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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 ***