railway station/../../Post Office Directory
1859/Joseph Benskin/Queens hotel & refreshment rooms, & posting house,
Railway station/../../Post Office Directory
1861/Joseph Benskin/Hotel Keeper/46/Barking, Essex/Census
1861/Maria Benskin/Wife/40/Shipton on Stour, Worcester/Census
1861/Ann E Benskin/Daughter/15/Bloomsbury, London/Census
1861/Maria Benskin/Daughter/4/London/Census
1861/Ada S Benskin/Daughter/1/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Alfred Webb/Waiter/22/Coate, Wiltshire/Census
1861/John Lewington/Boots/22/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1861/John H Payne/Page Boy/13/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1861/George Hord/Page Boy/16/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
+ Lots more staff
1867/John Rouse Phillips/Queens Hotel & refreshment rooms & posting
house, Railway station/../../Post
Office Directory
1875/John Rouse Phillips/Queens Hotel & refreshment rooms, Railway station/../../Post
Office Directory
Queens Hotel Tap Station Road :
1881/John Blackford/Manager Of Public House/24/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Fanny Manns/Housekeeper, Manageress Of Public House/43/South Stoke,
Wiltshire/Census
1881/Blanche A Eatwell/Barmaid/21/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Sarah Smith/General Servant/20/Wroughton, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Herculs Jones/Pot Boy/18/Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Albert Lee/Cellarman/26/Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire/Census
1889/William Joseph Lovegrove/manager, Queens Royal Hotel & Refreshment
rooms, Great Western railway station & Station road/../../Kellys Directory
1889/Swindon Junction Hotel Co Lim/ proprietors;)/../../Kellys Directory
Queens Royal Hotel Tap :
1891/Spencer Homewood/Manager of Tap/35/Uxbridge, Middlesex/Census
1891/Jane Adams/Housekeeper, Widow/48/Melksham, Wiltshire/Census
1891/Elizabeth M May/Barmaid/21/Wanborough, Wiltshire/Census
1891/Annie Hunt/General Servant/24/Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire/Census
1891/William J Field/Potman/14/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1903/Charles Harrison/Queens Royal Hotel/../../Kellys Directory ***
1911/Charles Harrison/Queens Royal Hotel/../../Kellys Directory ***
1915/Charles Harrison/Queens Hotel/../../Kellys Directory ***
1927/Charles Harrison/Queens Hotel/../../Kellys Directory ***
1939/Chas Harrison/../../../Kellys Directory ***