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Black Swan, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PR

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Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 13 August 1955
Of 52 Yorkshire inns scheduled by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government during the past year as being outstanding historic or architectural importance, 27 are situated in York.
Fifteen of York's inns have been placed on the statutory list, meaning that they cannot be demolished or altered without notice, and the remainder of the 27 are on the supplementary list, and will be preserved as long as other and wider interests are not unduly affected.

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1823 Baines, Black Swan, Thomas Brabiner, Peasholm green

1829 Pigots, Black Swan, Sarah Brabiner, Haymarket

1840, Black Swan, John Potter, Wool market

1872, Black Swan Inn, John Taylor, Peasholme green

1885, Black Swan, William Briggs, Peasholme green

1911 census, Black Swan, 23 Peaseholme Green, Smith

1913, Black Swan, Peasholme green, Fred Wright

Leeds Mercury. 24 April 1939
Another famous old coaching inn in York is the Black Swan, in Peaseholme Green. It claims to have been the birth place of General Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, although he was born in Kent.
At one time the Black Swan was the home of weathy merchants, the Bowes family; previously having family members in parliament, or as Lord Mayor of London. After the Bowes family, was the Thompson family, one of whose daughters was Wolfes mother.
Restoration in 1930 revealed old brickwork and a wealth of beams on the front wall.

2018, The Black Swan, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PR